James Branch Cabell Collection 1915-1946

Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940

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California poet. Raised near Vacaville, became a schoolteacher in Coloma and later in Oakland. Became famous overnight with publication of "The Man with a Hoe," his protest against brutalization of labor, in "San Francisco Examiner" (January 15, 1899). Following this success Markham moved to New York where he scored another triumph with "Lincoln and Other Poems" (1901). He became a well-known reader of his own poems and lecturer of idealistic views, but his creative output for remainder of life ...

Boyd, Ernest Augustus, 1887-1946

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A portion of this correspondence is with Madeleine Boyd, wife of Ernest Boyd. From the description of Correspondence with Theodore and Helen Dreiser, 1919-1936. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155895933 Irish critic and essayist, editor of AMERICAN SPECTATOR, 1932. From the description of Autograph letter signed to Mr. B.F. Hart, 1932 Sept. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122384138 ...

McBride, Robert Medill, 1879-

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George Sterling

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Wells, James R.

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W. V. Goodbody

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Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958

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Richmond author James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) is best known for his controversial book, Jurgen (1919), a fantasy set in Cabell's mythical medieval world of Poictesme (pronounced Pwa-tem). The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice contended the book was obscene. A trial over its content brought the reclusive writer national fame. Throughout the 1920s, Cabell's literary peers, including H.L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis, praised his works. Cabell was born April 14, 1879, at 101 E. Frank...

Paul Jordan-Smith

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Paul J. Smith (1931-) is Director Emeritus of the Museum of Arts & Design in New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Paul J. Smith, 2010 Apr.19-20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 636358583 Art administrator, curator; New York, N.Y. From the description of Paul J. Smith papers, 1955-2006. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220234186 Rossbach: b. 1914; d. 2002. Westphal: b. 1919. Both are fiber artists, Berkeley, Calif.; he the w...

Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943

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Stephen Vincent Beńet was born July 22, 1898, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, into a military family. His father had a wide appreciation for literature, and Beńet's siblings, William Rose and Laura, also becmae writers. Beńet attended Yale University where he published two collections of poetry, Five Men and Pompey (1915), The Drug-Shop (1917). His studies were interrupted by a year of civilian military service; he worked as a cipher-clerk in the same department as James Thurber. He graduated fro...

Leary & Goodbody

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Joseph Hergesheimer

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Christopher Morley

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John S. Summer

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Peabody, Josephine P.

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Guy Holt

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Louis Untermeyer

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Robert M. McBride & Co.

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Gilbert Cannan

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Garrard Glenn

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Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937

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American author and editor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) and typewritten letter signed : Redding, Conn., to F.A. Duneka, 1908 Jul. 9-1911 Apr. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611536 Author & editor. From the description of Letters of Albert Bigelow Paine [manuscript] 1910, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647934359 Albert Bigelow Paine was born in New Bedford, Mass., but grew up in the Midwest. For ten y...

Barrett, H. Clark

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Towne, Charles Hanson

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Bosher, Kate Langley, 1865-1932

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H. L. Mencken

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Crosby Gaige

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Sidney, Howard

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Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson, 1868-1936

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Benét, William Rose, 1886-1950

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American poet, novelist, and editor. From the description of Letter to a dealer [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806176 Editor of The Chimaera. From the description of ALS, [1915]-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500150 This may not really be Benét's writing. Although the verse appears to be signed by him the writer's intent may have been simply to ascribe the verse to him. Also, it is on letterhead engraved "MM...

W. A. Dwiggins

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James Hopper

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Wilson Follett

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T. R. Smith

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Bierstadt, Edward Hale, 1891-

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Edward Hale Bierstadt, nephew of the painter Albert Bierstadt, was a writer, critic, and editor. From the description of Edward Hale Bierstadt scrapbook of miscellaneous writings, 1915-1922. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49562606 ...

Henry A. Lappin

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Burton Rascoe

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Amelie Rives Troubetzkoy

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E. J. Halter

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Hugh Walpole

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Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951

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Sinclair Lewis (b. Feb. 7, 1885, Sauk Centre, MN–d. January 10, 1951, Rome, Italy) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. He was the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930. ...

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940

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F. Scott Fitzgerald was born Sept. 24, 1896 in St. Paul Minnesota. He began writing while a student at Princeton University. He met his wife, Zelda, while serving in the US Army stationed in Alabama. His novel, This Side of Paradise, was published in 1920 and he became an instant success. He published he Great Gatsby in 1925. Fitzgerald died on December 21, 1940 of a heart attack at age 44 while living in Los Angeles and working for the film industry....

Pierre Troubetzkoy

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George Moore

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