Henry Scholey Saunders papers, 1884-1951 [Bulk Dates: 1911-1947]

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Henry Scholey Saunders papers, 1884-1951 [Bulk Dates: 1911-1947]

Henry Scholey Saunders’ collection is comprised of letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and hand painted watercolor greeting cards. In addition, the collection contains family files, bibliographies of Walt Whitman’s works, and typewritten excerpts of Walt Whitman’s published poems.

.21 linear ft. (1/2 document box)

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Saunders, Henry Scholey, 1864-1951

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Toronto cellist and collector of Walt Whitman material. From the description of Collection of Walt Whitman, 1877-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122691947 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Henry Scholey Saunders was born in 1864 in London, Canada. He married Georgina Helen Taylor on October 10, 1887 and they settled in Toronto for the rest of their lives. They had two children, a son, Harry Ernest, and a daughter, Ruth Mercer, who died at the age of two. BIOGHI...

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

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Walt Whitman (1819-1892), poet and author. From the description of Walt Whitman collection, 1842-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702172830 Poet, journalist, essayist. From the description of Letter, 1863 July 27-1863 Sept. 9. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477038304 American author. From the description of Letter to Mary E. Van Nostrand, 1890 November 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49377819 America...

Brown University.

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In 1917 the university established the Brown War Records Bureau, whose intention was to "collect and preserve a record of all Brown men who are serving in the present war". Brown faculty, students and alumni who were in the military were asked to fill out a small card called "Are you in the war?" and to send original letters, clippings or photographs which "have any bearing on the service of Brown men in the war." This collection is partly a result of that effort. From the guide to t...