Ambrose Bierce Papers, [ca. 1894-1913]

Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, 1857-1948

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American novelist and non-fiction writer. From the description of Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton collection, 1907-1945. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 44590095 California author. From the description of TLS, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866384 Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton was an American novelist, short-story writer, biographer, and literary critic. From the description of Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton collection of ...

Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951

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William Randolph Hearst Sr. (April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American businessman, newspaper publisher, and politician known for developing the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. His flamboyant methods of yellow journalism influenced the nation's popular media by emphasizing sensationalism and human interest stories. Hearst entered the publishing business in 1887 with Mitchell Trubitt after being given control of The San Francisco Examiner by his ...

Doyle, C. W. (Charles William), 1852-1903

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Doubleday, Page & Co.

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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 ...

Scheffauer, Herman George, 1878-1927

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San Francisco writer and critic, translated into German several of Thomas Mann's stories, including Bashan and I, and Beatrix Potter poetry; the author of "Dynamic Architecture : New Forms of Architecture" published in Dial in March 1921; died in Germany under mysterious circumstances (he fell out of a window); married to Ethel Talbot Scheffauer, writer of "School Stories." From the description of Letter to Mr. O'Donnell, 1913 March 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 56...

Hood, Tom, 1835-1874

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English humorist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to William Makepeace Thackeray, [ca. 1860-1861]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270880362 English humorist and playwright. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified man, not before 1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 575123128 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified man, not before 1861. (Unknown). WorldCat ...

Walsh, Myles

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Edward S. Kaufman

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Sherwood Mines Company.

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E. L. G. Steele

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Christiansen, Carrie J.

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Steele, Edward L. G. Jr.

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Sons Putnam's (G.P.) Sons

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Lanier, Henry Wysham, 1873-

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U.S. Book Co.

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Pollard, Joseph P. (Joseph Percival), 1898-

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Silas Howe

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Sherwood, F. O.

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Julius Chambers

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Mrs. Atherton

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Sampson, Henry

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Epithet: MD, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000409.0x00011b ...

Walter Neale.

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Putnam, George H.

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Robertson, Alexander Mitchell, 1855-1934

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Newbegin, John J.

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Gracie, Archibald, 1755-1829

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Archibald Gracie emigrated from his native Scotland to Petersburg, Va. and then finally settled in New York City where he became a successful shipping magnate. Gracie purchased land along the East River and in 1799 built a Federal style mansion that today is the home of the mayor of New York. Gracie entertained on a grand scale, counting among his guests Louis Philippe, John Quincy Adams, Lafayette, and Washington Irving. Unfortunately, the War of 1812 caused Gracie's financial ruin. Debts due t...

Sterling, George, 1869-1926

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California poet. From the description of Papers of George Sterling [manuscript] 1910-27. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647944409 American poet. From the description of To Ruth Chatterton : typed poem signed, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122445441 From the description of Letter, San Francisco, Ca. to Norbert Hyatt, Hartford, Ct. [manuscript] 1922 March 5. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647944413 George Sterli...

Hotten, John Camden, 1832-1873

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Publisher and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 74 & 75 Picadilly, W., London, to Rev. W. Kett, 1868 Feb. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125499 Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000789.0x00039f English publisher and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, 1870 June 23. (Un...

Walsh, Lily

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Kaufman, Edward S.

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Wagner, Madge Morris, 1862-1924

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Walsh, Elizabeth, 1872-1895

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Percival Pollard

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Ripley Hitchcock.

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Neale, Hamilton S.

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Cowley (John and Horace) Publishers, London

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Frank Crosthwaite

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Herman Scheffauer.

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Asbury, Samuel E. (Samuel Erson), 1872-1962

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Asbury, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, was assistant state chemist at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station at Texas A&M University and an amateur historian and collector of Texana. From the description of Asbury, Samuel Erson, papers, 1920-1955. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 22902157 Historian and chemist. From the description of Samuel E. Asbury papers, 1807-1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70956192 Harrison w...

Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930

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George Haven Putnam (1844-1930) was a publisher and author best known for his commitment to the establishment of national copyright legislation in the U.S. and to American adherence to the international copyright Convention of Berne. After serving in the U.S. Civil War, he entered his father's publishing house, G.P. Putnam's Sons. He assumed the presidency of the firm in 1872 and became an authority on the legal implications of copyright. In 1886 he formed the American Publishers' Copyright Leag...

J. William Noyes.

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Neale, Walter, 1873-1933

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President of The Neale Publishing Company of New York, N.Y. From the description of Letters, 1906. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522041 ...

The Neale Publishing Company.

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H. Rhea Woodman

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George Sterling

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Hitchcock, Ripley, 1857-1918

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Prominent American editor. From the description of Ripley Hitchcock letter to Mrs. H. C. Bunner [manuscript] [1896] May 19, (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 423069797 American art critic, editor, historian. From the description of Ripley Hitchcock papers, [ca. 1885]-1935. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 496102454 American author, editor, and critic. From the description of Autograph letter signe...

Adolphe Danziger.

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Schulte Publishing Company, Chicago

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Scheffauer, Herman

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Scheffauer, Herman George

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Chatto & Windus (firm), London

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Brisbane, Arthur, 1864-1936

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American journalist. From the description of Letter : to Caroline Muller, 1907 Aug. 12. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122349037 Journalist and newspaper editor. From the description of Arthur Brisbane correspondence, 1909. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454184 Brisbane was an American author and editor. From the description of Letter, 1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: ...

American Publishers Corporation

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Aulick, W. W.

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Howes, Silas Orrin

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Tom Hood.

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F. J. Schulte.

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Sterling, George

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Biography George Sterling (1869-1926), California lyric poet, was born in Sag Harbor, New York. After leaving school he came to California and in 1892 first met Ambrose Bierce, who was to become a major influence in his life. In 1908 Sterling and his wife (Caroline Rand) moved from Oakland to Carmel. Then, after several years in New York, Sterling lived at the Bohemian Club in San Francisco. Thus, most of the years he was writing poetry were ...

Tauchnitz

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Appleton (D.) & Co.

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Carrie J. Christiansen

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Blake, James D.

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Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?

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Ambrose Bierce was born in Horse Cave Creek, Ohio, on June 24, 1842. After military service in the Civil War, he settled in San Francisco, where he met Mark Twain and became a columnist and writer. Bierce became known for his sharp, sarcastic wit while writing for the "Argonaut," the "Wasp," and the "San Francisco Examiner." A member of the Bohemian Club, he became acquainted with many of the prominent San Francisco authors. After his retirement Bierce traveled into Texas and toward Mexico, at a...

Elder (Paul) & Company, San Francisco

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