Letters : to Edward Naumburg, Jr., 1930-1945.

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Letters : to Edward Naumburg, Jr., 1930-1945.

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One hundred and twenty letters written by antiquarian bookseller Alfred Francis Goldsmith to collector Edward Naumburg, Jr. between 1930 and 1945. Goldsmith illustrated many of the letters with drawings that pertain to his business or to the authors and items under consideration. Individual letters from F.O. Matthiesen and Anne Traubel Montgomerie. Collection includes presentation copy of Concise bibliography of Walt Whitman by Carolyn Wells and Goldsmith, signed by both authors. Also, newspaper articles and New York Times obituary of Goldsmith and photographs of him, his wife Rae, and their shop. Also, two copies of bookplate used by Rae Goldsmith for her cookbook collection.

120 items (.25 linear ft.)photographs 27.

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Naumburg, Edward

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Traubel, Anne Montgomerie, 1864-1954

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Biographical Notes Horace Traubel 1858, Dec. 19 Born, Camden, N.J. 1873 Introduced to Walt Whitman upon the poet's arrival in Camden, N.J. 1885 Founding member, Society for Ethical Culture, Philadelphia,Pa. ...

Wells, Carolyn, -1942

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American writer. From the description of The Poster Girl : [n.p.] : autograph poem signed, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270589858 Author of poetry, novels, children's books and mysteries; poetry collector whose books were bequeathed to the Library of Congress; married to Houghton Mifflin heir Hadwin Houghton. From the description of Carolyn Wells Houghton letter to Lola L. Kovener [manuscript], 1938 August 2. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id...

Matthiessen, F. O. (Francis Otto), 1902-1950

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Matthiessen was an American literary scholar, teacher, and critic. From the description of Papers, 1929-1950. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122468863 From the guide to the Papers, 1929-1950., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) F.O. Matthiessen was an American literary critic and a Harvard professor of history and literature. From the description of Correspondence with Hugh T. Cunningham, 1946-1950. (Harvard Univer...

Goldsmith, Alfred F.

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Alfred Francis Goldsmith was born in Atlantic City, N.J. and studied at the University of Pennsylvania. He opened his shop, At the Sign of the Sparrow, in the Gramercy Park area of New York City in the early 1920s. His primary interests were Lewis Carroll, Edgar Allen Poe, and Walt Whitman. Goldsmith helped Carolyn Wells acquire her major collection of Whitmaniana, which she later left to the Library of Congress. Their descriptive bibliography of Whitman's works appeared in 1922. We...