Harry Persons Taber papers, 1875-1947.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Harry Persons Taber papers, 1875-1947.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/457810721

Collection of materials from Harry Persons Taber, a founding member of the Roycroft Shop and editor of the Philistine journal. Includes correspondence, writings, biographical records, and Roycroft publications. Although not comprehensive, this collection offers important documentation of the personal life and professional career of Harry Persons Taber, and is comprised of three series: Biographical, Roycroft, and Writings. Notable biographical records include the 1881 diary Taber kept at age 16, recording some of his early printing efforts, and a scrapbook of correspondence and clippings with broad coverage from 1898-1937. Roycorft records are notable for the aggregation of publications written or contributed to by Taber, including the journal the Philistine, broadsides, and a collection of printed and hand-drawn motifs. (Note: many of the Roycroft publications are fragile; see librarian for handling). A reproduction of the original Taber-Elbert Hubbard agreement, as well as correspondence and articles regarding Hubbard and Stephen Crane are included. Series III contains typescripts and copies of Taber's numerous articles for newspapers and journals, proofsheets for Ezra and me, and an unknown typewritten manuscript, possibly written by Roycroft contributor Paul Allan.

2.2. linear ft. (2 manuscript boxes,1 oversize box)

Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Central (downtown Buffalo)

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7558665

Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Central (downtown Buffalo)

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Hubbard, Elbert Green, 1856-1915

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h23v6b (person)

Elbert Green Hubbard was born in Bloomington, Illinois to Silas Hubbard and Juliana Frances Read on June 19, 1856. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he had early success as a salesman for the Larkin Soap Company in Buffalo, New York. In 1895, he founded Roycroft, an Arts and Crafts community in East Aurora, New York. This community developed following Hubbard's purchase of a private press, which he named the Roycroft Press. The printing business was initiated in collaboration with Hubbard's first wife...

Roycroft Shop (1895-1938)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vj6dh2 (corporateBody)

Founded by Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) in 1895, the Roycroft Shops combined the ideals of William Morris with the techniques of capitalism. The business developed out of the growth of the craftsman's movement in America, promoted by Hubbard through his Roycroft Press. Those who worked for Hubbard were known as Roycrofters. By 1900, the Roycroft shops were successfully marketing handcrafted items, including carpets, sculpture, and mission style furniture. Despite the popular...

Taber, Harry Persons, 1865-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62f8zrd (person)

Printer, author, and chemist, Harry Persons Taber was born in East Aurora, New York. Although he is best known for his work as editor of the Roycroft journal the Philistine, Taber's professional life took many turns. Before joining Hubbard in 1895, he served as a journalist at the Denver Republican newspaper from 1892-1894. After the disolution of his business relationship with Hubbard, Taber served as editor of the Buffalo Times, and later, the Springfield Union in Massachusetts. By the World W...

Society of the Philistines (East Aurora, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6256p9r (corporateBody)