Marsden Hartley papers, 1908-1965 (bulk 1908-1918).

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Marsden Hartley papers, 1908-1965 (bulk 1908-1918).

This collection consists of materials given to Arthur Plummer by Marsden Hartley. Contents include correspondence from Hartley to Plummer, 2 typewritten poems, 4 autograph poems, and Hartley's copy of Leaves of Grass.

.16 cubic feet (1 slim document case)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7999552

Kent State University

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Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943

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Marsden Hartley, one of the early modernist painters and also a poet, was born in Lewiston, Maine, in 1877. After his mother's death, he moved to Cleveland to live with his father and stepmother, attending the Cleveland Institute of Art. He then moved on to study at the New York School of Art, where he found inspiration in the works of the American transcendentalists, particularly Emerson and Whitman. Among his other influences were Emily Dickison, his friend and contemporary Hart Crane, and Ger...

Plummer, Arthur.

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New York School of Fine and Applied Art

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Cleveland Institute of Art.

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Art school. Founded 1882 as the Western Reserve School of Design for Women. In 1888 the name changed to School of Art of the Western Reserve University, and in 1891 to the Cleveland School of Art. It became the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1948, moving to a new building on East Boulevard in 1956. From the description of Cleveland Institute of Art records, 1882-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122389898 ...