Manuscripts

Bliss Carman correspondence

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Description: Letter to "Editor: Boston Post", 1890 March 8 (mssHM 35549). Letter to Chandler, 1896 August 8 (mssHM 35550). Letter to Henry Holt, 1908 February 19 (mssHM 35551). Letter to The New York Independent, 1909 July 30 (mssHM 35552). Letter to Laurens, 1900 October 29 (mssHM 35553). Letters to Susan Hayes Ward, 1893-1900 (mssHM 35554-35598). Letters to William Hayes Ward, 1890-1894 (mssHM 35599-35601).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1890-1909.
Call number: mssHM 35549-35601
Creator: Carman, Bliss (1861-1929)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Acquired from P.K. Foley, November 1923.; Acquired from Quinn Sale, [date of acquisition not identified].

Bliss Carman Collection

Manuscripts

This collection contains papers of Canadian-American poet Bliss Carman (1861-1929). There are 65 items in the collection, which consists of correspondence and ephemera. There are 24 letters written by Bliss Carman to Irving Way. In addition, there is one letter from Mitchell Kennerley, from Kennerly Mitchell Publisher written in 1911. The letters written by Bliss Carman are in between 1905 and 1928. The subject matter within Carman's letters relates to his travels, with general remarks about the weather. Other matters mentioned are Carman's personal life, professional life, and trifling advice to his friend Irving Way. There are 40 various pieces of ephemera found in two separate folders. The items include printed items from Bliss Carman, which include his verses and poems. Additional ephemera consist of newspaper and magazine clippings, greeting cards, and note cards. In addition, there are some printed materials with marginal notes and are signed by Bliss Carman.

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Bliss Carman

Manuscripts

The majority of the collection is verse and prose, almost all of which was authored by Bliss Carman (1861-1929). One poem was authored jointly by Carman and Mary Perry King (b. 1865), and two are credited entirely to King. The collection also contains correspondence, the majority of which is addressed to Carman. Correspondents include Jane Addams, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Walter Gilman Page, Charles J. Rosebault, Dudley Allen Sargent, and Charles Hanson Towne.

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Bliss Carman letter to Dear Mr

Manuscripts

In response to a request for an autograph. Name of addressee erased.

mssHM 13775

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Bliss Carman review, in verse, of Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology

Manuscripts

Letter of Mitchell Kennerley to John Quinn (1915, Dec. 11) laid in.

mssHM 2580

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1 letter by Carman Bliss to Irving Way

Manuscripts

There are 65 items in the collection, which consists of correspondence and ephemera. There are 24 letters written by Bliss Carman to Irving Way. In addition, there is one letter from Mitchell Kennerley, from Kennerly Mitchell Publisher written in 1911. The letters written by Bliss Carman are in between 1905 and 1928. The subject matter within Carman's letters relates to his travels, with general remarks about the weather. Other matters mentioned are Carman's personal life, professional life, and trifling advice to his friend Irving Way. There are 40 various pieces of ephemera found in two separate folders. The items include printed items from Bliss Carman, which include his verses and poems. Additional ephemera consist of newspaper and magazine clippings, greeting cards, and note cards. In addition, there are some printed materials with marginal notes and are signed by Bliss Carman.

HM 75381.

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1 letter by Carman Bliss to Irving Way

Manuscripts

HM 75386.

Bliss Carman correspondence

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