Manuscripts

Elbert Hubbard letters

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Description: This group of material includes six letters written by Elbert Hubbard to various addressees, one letter written by Charles J. Rosen, and three pieces of ephemera
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1896-1924.
Call number: mssHM 66581-66587
Creator: Hubbard, Elbert (1856-1915)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased with the William Morris Papers from Sanford Berger, Oct. 30, 1999.
Associated people: Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe, (1876-1959,); Denslow, W. W. (1856-1915,)

Frank Hubbard letters to family

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These seven letters were written by Frank Hubbard to his family back in New Jersey. The letters are addressed to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hubbard, and his brother William C. Hubbard. Hubbard wrote these letters from Colorado Springs and Denver, Colorado. He talks about trying to find employment, traveling in the area, going to social events, etc. He also mentions that observing the Sabbath is making it difficult to find a job. Hubbard also talks about perhaps going further west to Wyoming or Nevada.

mssHM 78272-78278

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Elbert P. Jones papers

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The collection consists primarily of letters, documents and one volume related to the claim of Elbert P. Jones's heirs, particularly Mrs. Anna M. R. Jones, to Yerba Buena Island, California (approximately 1901 to 1914). The collection also includes records of transfer and diagrams of lots of land in San Francisco sold by Elbert P. Jones, from 1848 to 1851.

mssHM 26592-26607

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Elbert P. Jones papers

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mssHM 26592-26607

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George A. Tykel letter to Daniel J. Hubbard

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Letter from George A. Tykel to Daniel J. Hubbard written "at School House" near Ft. Sevastopol, Thurston County, Washington Territory. In the letter Tykel writes that "all the rage is now the mines," of the cost of Indian horses ("in great demand" for mine work), and of the outlook for opening a fruit store where steamers arrive from San Francisco.

mssHM 74521

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The note book of Elbert Hubbard : mottoes, epigrams, short essays, passages, orphic sayings and preachments : coined from a life of love, laughter and work by a man who achieved greatly in literature, art, philosophy and business

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"Original mottoes, epigrams, short essays, passages, Orphic sayings and preachments, coined from a life of love, laughter and work, by a man who achieved greatly in literature, art, philosophy and business"--Cover

614099

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This then is a William Morris book : being a little journey by Elbert Hubbard, & some letters, heretofore unpublished, written to his friend & fellow worker, Robert Thomson, all throwing a side-light, more or less, on the man and his times

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The Morris letters relate to his rupture with Hyndman and the Social Democratic Federation.

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The note book of Elbert Hubbard : mottoes, epigrams, short essays, passages, orphic sayings and preachments : coined from a life of love, laughter and work by a man who achieved greatly in literature, art, philosophy and business

This then is a William Morris book : being a little journey by Elbert Hubbard, & some letters, heretofore unpublished, written to his friend & fellow worker, Robert Thomson, all throwing a side-light, more or less, on the man and his times