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Scope and Contents of the Collection
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| Title: | Horace Traubel Collection |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1910-1931 |
| Quantity: | 1.5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Author and Marxian socialist. Collection contains correspondence with Konrad Bercovici and others, photographs, printed material and manuscripts. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Biographical History
Horace Traubel (1858-1919) was an American poet, essayist, and author. Traubel was also a dedicated Socialist, and one of the founders of the socialist weekly newspaper The Worker. He is best known for being Whitman's literary executor and author of a nine-volume biography of hitman's final four years (1888-1892), entitled Walt Whitman in Camden. He and his wife, Anne, had
Jean Simpson was apparently a close friend of both Traubel and his wife Anne, judging by the correspondence contained in the collection.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Horace Traubel Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, printed material and writings.
Correspondence contains letters from Traubel to Romanian-American writer Konrad Bercovici and to Jean Simpson, and letters from Anne Traubel to Jean Simpson. There are a few unidentified items as well. The Simpson correspondence contains photocopies only, no originals.
Most of the Photographs are of Traubel, alone and with others; some are pasted into a scrapbook and others loose. There are also two photographs of Konrad Bercovici, and a photograph of a sketch by Modigliani of either Traubel or Bercovici.
Manuscripts consists of two bound volumes in which have been pasted sheets of handwritten manuscripts by Traubel. One is a long poem entitled "Put down your pen, said Love" and the other is an essay on Oscar Wilde and Frank Harris.
Printed material contains small cards printed with poems by Traubel; the poems concern birthdays, and were written on December 19th of 1910, 1912, 1913 and 1914.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
Use Restrictions
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Related Material
See also the Konrad Bercovici Collection for additional Bercovici letters.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Horace Traubel Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Simpson correspondence and scrapbook, gift of Jean Simpson, 1968. Bercovici material, transfer from Rare Books, 1971; original source unknown. Manuscripts, unspecified, 1977.
Finding Aid Information
Created by: MRC
Date: 6 Oct 2010
Revision history: 16 Jul 2012 - LCNAF updates (MRC);
27 Sep 2017 - additions processed (MRC)
Inventory
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Bercovici, Konrad 1914-1918 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Simpson, Jean, from Anne Traubel 1915, 1924-1931, undated (4 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Simpson, Jean, from Horace Traubel 1915-1919 - includes typed transcripts of some of the letters, provided by donor (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||
| Manuscripts | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Put down your pen, said Love | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Wilde / Harris essay | ||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Of Traubel (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Of Traubel | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | Scrapbook, photographs of Traubel - one photo is inscribed to Jean Simpson | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Miscellaneous - Bercovici, Modigliani sketch | ||||||||||
| Printed material | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Birthday poems 1910-1914 | ||||||||||