Edward Sandford Martin correspondence and compositions
Overview
Correspondence and compositions of the American writer Edward Sandford Martin, documenting his socio-political interests and his interest in spiritualism.
Dates
- Creation: 1882-1939
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1900-1938
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
6.5 linear feet (13 boxes)Chiefly correspondence with Charles William Eliot, Edward Mandell House, and Theodore Roosevelt, among others. Letters by Martin are mostly retained carbon copies. Also contains essays, editorials, poems, notes, and drafts of compositions, printed copies of his articles, scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, and ephemera. Materials pertain to both his writing career and his interest in spiritualism, as well as the subjects of his editorials and contemporary socio-political issues. Also includes correspondence with psychic mediums, many of whom he apparently supported financially.
Biographical / Historical
Martin, an essayist and poet, was a founder and editor of Life (1887-1933). He also wrote an editorial column for Scribner's Magazine, Harper's Weekly (1893-1913), and for Harper's Monthly (1920-1935).
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. Letters to Edward Sandford Martin
- II. Letters by Edward Sandford Martin
- III. Other correspondence
- IV. Compositions by Edward Sandford Martin
- V. Other compositions
- VI. Miscellaneous
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
*70M-64. Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Blagden, 125 E. 63rd St., New York NY 10021; received: 1971 April.
Processing Information
Enhanced with digital content by Alison Harris.
- Title
- Martin, Edward Sandford, 1856-1939. Edward Sandford Martin correspondence and compositions: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00297
Repository Details
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