Walter J. Benjamin autograph collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 60

Scope and content

Signed autograph letters and notes from a variety of people prominent in political or literary circles. Many of them concern the publication of articles in periodicals or plans for social engagements. Correspondents include Elbert Hubbard, explorer and author George Kennan, librarian William Frederick Poole, J.W. Powell, spiritualist Walter Franklin Prince, Senator Ira Harris, John V. L. Pruyn, T.C. Platt, and many others.

Dates

circa 1822-1934,-1830-1900 (bulk)

Creator

Benjamin, Walter J. (Collector, Person)
Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. (Person)
Kennan, George, 1845-1924. (Person)
Platt, Thomas Collier, 1833-1910. (Person)
Poole, William Frederick, 1821-1894. (Person)
Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902. (Person)
Prince, Walter Franklin, 1863-1934. (Person)
Pruyn, John V. L. (John VanSchaick Lansing), 1811-1877. (Person)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

Elbert Hubbard founded the Roycroft Community in East Aurora, New York. John Wesley Powell was the director of the U.S. Geological Survey. Ira Harris was a U.S. senator from New York. John V. L. Pruyn was a Congressman from New York. Thomas Collier Platt was a Congressman and then a Senator from New York.