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Edward Carpenter Letters and Postcards

Call Number

TAM.421

Date

1880-1923, inclusive

Creator

Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

Edward Carpenter was a British socialist writer and poet, known for his advocacy of natural living, and for his writings on homosexuality and his open espousal of this identity. The collection contains letters and postcards, and printed ephemera.

Historical/Biographical Note

Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) was a British socialist writer and poet, known for his advocacy of natural living, and for his writings on homosexuality and his open espousal of this identity. Carpenter was born to a middle-class family, attended Cambridge University, worked for the University Extension movement in northern England, traveled and lectured, and in 1883 settled in Millthorpe, near Sheffield. In 1891, after his return from a trip to India to study Indian philosophy and religion, he met George Merrill, who would be his companion for nearly forty years. Among his works are Towards Democracy(1883) and The Intermediate Sex(1908). Crane also composed the socialist anthem England Arise!

Sources:

Adapted from Philip Taylor's "Biographical Note," at the Edward Carpenter Archive website. http://edwardcarpenter.net/index.htm

Arrangement

Folders are arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Content Note

Contains three letters to, and one letter from Bertram Lloyd (aka "Wolfie"); one letter and two postcards to Harold Munro of the Poetry Bookshop, London; three letters and nine postcards to Grant Richards of London, pertaining to Carpenter's desire to have Richards publish his The Story of Eros and Psycheand his Iolaus: an Anthology of Friendship; nine letters to Miss Annie Riley, first of Sheffield, later of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts; a clipping from the Evening Standard noting Carpenter's 80th birthday, and a brochure from the Edward Carpenter International Memorial Trust. All the letters and postcards are signed.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Materials in this collection, which were created in 1880-1923, are in the public domain. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date; Collection name; Collection number; box number; folder number;
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Materials were separated from the Tamiment Library Manuscript Files Collection in 2004. Provenance is unknown. The accession number associated with this collection is 2004.015.

Collection processed by

Peter Meyer Filardo

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Edition of this Guide

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Repository

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

Container

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012