Maynard, Laurens, 1866-1917
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Peter Doyle to Laurens Maynard, 1902-05-07
Item
Identifier: 1976.015.1.2
Scope and Contents
"...The story in the Cosmopolitan is entirely imaginary. Whitman never lost any money of mione and I did not get one hundred dollars a month...." Handwritten notes (author unknown) on verso: Written in 1902. Doyle then an elderly man. Letter written to Laurens Maynard refutes an article by Elbert Hubbard in Cosmopolitan. Story to the effect that Whitman was made caretaker of Doyle's monthly salary $100 - Had his pocket picked and Doyle, instead of becoming frantic took it...
Dates:
1902-05-07
Walt Whitman's Mickle Street home, 1895-06-09
Item
Identifier: 1976.015.2.3
Scope and Contents
Photograph, signed and dated by Laurens Maynard, featuring a street view of the exterior of rowhouses along Mickel Street in Camden, New Jersey.
Maynard's inscription to Dr. R.M. Bucke, handwritten on verso: As you will observe I wrote the explanation on the wrong picture - Tyhis was taken when I was over to the 2nd annual meeting of the [Walt Whitman] Fellowship...
Dates:
1895-06-09
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