Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915
Person
Biographical Note
Elbert Hubbard; Elbert Green Hubbard; born June 19, 1856, Bloomington, Illinois; died May 7, 1915 aboard the Lusitania; writer publisher, philosopher; first business was selling Larkin soap products in Buffalo, New York; best known for Roycroft, an arts and crafts community in East Aurora, New York founded in 1895; among his many publications were the nine-volume work Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great and the short publication A Message to Garcia; he and his second wife, Alice Moore Hubbard, died aboard the RMS Lusitania when it was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Marlene Lipinski Collection, 1499, 1893-2005
Collection
Identifier: RG 2000.02
Introduction
The Marlene Lipinski Curated Collection was gathered by Marlene Lipinski, an artist, author, and former Art and Design faculty at Columbia College Chicago. During her 37 years (1978-2015) at Columbia College Chicago she developed a personal library of materials related to the subjects she taught, such as typography and graphic design. This collection features rare items, including leaf prints, magazines, journals, books, and a DVD-R, from that library pertaining to the subjects of Typography...
Dates:
1499, 1893-2005; Majority of material found within 1893 - 2005