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SULLIVAN, Louis H. (1856-1924), Architect. Autograph letter signed ("Louis H. Sullivan") to Horace Traubel (1858-1919), Chicago, 13 August 1912. 1 page, 4to, on personal stationery, with original autograph envelope.
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SULLIVAN, Louis H. (1856-1924), Architect. Autograph letter signed ("Louis H. Sullivan") to Horace Traubel (1858-1919), Chicago, 13 August 1912. 1 page, 4to, on personal stationery, with original autograph envelope.
SULLIVAN AUTHORIZES USE OF HIS LETTER IN TRAUBEL'S WHITMAN BIOGRAPHY
THE FABLED ARCHITECT EXPRESSES HIS JOY OVER HEARING FROM WHITMAN'S BIOGRAPHER: "IT SEEMS LIKE A VOICE FROM THE FAR PAST." "I find your [letter of the] 9th on my return to the city," he tells Traubel. "By all means use my letter to Whitman if you wish to do so. I could do no more today than reinforce what I said then! For it was said from the heart. It seems like a voice from the far past. How are you. Write me at anytime you feel like it and send me what you like. Hope we may see each other before long."
Traubel befriended the elderly Whitman during his residence in Camden, New Jersey from the mid-1880s until Whitman's death in 1892. The many walks and conversations he had with the poet became the raw material for Traubel's 9-volume With Walt Whitman in Camden. He also served as one of the three executors for Whitman's estate, and became a tireless evangel on behalf of Whitman's work and his philosophy. A dedicated socialist, Traubel believed that Whitman's ideas were crucial for any radical transformation of American life, and he kept up a lively correspondence with leading figures in the arts. His journal The Artsman, which he published from 1903 to 1907, called for radical innovations in painting, literature, architecture and production. SULLIVAN'S LETTERS ARE EXCEEDINGLY RARE.
SULLIVAN AUTHORIZES USE OF HIS LETTER IN TRAUBEL'S WHITMAN BIOGRAPHY
THE FABLED ARCHITECT EXPRESSES HIS JOY OVER HEARING FROM WHITMAN'S BIOGRAPHER: "IT SEEMS LIKE A VOICE FROM THE FAR PAST." "I find your [letter of the] 9th on my return to the city," he tells Traubel. "By all means use my letter to Whitman if you wish to do so. I could do no more today than reinforce what I said then! For it was said from the heart. It seems like a voice from the far past. How are you. Write me at anytime you feel like it and send me what you like. Hope we may see each other before long."
Traubel befriended the elderly Whitman during his residence in Camden, New Jersey from the mid-1880s until Whitman's death in 1892. The many walks and conversations he had with the poet became the raw material for Traubel's 9-volume With Walt Whitman in Camden. He also served as one of the three executors for Whitman's estate, and became a tireless evangel on behalf of Whitman's work and his philosophy. A dedicated socialist, Traubel believed that Whitman's ideas were crucial for any radical transformation of American life, and he kept up a lively correspondence with leading figures in the arts. His journal The Artsman, which he published from 1903 to 1907, called for radical innovations in painting, literature, architecture and production. SULLIVAN'S LETTERS ARE EXCEEDINGLY RARE.