Claude Washburn papers
Scope and Content Note
Collection includes typewritten and handwritten manuscripts, correspondence, and personal effects such as scrapbooks, college papers, and certificates.
Dates
- Creation: 1894-1930
Language of Materials
English
Restrictions on Access
The collection is open and available for use by researchers in the Anderesen Library Reading Room.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright is retained by the copyright holder.
Biographical Note
Claude Carlos Washburn was born on October 3, 1883, in Mankato, Minnesota. Washburn was about six years old when the family moved to Duluth in early 1890. He attended prep schools in Florida and Massuchusettes before studying at Harvard, graduating in 1905. After earning his degree, Washburn spent several years in Europe, writing poems, short stories, essays, and plays. In 1914 he published his first novel, "Gerald Northrop." Washburn continued to travel Europe during the first World War, though frequently returning to Duluth; Duluth serves as a backdrop for several pieces of writing. Washburn died in Duluth in 1926 after contracting streptococcic infection.
Extent
5 Linear Feet (10 boxes)
Abstract
Papers of Minnesota author Claude Carlos Washburn, including correspondence, manuscripts, and ephemera.
Physical Loacation
Mezz (R70, D3, S6-7)
Acquisition
Donated to the Upper Midwest Literary Archives by J.L. Washburn, 2007.
Processing Information
Processed by Upper Midwest Literary Archives staff in 2007.
- Title
- Claude Washburn papers
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
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