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RE: A Sandburg Stumper - L Verge - 05-04-2019 07:05 PM
(05-04-2019 03:07 PM)Rob Wick Wrote: Laurie is correct. The Library of Congress has the largest number of collections that have Sandburg material. I'm at work, so I don't have the exact number, but when I get home I can get it.
Edit: The LOC has 111 collections that has some sort of Sandburg material. Some of the more important would include the David C. Mearns Papers (Mearns was manuscript curator at the LOC and a very close friend of Sandburg. In fact, when Sandburg was in Washington he stayed with Mearns) as well as the James G. and Ruth Painter Randall Papers.
Now, what is the second one?
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Rob
Guessing again, but the NY Public Library seems to have everything, so maybe it's #2?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 05-04-2019 07:55 PM
That is the second facility. It has 55. Compared to the University of Illinois, which only has 38 collections. Of course, those collections are generally ALL Sandburg (either from Carl or his daughters or others).
The top ten facilities with Sandburg material are:
1. The Library of Congress (111)
2. The New York Public Library (55)
3. The University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (38)
4. University of Chicago (34)
5. Houghton Library, Harvard (32)
6. University of Virginia (31)
7. Michigan State University Libraries (30)
8. Yale University/Beinecke Library (28)
9. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (27)
10. Wisconsin Historical Society and Library (22)
Not all of the facilities would be worth the reseacher's time, given that there are 99 facilities with only one collection, many of which are simply a single letter written by or to Sandburg.
Good job Laurie.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - LincolnMan - 05-05-2019 06:26 AM
Kind of surprised MSU is on the list. I would have thought U of M because of his connection there.
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - L Verge - 05-05-2019 03:22 PM
(05-04-2019 07:55 PM)Rob Wick Wrote: That is the second facility. It has 55. Compared to the University of Illinois, which only has 38 collections. Of course, those collections are generally ALL Sandburg (either from Carl or his daughters or others).
The top ten facilities with Sandburg material are:
1. The Library of Congress (111)
2. The New York Public Library (55)
3. The University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (38)
4. University of Chicago (34)
5. Houghton Library, Harvard (32)
6. University of Virginia (31)
7. Michigan State University Libraries (30)
8. Yale University/Beinecke Library (28)
9. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (27)
10. Wisconsin Historical Society and Library (22)
Not all of the facilities would be worth the reseacher's time, given that there are 99 facilities with only one collection, many of which are simply a single letter written by or to Sandburg.
Good job Laurie.
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Rob
For those of you with suspicious minds, I will place my hand on the Bible and swear that I did not cheat. I know very little about Carl Sandburg, and after so many other logical guesses were dismissed, I just started thinking of the institutions with the greatest amount of any type of collection or materials. LOC and NYPL are just huge resources for many types of things.
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 08-20-2019 10:36 AM
Who is this?
![[Image: M0984Ar.jpg?1]](https://i.imgur.com/M0984Ar.jpg?1)
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 08-20-2019 06:15 PM
First clue. Sandburg knew him in Galesburg.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - RJNorton - 08-21-2019 04:01 AM
Ira Clifton Copley?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 08-21-2019 07:43 AM
Good guess, Roger, but that's not it. I won't be able to provide another clue until later today.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 08-21-2019 05:34 PM
Next clue. Sandburg and his brother worked for him.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - RJNorton - 08-22-2019 03:45 AM
Paul Jordan Smith?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 08-22-2019 08:01 AM
Sorry, Roger, but that isn't the answer. Next clue. When this man died a newspaper got his name wrong by calling him Andrew.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Joe Di Cola - 08-22-2019 10:24 AM
Sandburg worked for a time for Samuel K. Barlow, delivering milk. He also worked as a shoeshine at the Union Hotel for a barber named Humphries--the hotel managed by Hiram Belding. I think Samuel K. Barlow is going to be my answer.
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 08-22-2019 12:01 PM
Very logical guess Joe, but it isn't Barlow. Next clue. He once asked Sandburg if there was any money in "this poetry business."
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Joe Di Cola - 08-22-2019 02:12 PM
You know, Rob, I was originally tempted to go with Sandburg's father since the photo looked a lot like August Sandburg. I should have gone with my instinct.
I believe it is August Sandburg.
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 08-22-2019 02:40 PM
You are correct Joe. It is August Sandburg. My next clue was going to be how Sandburg nicknamed him "The Old Man." Sandburg and his brother worked for their father doing chores around the house and what made it interesting to me was that Sandburg marveled at how his father would put in 14 hours as a blacksmith's assistant and then come home and work several more hours around the house.
Good job!
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Rob