Elbert Hubbard

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Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he had early success as a traveling salesman for the Larkin Soap Company. Hubbard is known best as the founder of the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York, an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts movement. Among Hubbard's many publications were the fourteen-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.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1856 (Bloomington), Died May 7, 1915 (Atlantic Ocean)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1915

Roles Represented in DAHR: author

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role	Audio
Victor	C-15620	12-in.	1/22/1915	A message to Garcia	Harry E. Humphrey	Recitation	author
Victor	C-15621	12-in.	1/22/1915	Message to Garcia	Harry E. Humphrey	Recitation	author

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hubbard, Elbert," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103268.

Hubbard, Elbert. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103268.

"Hubbard, Elbert." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.