1905

Primary Sources
Miller, Joaquin. The Building of the City Beautiful. Trenton, NJ: Albert Brandt. 1905. 243 pages. 1904-1905 Copyright by Albert Brandt. Entered at Stationer's Hall Copyright 1893, by C.H. Miller. [PMC] [UOL] [USC] [NHM] [“Three small editions of parts of this book appeared in 1894, when the plates were melted.”] [HON has a copy inscribed by the author. They also have a copy on their regular shelves. They list the latter as being Vol. 7.] [The dedication reads, “To Andrew Carnegie: The Builder of Libraries Beautiful. Copyright 1904-1905. The Building of Utopia.”] [HUN has uncut original with author's autograph.] [This book has a picture of Miller and his Mother dated Xmas 1905. He says this the first time it was ever really published for the public--earlier editions being just for family and friends.] [MGK]
-----. and Yone Noguchi. Japan of Sword and Love. Tokyo: Kanao Bunyendo, 1905.
74pp. [WC] [MGK] [MCK] [HON has two copies, one inscribed by Miller.] [MGK]
-----. [Miller’s contribution unidentifiable.] in Twilight Stories. Susan Coolidge [1835-1905], Joaquin Miller [1837 [40]-1913], Mrs. Amy Therese Powelson etc. Akron and New York: Saalfield Publishing Co. [Unversity of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center] [Articles or poems by Miller not identified] [Twilight Stories by Margaret Sydney, Susan Coolidge, Joaquin Miller, Author of “John Halifax, Gentleman,” MRs. Amya Therese Powelson, Etc. Scanned by Charles Keller for Tina with OmniPage Professional OCR software donated by Caere Corporation, 1-800-535-7226. Contact Mike Lough “Project Gutenberg Association / Benedictine University”.] http://www.infocentral.com/texts/etext96/twils10.txt [MGK]
-----. The Voice of the Dove. Music by Charles Willeby. Cincinnati: The John Church Company 1905 [BAL (6:207) notes that this sheet music is reprinted from The Building of the City Beautiful, 1893.] [See 1912 for different music. No poem by this name appears in The Building of the City Beautiful 1905 edition.] [MGK]
-----. Illiffe, Katharine M. and Clara Doty Bates. Kindergarten Gems for Home and
Kindergarten. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing, 1905. [299] pp [WC] [MCK]
-----. Arctic Night. Current Literature 38 (January 1905): 47-48 [PMC] [MCK]
-----. Two Wise Old Men. Smart Set (February 1905) [HON] [MGK]
-----. The American Queen.” Cosmopolitan 38 (March 1905): 500. [PMC] [HON] [CAL] [MGK]
-----. “The Slump in Poetry.” The Critic. (April 1905) [HON] [MGK]
-----. “Trees of Eden.” San Francisco Morning Call (3 April 1905): 6: 6 [CAL] [MGK]
-----. Behold this Miracle, the Tree. Literary Digest. (6 May 1905) [HON] [MGK]
-----. “Russian's Ingratitude” with J.C. Douglas Four Track News (June 1905): 393 [MGK]
-----. The Oregon Sierra (“Sierra Grandè del Norte”). Sunset Magazine 15 (July 1905): 229-230. [HON] [CAL] [CSC] [Written for the Western Poets’ Day, July 15th, Lewis and Clark Exposition closing the Western Authors' Week.] [MGK]
-----. “Joaquin Miller Upholds Western Authors.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer 48.69 (23 July 1905): 6 [MGK]
-----. The Oregon Sierra. Current Literature 39 (September 1905): 342. [PMC] [CAL] [CAL] [MGK]

Secondary Sources
Collins, John Churton. Studies in Poetry and Criticism. London: George Bell and Sons,
1905. 309pp. 6, 33, 62-63, 71. [RCL] [PSU] [WC] [MGK] [MCK] [See also 1972 and 1977]
Conyers, R. W. Diary. In Oregon Pioneer Transactions, 1905. 423-512. [HGT] [MCK]
Douglass, Jennie Campbell and Lionel A. Johnson. “The American Byron: Joaquin
Miller, the Venerable ‘Poet of the Sierras.’” Four Track News (1905): 390-393.
[WC] [MCK] [See also OHS Scrapbook 43, p. 94. An article about Joaquin’s trespassing notie may be related to the pictures on the same page in OHS Scrapbook which fall under the heading of “Joaquin Miller’s Home.” ] [MCK]
Gaston, Joseph. The Centennial History of Oregon. (1905) Vol. I, p. 615-618 [errata] [MGK]
Hutton, Laurence. Talks in a Library with Laurence Hutton. Edited by Isabel Moore.
New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1905. 357-362. [RCL] [See Moore 1906] [MGK] [MCK]
An Illustrated History of Oregon. Part 2. Spokane: Western Historical Publishing
Company, 1905. 1057. Just a brief note that Minnie Myrtle and Joaquin Miller were contributors to The Mountaineer [MCK].
Khayyam, Omar. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. New York: Dodge Publishing Co. 1905. [PMC] states 5 illustrations of Miller appear in this and the 1912 edition, but that 4 appear in the 1906 edition. [UOL] notes, “rendered valuable assistance in posing for these illustrations.” [MGK]
Noguchi, Yone. “With the Poet of Light and Joy.” National Magazine 21(January
1905): 417-420 [RCL] [PMC] [HON] [MGK] [MCK]
“The Critic.” New York Times (18 March 1905) [Online: BR168]
Further discussion of the poets by Joaquin Miller and others is among the April articles [MCK]
Richardson, Daniel Sidney. “Joaquin.” Overland Monthly 45 (April 1905): 308-309. [PMC] [HON] [CAL] [MGK]
Calderwood, G. W. “Joaquin Miller.” Ability 1 (April 1905): 11-15 [RCL] [MGK] [MCK]
Stoddard, Charles Warren. “Prentice Mulford, the New Gospeler.” National Magazine
22 (April 1905): 94-101 [RCL] [MGK] [MCK]
“ ‘The Slump in Poetry’ Further Discussed by the Poets.” The Critic 46 April 1905):
347 [RCL] [MGK] [MCK]
“The May Arena.” New York Times (22 April 1905) [Online: BR269]
The conclusion of The Building of the City Beautiful in the forthcoming issue of
the Arena [MCK]
Whitney, Casper [Editor] “The Poet of the Sierras.” Outing 46 (June 1905): 313-314 [PMC] [RCL] [MAR] [MGK]
Lockley, Fred. “The Lounger.” The Critic 47 (July 1905): 4-7 [RCL] [PMC] [PET] [MGK] [MCK]
Oregonian (15 July 1905) The Building of the City Beautiful. 1893. Trenton: New Jersey: A. Brandt, 1905. 243 pp [MCK]
Clarke. S.A. “Two thousand at the Fair Wait in Line to Grasp His Hand . Ovation to the Poet. Celebrated Writer Speaks of Oregon in Most Affectionate Terms, and is Guest at Banquet in the Evening.” ?publication (See also OHS Scrapbook 226E p. 14). [MGK]
Joaquin Miller visits Lewis and Clark Exposition, Portland, Oregon, July 1905. Lewis and Clark Journal 4 (August 1905): 3 [CAL] [MGK]
“Poets, ‘Joshes,’ and Twins.” New York Times (29 July 1905) [Online: RB493]
July 15 was Joaquin Miller Day at the Lewis and Clark Exposition. A banquet
was held at the American Inn. Robertus Love of St. Louis presided and his introduction of Miller is printed in this article. [MCK]
“Some American Writers.” Review of American Writers of To-Day. By Henry C. Vedder. New York Times (2 September 1905) [Online: BR572] Miller listed as one of the writers included. [MCK]
Schafer, Joseph. “Notes on the Colonization of Oregon.” Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society 6: 4 (December 1905): 379-390. Miller is mentioned from page 389 to 390 [MCK]
“Our Latest and Greatest Social Vision: An Interpretation.” The Arena 34 (December
1905): 654-658. [RCL] [CCL 654 only] [MGK] [MCK]
Death of Miller’s mother. [Margaret (De Witt) Miller.] Sacramento Union [22 December 1905): 2: 3 [CAL] [MGK]

Letters and Archival Papers
Miller, Joaquin. Quotation from his Dawn in San Diego (10 February 1894).The Hights
[HON has 1 leaf inscribed in his The Building of the City Beautiful [1905] (PS2397 B8) [MGK]
-----. Letter to “My dear little Louis” from Carlsbad, N.M. (13 January 1905
(?)]: 1 p. [Huntington Library, U.6 B10 L.F., HM 51180.] [MGK]
-----. Letter to George M. Miller (6 June 1905) Frontier 12.2. 1932. [Written from “The Hights.”] [MGK]
-----.Letter to George M. Miller (1 September 1905) Frontier12.2 (1932): ?. [MGK]
-----. A post-card dated November 10 but unaddressed is on file in [CAL] original letters [MGK]
Advertisement for Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, July 15, 1905. [OHS
Clippings File] [MCK]
“Announcing Joaquin Miller as the guest of honor at the Bohemian Banquet.”

 
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