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James Monroe Whitfield

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(1822-1871) Poet. James M. Whitfield lived in Buffalo, New York, and from 1849-1852 his anti-slavery poetry was published in Frederick Douglass’s newspaper, “The North Star.” The collection was published in 1853 as “America and Other Poems.”

William Carlos Williams

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(1883-1963) William Carlos Williams was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, into a Spanish speaking household. Williams received his MD from the University of Pennsylvania, where he met Ezra Pound. Williams worked in Manhattan, New York, and was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1952.

Brander Matthews

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(1852-1929) Brander Matthews was a well-known figure in theatrical and literary circles in Paris and London as well as in New York City. He began to teach at Columbia University in 1891 and in 1900 was appointed the first professor of dramatic literature in any American university. A founding member of several writers’ clubs, he … Continued

Sloan Wilson

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(1920-2003) Writer, novelist. Sloan Wilson was born in Westport, Connecticut, was a SUNY Buffalo English professor and public information director from 1952 to 1955. He lived on High Ridge Road, Pound Ridge, New York, in the late 1950s and in Ticonderoga, New York both at the Rogers Rock Club and at 207 Champlain Avenue, during … Continued

Adelaide Crapsey

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(1878-1914) Poet. Adelaide Crapsey was born in Brooklyn, New York; raised in Rochester, New York; graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1901; was treated for tuberculosis in Saranac Lake, New York, and died in Rochester, New York.

Louis Untermeyer

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(1885-1977) Poet, anthologist. Louis Untermeyer was born in Manhattan, New York. Untermeyer worked with Max Eastman, John Reed, and Floyd Dell on the leftist publication “The Masses.” Untermeyer was blacklisted along with many others during McCarthyism. He was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1961 to 1963. He was married to the … Continued

Robert Louis Stevenson

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(1850-1894) Poet, writer. “Treasure Island” (1883), stayed at the Stevens Hotel on E. 11th Street in Manhattan in 1888. In the winter of 1887-88, Stevenson came to Saranac Lake seeking treatment for tuberculosis. During the winter he worked on “The Master of Ballantrae” (1889).He collaborated with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne to write “The Wrong Box” … Continued

Chard Powers Smith

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Writer. “Along the Wind.” Was born in Watertown; he practiced law there and later lived in Sackets Harbor. Practiced law in Rochester from 1921 to 1922.

John H Yates

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(1837-1900) Poet. John H. Yates lived in Batavia, New York. His house on Washington Avenue and State Street has been accepted by the National Register of Historic Places.