Gaige, Crosby, 1882-1949 (American publisher)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1882 - 1949
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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Journal, 13 Dec. 1926-11 Mar. 1927 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/24
Scope and Contents
The volume is a ruled notebook marked '1926-27-I' and mostly comprises diary entries. These include passages on: /27r. showing American publisher Crosby Gaige the manuscript of [Wilfred] Owen's poems; /34r-34v. a visit from Robert Graves; /43v-44r. 'My Landlord' (about Harold Speed); /44v-45v. anecdotes about poets W.B. Yeats and Wordsworth told to him by Edmund Gosse; /54v-67r. visits to Ruth and Henry Head and to Thomas Hardy at Max Gate; /79r. reflections on his influence on Wilfred...
Dates:
13 Dec. 1926-11 Mar. 1927 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
Conditions Governing Access:
This notebook has been digitised and can be viewed in full on the Cambridge Digital Library at http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-09852-00001-00024/1. The original item is currently unavailable for consultation due to its poor physical condition.
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Letter addressed from the King's Arms Hotel, Dorchester, 15 Jan. 1927
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8483/18
Scope and Contents
Concerning Crosby Gaige, and waiting to hear if 'B.R.' [Bruce Rogers] would print his poems; Sassoon becoming stand-offish and philosophical; also giving news of Henry Head (now an invalid) and 'T.H.' [Thomas Hardy] (venerates Hardy above all living and most dead writers).
Dates:
15 Jan. 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from 'Ben' [Huebsch] of Viking Press (New York) to 'Dear old Siegfried', 30 Mar. 1928
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/9/3/4
Scope and Contents
Complimenting Sassoon on his 'Crosby Gaige poems' and on the quality of the binding; expressing a wish to meet him casually 'instead of with the formality that the preparatory ocean voyage implies'; and giving news of an impending family holiday in Sweden and music etc.
Dates:
30 Mar. 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from J.C. Squire of 'The London Mercury', 21 June 1929
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8483/30
Scope and Contents
Informing Sassoon that his friend Crosby Gaige was forming a private press in America and would welcome material for publication.
Dates:
21 June 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Postcard with image of Slapton Village, 31 Dec. 1926
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8483/16
Scope and Contents
Met Crosby Gaige, suggests 'B.R.' [Bruce Rogers] run off a cheap edition of his work as a snub for Heinemann, who had treated him with 'impudent carelessness'.
Dates:
31 Dec. 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).