INDEX TO HAMLIN GARLAND'S
COMPANIONS ON THE TRAIL, A LITERARY CHRONICLE
Compiled & Edited by Lonnie E. Underhill, c 2015
The first of Hamlin Garland's literary volumes of comment on his fellow literary acquaintances was Roadside Meetings of a Literary Nomad. Roadside Meetings included literary men and women of distinction with whom Garland had acquaintance during the years 1884 to 1899. Companions on the Trail, a Literary Chronicle continues the commentary on his literary contemporaries between 1899 and 1914.
While Roadside Meetings was based on dated records and published articles, Companions on the Trail relied upon fourteen volumes of daily diaries of comment and characterization. According to Garland, starting in 1898, he set aside time each morning or evening to outline shorthand type notes outlining the highlights of each day's happenings. Without benefit of these records, he would have been greatly handicapped in "assessing the mood or the judgment of any day." His diaries provided him with faithful renderings of his impressions of his contemporaries. As such, Companions on the Trail dealt entirely with the literary side of his life, as his Middle Border Chronicles had dealt with his family life.
Garland's disclaimer regarding why any particular person, event, or book may have been omitted was that "probably because I did not know the man or the book." He included many writers and artists because they were his friends, while others were casual acquaintances or passing strangers. He made no attempt to give biography, instead yielding to an assessment of his impressions of the characters he met.
The following Index to Hamlin Garland's Companions on the Trail, a Literary Chronicle examines the middle years of Garland's career. As such, the index unlocks invaluable insight into the life of a widely traveled, inquisitive, thoughtful, perceptive literary figure and social historian.
The index has been arranged in three sections: Section I is a general index of the names of personalities with whom Garland had contact between 1899 and 1914. Section II outlines the chronological arrangement of the 1931 edition of Companions on the Trail which may benefit researchers by narrowing the amount of time required to familiarize themselves with the entire volume. Section III indexes titles of essays, short stories, plays, poems, and the like.
A final note on the Index. After I completed this index, I cross-referenced it with an undated, unrestricted version of an Index to Companions on the Trail which was among the holdings of the Cornell University Library. Users of the resulting Index to Hamlin Garland's Companions on the Trail will hopefully be pleased with the final product.
Lonnie E. Underhill
Gilbert, Arizona
lonnieunderhill@gmail.com
While Roadside Meetings was based on dated records and published articles, Companions on the Trail relied upon fourteen volumes of daily diaries of comment and characterization. According to Garland, starting in 1898, he set aside time each morning or evening to outline shorthand type notes outlining the highlights of each day's happenings. Without benefit of these records, he would have been greatly handicapped in "assessing the mood or the judgment of any day." His diaries provided him with faithful renderings of his impressions of his contemporaries. As such, Companions on the Trail dealt entirely with the literary side of his life, as his Middle Border Chronicles had dealt with his family life.
Garland's disclaimer regarding why any particular person, event, or book may have been omitted was that "probably because I did not know the man or the book." He included many writers and artists because they were his friends, while others were casual acquaintances or passing strangers. He made no attempt to give biography, instead yielding to an assessment of his impressions of the characters he met.
The following Index to Hamlin Garland's Companions on the Trail, a Literary Chronicle examines the middle years of Garland's career. As such, the index unlocks invaluable insight into the life of a widely traveled, inquisitive, thoughtful, perceptive literary figure and social historian.
The index has been arranged in three sections: Section I is a general index of the names of personalities with whom Garland had contact between 1899 and 1914. Section II outlines the chronological arrangement of the 1931 edition of Companions on the Trail which may benefit researchers by narrowing the amount of time required to familiarize themselves with the entire volume. Section III indexes titles of essays, short stories, plays, poems, and the like.
A final note on the Index. After I completed this index, I cross-referenced it with an undated, unrestricted version of an Index to Companions on the Trail which was among the holdings of the Cornell University Library. Users of the resulting Index to Hamlin Garland's Companions on the Trail will hopefully be pleased with the final product.
Lonnie E. Underhill
Gilbert, Arizona
lonnieunderhill@gmail.com
Contact: garlandsociety@gmail.com
Copyright © 2015
**We wish to thank Keith Newlin who created the original Garland Society website, ensuring that the Hamlin Garland Society had a permanent home,
Copyright © 2015
**We wish to thank Keith Newlin who created the original Garland Society website, ensuring that the Hamlin Garland Society had a permanent home,