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Preface, 1885-89, 1890-91, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904,
1905, 1906, 1907-08, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1913-14, 1915-16, 1917-18, 1919-20, 1921-30, 1931-75

NEWSPAPER REFERENCES 1921-1930

1921
Nov 17  Philadelphia (PA) Evening Public Ledger ( p 7, c 6)
            A Daughter of the Middle Border, advertised.
Nov 19  New York (NY) Tribune (p 11, c 4)
            Garland spoke at the Memorial for John Burroughs.
Nov 19  Bennington (VT) Evening Banner (p 1, c 3)
            Garland participated at the American Academy of Arts and Letters ceremony when the
            cornerstone was laid for the new building to house the Nation's Council of Literature and Art.
Nov 21  Great Falls (MT) Tribune (p 2, c 8)
            Garland participated at the American Academy of Arts and Letters ceremony when the
            cornerstone was laid for the new building to house the Nation's Council of Literature and Art.
Nov 22  Union (SC) Daily Times (p 2, c 3)
            Garland participated at the American Academy of Arts and Letters ceremony when the
            cornerstone was laid for the new building to house the Nation's Council of Literature and Art.
Nov 26  Philadelphia (PA) Evening Public Ledger (p 16, c 5)
            A Daughter of the Middle Border, advertised.
Nov 26  Lewiston (ME) Evening Journal (p 5, c 1 - 7)
            In an interview, Garland praised Samuel Clemens on the occasion of observing his
            86th birth date.
Nov 27  New York (NY) Tribune (p 10, c 1)
            A Daughter of the Middle Border, advertised.
Nov 27  Great Falls (MT) Tribune (p 3, c 2)
            Garland's address, "A Very Wonderful Occasion," given at Mark Twain's 67th birthday
            celebration was included in a privately printed book.
Nov 28  Albuquerque (NM) Evening Herald (sec 2, p 2, c 3)
            Garland was quoted saying, "The Academy of Arts and Letters had been founded upon the
             democracy of Mark Twain, a self-made man of letters."
Dec 4    New York (NY) Tribune (p 5, c 2)
            Garland was a speaker at the Annual Meeting of the School Art League.
Dec 8    Berea (KY) Citizen (p 1, c 4)
            Reference to Garland in an article praising Chicago's attempts to develop as a literary center.
Dec 11   New York (NY) Times (p 53)
            Macmillan advertising.
Dec 16   Cedar City (UT) Iron County Herald (p 2, c 3)
            Reference to Garland in an article praising Chicago's attempts to develop as a literary center.
Dec 16   Bemidji (MN) Daily Pioneer (sec 1, p 6, c 2)
            Reference to Garland in an article praising Chicago's attempts to develop as a literary center.
Dec 16   Montreal (Quebec) Gazette (p 24, c 3)
            Announced publication of A Daughter of the Middle Border, which picked up at the
             Thanksgiving dinner at the Garland home where A Son of the Middle Border had ended.
Dec 18   New York (NY) Tribune (p 11, c 3 - 4)
            Article and photo of Garland.  A Daughter of the Middle Border, advertised.
Dec 18   Washington (DC) Herald (p 37, c 4)
            A Daughter of the Middle Border, advertised.
 
1922
Jan 7     Hahnville (LA) St. Charles Herald (p 4, c 4)
            Chicago was praised for producing authors such as Garland, Eugene Field, Frank Norris,
            and Carl Sandburg.
Jan 7     New York (NY) Tribune (p 8, c 1)
            Garland among group wanting to make pilgrimage in memory of Theodore Roosevelt
            an annual event.
Jan 15   Washington (DC) Herald (p 5a, c 1 - 2)
            A Daughter of the Middle Border, advertised.          
Jan 15   New York (NY) Tribune (p 13, c 8)
            Garland addressed Bowling Green Neighborhood Association.
Jan 20   Rock Island (IL) Argus & Daily Union (p 6, c 2)
            A Daughter of the Middle Border, new at public library.
Jan 22   Washington (DC) Herald (p 2, c 3)
            Reference to Garland's "The Alliance Wedge."
Jan 29   New York (NY) Tribune (p 6, c 4)
            Mary Isabel Garland starred in Bernard Shaw's "Back to Methuselah" performed at New
            York Lenox Little Theater, Vassar College.
Feb 1    New York (NY) Tribune (p 13, c 3)
            Garland addressed the League for Political Education.
Feb 5    Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 4, c 6)
            A Daughter of the Middle Border, new at public library.
Feb 12   New York (NY) Tribune (p 4, c 7)
            Garland addressed the Society of Illinois Women.
Feb 17   Columbia (MO) Evening Missoulian (p 6, c 4)
            Garland was listed among 16 noted American platform lecturers for 1922 - 1923 to be     
            voted for in a contest vying for the top 5 most popular speakers.
Feb 17   Columbia (MO) Evening Missoulian (p 1, c 4)
            Garland was listed among 16 noted American platform lecturers for 1922 - 1923 to be     
            voted for in a contest vying for the top 5 most popular speakers.
Feb 18   Columbia (MO) Evening Missoulian (p 4, c 1)
            Garland was listed among 16 noted American platform lecturers for 1922 - 1923
             to be voted for in a contest vying for the top 5 most popular speakers.
Feb 18   Columbia (MO) Evening Missoulian (p 5, c 8)
            Garland was listed among 16 noted American platform lecturers for 1922 - 1923
             to be voted for in a contest vying for the top 5 most popular speakers.
Feb 19   Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 14, c 2)
            A Daughter of the Middle Border, advertised.
Feb 20   Columbia (MO) Evening Missoulian (p 4, c 4)
            Garland was listed among 16 noted American platform lecturers for 1922 - 1923
             to be voted for in a contest vying for the top 5 most popular speakers.
Feb 22   Columbia (MO) Evening Missoulian (p 6, c 3)
            Former President Woodrow Wilson was selected as the most popular among 16 noted
            American platform lecturers for 1922 - 1923.  Garland received 107 votes, not enough
            to place him in the 5 most popular speakers.
Mar 3    Seattle (WA) Star (p 15, c 2, 5)
            A Daughter of the Middle Border, reviewed.
Mar 15  Warren (MN) Sheaf (p 1, c 4)  
            A Son of the Middle Border, A Daughter of the Middle Border, new at the public library.
Apr 2    New York (MY) Tribune (p 38, c 1)
            Garland addressed the Wisconsin Women's Society annual banquet.
Apr 12   Barton (VT) Orleans County Monitor (p 8, c 3)
            The Long Trail, at the Free Public Library.
Apr 15   New York (NY) Evening World (p 8, c 5, 7)
            Garland's written message on "Snow Maidens" was printed on the Monan Matinee Opera
             program to benefit the Camp Fire Girls.
Apr 15   Philadelphia (PA) Evening Public Ledger (p 4, c 6)
            Garland announced he was doubtful that his friend Conan Doyle, also a student of the     
            psychical, had actually spoken with the dead.
Apr 17   Grand Forks (ND) Herald (p 16, c 1)
            Garland announced that many of Conan Doyle's conclusions about psychic phenomena
             matched his own.
Apr 21   Rock Island (IL) Argus & Daily Union (p 24, c 4)
            Garland and Doyle argued over whether a baseball pitcher should be able to catch a ball
            without a glove.
Apr 28   New York (NY) Evening World (p 18, c 6)
            Several of Garland's books were advertised.
Apr 30   Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 4, c 5)
            More on Garland and Doyle on psychic phenomena.
Apr 30   Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 42, c 2)
            Garland mentioned in a book of photographs related to psychic phenomena.
May 9   Topeka (KS) State Journal (p 12, c 4)
            Garland addressed the Iowa City, Iowa, Mississippi Valley Historical Association on May 11
            and 12, and he announced he planned to address several state universities.
May 9   Bennington (VT) Evening Banner (p 1, c 6)
            Garland addressed the Iowa City, Iowa, Mississippi Valley Historical Association on May 11
             and 12, and he announced he planned to address several state universities.
May 10  Lewiston (ME) Daily Sun (p 8, c 1)
            Garland planned to speak at Iowa City on the occasion of the Fifteenth Anniversary of the
            Mississippi Valley Historical Association.  He also planned to give several university
            commencement addresses.
May 13 Bismarck (ND) Tribune (p 2, c 5)
            Garland addressed the Iowa City, Iowa, Mississippi Valley Historical Association on May 11
             and 12, and he announced he planned to address several state universities
May 16 Caldwell (ID) Tribune (p 5, c 1)
            A Daughter of the Middle Border, new at the City Library.
May 21  Washington (DC) Times (p 4, c 4 - 6)
            Harper & Brother announced plans  to publish a 12-volume edition of Garland's             novels as
            the "Middle Border Edition."  Each volume included in the Border Edition would be revised
             to include a new introduction:  Main-Travelled Roads, Boy Life on the Prairie, Other
            Main-Travelled Roads, Rose of Dutcher's Coolly, The Eagle's             Heart, The Captain of the
            Gray-Horse Troop, Hesper, Mart Haney's Mate, Cavanaugh, Forest Ranger, They of the
            High Trails, The Long Trail,  and A Forester's Daughter.
May 22 New York (NY) Evening World (p 17, c 4 - 5)
            Garland was named recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in 1922 for the best biography "portraying
            patriotic and unselfish service to the people."  A Daughter of the Middle Border had been
            selected by Maurice Francis Egan, William Roscoe Thayer, and William Allen White, and
             Garland was awarded the $1,000 prize.
May 22 Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 4, c 2)
            This article is same as that in New York (NY) Evening World on May 22, 1922. 
May 22  Norwich (CT) Bulletin (p 1, c 7) 
            This article is same as that in New York (NY) Evening World on May 22, 1922. 
July 2    Great Falls (MT) Tribune (p 1, c 6)
            This article is same as that in New York (NY) Evening World on May 22, 1922. 
May 22 Salem (OR) Capital Journal (p 1, c 4)
            This article is same as that in New York (NY) Evening World on May 22, 1922. 
May 22  Milwaukee (WI) Journal (p 6, c 4 - 6)
            Announcement that Garland's A Daughter of the Middle Border had been named recipient
             of the Pulitzer Prize for biography.
May 25 St. Johnsbury (VT) Caledonian-Record (p 5, c 3)
            A Son of the Middle Border, A Daughter of the Middle Border, new at the Goodrich Library.
May 26  Columbia (MMO) Evening Missoulian (p 4, c 2)
            This article is same as that in New York (NY) Evening World on May 22, 1922. 
May 28  New York (NY) Tribune (p 47,c 1)
            Garland, William Lyon Phelps, and Jesse Lynch Williams were criticized for selecting
            Eugene O'Neil's play, "Anna Christie," as the Pulitzer Prize winner.
May 28  New York (NY) Tribune (p 6, c 6)
            This article is same as that in New York (NY) Evening World on May 22, 1922. 
June 3   Lewiston (ME) Evening Journal Illustrated (p 13, c 1 - 5; p 18, c 1 - 5)
            Garland biography relating how his career in literature had been launched by a chance
             meeting with a minister from Maine, and with the encouragement from Howells,
            Flower, McClure, and others.
July 15  Washington (DC) Herald (p 7, c 7)
            Garland and his family spent the summer in England.  Garland spoke at the Annual
            Dinner of the Lyceum Club in London and also agreed to speak at the P.E.N. Club.
Aug 6    Palatka (FL) Daily News (p 5, c 3)
            A Daughter of the Middle Border, new at the public library.
Aug 12  Guthrie (OK) Daily Leader (p 3, c 3)
            Boy Life on the Prairie, new at the Carnegie Library.
Sep 3    New York (NY) Tribune (p 4, c 1 - 2)
            Garland biographical sketch was critical of how the author had failed to move the           
            content of his novels forward with the times.
Sep 3    Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 4, c 6)
            Garland's use of the Middle West in his novels, mentioned.
Sep 3    Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 17, c 4 - 6)
            Column by William Allen White criticized Garland's Border Edition of his novels as
            "Old Fashioned News."
Sep 17   New York (NY) Tribune (p 7, c 3)
            In a letter from London, Garland was quoted as saying he saw no evidence of a social
             revolution among the English working-class.
Sep 14   New York (NY) Tribune (p 14, c 4)
            Garland extended his stay in London.
Oct 5     Owingsville (KY) Outlook (p 4, c 5)
            A passage from A Daughter of the Middle Border was quoted.
Oct 6     Bismarck (ND) Tribune (p 1, c 3)
            Garland and his daughter, Mary Isabel, spoke on "Memories of the Middle West"
            at the Extension Division at the North Dakota University.
Oct 14   Bismarck (ND) Tribune (p 8, c 5)
            Garland was among 13 authors that North Dakota high school students could select for
            presentation as a declamation for the school year 1923.
Nov 6    Rock Island (IL) Argus & Daily Union (p 8, c 3)
            Main-Travelled Roads was selected the subject of the Monday Study Club, Jan 8, 1923.
Nov 25  Norwich (CT) Bulletin (p 2, c 4)
            A Daughter of the Middle Border, new at the public library.
Dec 2    Pendleton (OR) East Oregonian (p 6, c 1)
            A Daughter of the Middle Border, discussed by the Current Literature Club.
Dec 28   Lehi (UT) Sun (p 8, c 1) 
            "Hamlin Garland," a sketch and story was presented by the Athenian Club.
Dec 28   Bismarck (ND) Tribune (p 5, c 1)
            A Son of the Middle Border, discussed by the Monday Club.
1923
Jan 26   Lewiston (ME) Evening Journal (p 4, c 7)
            Dr. Hartshorn praised Garland for how he presented the characters in his novels as he
             had based them on his own real life experiences in the Mid-West.
Mar 3    Schenectady (NY) Gazette (p 4, c 4)
            Garland was among speakers at the "Meetings With Famous Authors" session of the
            Schenectady Women's Club.
Mar 23  Schenectady (NY) Gazette (p 4, c 4)
            Garland was among speakers at the "Meetings With Famous Authors" session of the
            Schenectady Women's Club.
Sep 30   New York (NY) Herald (p 6)
            "Hamlin Garland's Book on the American Indian."
Dec 23   New York (NY) Times Book Reviews (sec 3, p 2)
            "Hamlin Garland's Current Fiction Heroes."
 
1924
Feb 24   New York (NY) Times Book Reviews (sec 3, p 12, 26)
            "Those Fiery Radicals of Yesteryear."

1925
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1926
May 6   New York (NY) Times (p 17)
            Lewis refused Pulitzer Prize.
 
1927   
Sep 26   Pittsburg (PA) Press (p 16, c 5)
            Announced publication of The Book of the American Indian.
 
1928
Nov 24  Boston (MA) Evening Transcript (book sec, p 4)
            Recedes from Middle Border.
 
1929
Aug 1    New York (NY) Times (p 26)
            The late Henry Fuller.
 
1930
Nov 15  Chicago (IL) Tribune (p 15)
            Willa Cather Wins Medal.
Nov 29  New York (NY) Times (p 1)
            Pulitzer Prize to Lewis was an insult.
Dec 20   Los Angeles (CA) Times (sec A, p 8)
            Iowans Plan for Annual Banquet.




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