Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, an autobiography, a biography of Edwin Markham, two personal photograph albums and images of literary figures including Jack London, Frank Norris, Edwin Markham, David Graham Phillips, and Robert Louis Stevenson.
The correspondence section contains letters received that are organized alphabetically by sender's last name. Included here are letters from Jack London, Joaquin Miller, John Burroughs, Edwin Markham, Ambrose Bierce, John Muir, Hamlin Garland, and a postal card from George Bernard Shaw.
The manuscripts section is organized by title of work and includes an autobiography and a biography of Edwin Markham among other works. There is also small group of poems and a larger group of published books, magazine and newspaper pieces by Millard that are organized by publication title.
The photographs include two albums of Oregon life in the 1800s-1890s, and eight images of literary figures Jack London, Frank Norris, Edwin Markham, David Graham Phillips, and Robert Louis Stevenson.
Dates
- 1893-1939
Creator
- Millard, Bailey, 1859-1941 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Bailey Millard (1859-1941) was born in Markesan, Wisconsin. Much of his education was obtained as a printer's devil and tramp printer. He worked his way west through a succession of newspaper and printing shops. In the 1890s he was city editor or literary editor of the San Francisco Call and the Examiner, and in 1918-1919 was managing editor of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin. From 1913-1914 he was managing editor of Munsey's of NY. In San Francisco he was acquainted with and published a succession of new writers, among them Jack London and Edwin Markham. He first published Joaquin Miller's best-known poem, Columbus.
Extent
2.25 linear feet (2 containers, 1 folder, 1 folio)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Bailey Millard (1859-1941) was a printer, journalist and publisher who published works by upcoming authors like Jack London and Joaquin Miller. The collection includes correspondence, an autobiography, a biography of Edwin Markham, two albums of Oregon life in the 1880s-1890s, and eight images of literary figures including Jack London, Frank Norris, Edwin Markham, David Graham Phillips, and Robert Louis Stevenson.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Millard family in 1969.
Physical Description
1 record storage box, 1 oversize folder; Photoboxes - 1 oversize folio, 1 small box
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff. Photographs processed by Normandy S. Helmer, March 2006.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Authors -- Portraits Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors and publishers -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Autobiographies Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Editors -- California Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Editors -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Journalists -- California Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Journalists -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- London, Jack, 1876-1916
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940
- Millard, Bailey, 1859-1941
- Norris, Frank, 1870-1902
- Oregon -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Phillips, David Graham, 1867-1911
- Photographic prints Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Portraits Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Printers -- California Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Printers -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
- Title
- Guide to the Bailey Millard Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team and Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
