1902--Continued

*l 248------------July

Aug. end of (l 20)--299-3rd. St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
...Am better and ready to return to N.Y. Saw Dyer in Chicago...
will see him again on my way back. Hoping to see White on my
way back...Becker is in Milwaukee...if O.K. will leave here
the 15th of (Sept.)...family glad I am to marry.

Aug.-----(this sounds as tho it preceded l 20) (l 21-24)
"If I were better over my spell"...Three times taken out
negatives and put them away. Speaks of working on cover design.
Presume he means for 1st issue of C.W. (It came out Dec. 15)
is coming to see Stieglitz Sept. 15.

*l 280------------Sept.

Sept. 10------Wisconsin--(l 29)
Dyer came up from Chicago to see me yesterday.

Sept.-------(l30)
Refers to opening his water colors again...request for articles
repro. etc. Who is Amer. Photo. Publ. Assoc.?

*l 281------------Dec.

1903

----------------(l25)
He says when may we come up to supper. He and Clara were married
Spring of 1903...This could be Fall of 1903. Please bring
Leubach...expect lot of people and want to show it...Nothing
definite Scribners. Chapin will bring VanDyck around to be photog.

----------------(l26) ---251 Newbury St., Boston.
Clara and he were married in the Spring of 1903. Arrange a
surprise for Stieglitz.

May 14------Lake George (l 32-33)
Admires beauty of Lake George area. Designed nos. 3-4 for
S. Don't forget to send my sister a C.W. Got Kitty's portrait
finished before I left.

Spring---(Sounds as tho they had gone to Lake George-honeymoon
drawing of two bees.) (l 35 & 36)
Speaks of their beautiful wedding day.

*l 262------------Sept.

Oct. 10---------Letter to Steichen from P.F. Volland (l 34)
Requesting that he send one platinum proof with negative etc.
Steichen makes ironic drawings and comments on letter.

----------Lake George (l37)

Heard from Baush and Lomb. Chartran 150 dollars. "Pool" they
said took hon. mention--nerve--I was to send a silver print so
they could reproduce...hope I'll get my prints back. They
have 250 dollars worth of prints. Get back to N.Y. Mon.

1904--Continued --Aug. 11, 12

Negro Cook illus., and flat iron are interesting but not Salon
pictures...White is fairly well repres. Sears-Young Marks--Abbott
good judge of others work, but not as good of himself...they in-
sisted on 12 of mine. Prints aren't what I would like them, but they
repres. 2 months hard work...to say nothing of expense of big plates
My pet picture "The Big Cloud" (sketched 16 x 20) will be hard to
hang...another "Moonrise" in 3 printings 1-grey black plat.

2-plain blue print

3-greenish gum

Had a fierce fight with Abel at Club in front of half dozen
fellows...it started because he refused to print an article of
mine in answer to Rood's article because I called them "theoretical
twaddle" Rood has gone over to Hartman's camp...ref. to Ocharson
and St. Louis fiasco...have given up the Milthe color camera...
can't afford it...wants Stieglitz to buy him a camera 50-60 dollars...
gives name of person to go to in Munich who is agent for Camera...

Aug. 14--291 Fifth Ave. (256-59)

Distressed over baby's condition. Dr. Leopold Stieglitz to see
her. Found Photo Era has 2 of my things in this month. Repro.
from C.W. furnished by Hartman (he is furious). Wrote ed. of
Photo Era asking him to print it in next number (he won't of course)
Boursault says Hartman didn't send them...The Internat'l. Soc. is
important step...Linked Ring howl is not to be overlooked. Suggests
Ring repres. Br. end. Secession Amer. and Photo Club the effort...
Photog. this week announcement of Soc. should contain more names...
more impressive...think you should have been president, but wise to
have Annan. Hated to write Cummings, but didn't want anyone to
feel I supported him...also notice Masuren has taken without my
permission my Dresden stuff. Does not give me credit, but practically
gives it to Knapp. Marked copyright by W. Knapp. Scribner's
handled Amer. ed. of that little Rodin book you showed me last
year with my picture as frontispiece...suppose you saw Curtis
Bell letter in ans. to you in Photographer...ed. of Studio in ans.
to sending him Watts print that he admired asked for more...I sent
them...Chicago Art Insti. ...Lee thinks we can go to Lake George Sept.

Aug. 13----Letter Steichen wrote to ed. (Cummings) of Photo Era (£60 & 61)
About their repro. his prints without permission.

Aug. 15----Letter to Steichen from Cummings (£62)
Apology for taking liberties unwittingly.

Aug. 25--Letter to Cummings (£63)

Points out fallacy that Hartman could have been his friend...
and asks that Cummings give publ. in his mag. as to how he happened
to use Steichen's prints....

Sept. 6------Presbyterian Hospital (£64-70)

First time in 3 weeks could raise my head. Sick with typhoid...
Will send this to London. Asks S. when in Paris to look up Simpson who
will take you to Rodin...his museum at Meudon...you will see nothing
finer...Balzac. Simpson's are solid gold-they tel. an Aunt of their's
to spare no expense in re. Steichen...enjoy Shaw.

1904--

Sept. 11-----P.C. (£71)

Sitting up in chair...another week and I'll be out. You will
have seen London show by time you get this...hope we held our
own!

Sept. 18-----Mamaroneck, N.Y. (£73-75)

Fine now...baby all right thanks to Lee. Disappointed not going
to Lake George. Anxious to hear about London and International
Show. Hope you saw Rodin-Simpsons and Demachy? Praises his
wife's adaptability at necessary sacrifices...Caffins been
wonderful to us.

Aug. 2,3---precedes the letter above (£76-79)

Says they are to remain there during Aug. ...Salon stuff ready
to ship. Boursault-Strauss-Keiley...Caffin going to Eve. Post
this year as critic. Hope you get to London for Salon there ...

1905

*£ 294-----------------

*£ 328-----------------Spring-late 1905

*£ 310-----------------August

1906

*£ 196-----------------

27 years old--photo J.P.Morgan and E. Duse within 2

hours of each other--C. Sandburg "Steichen the Photographer."

*£ 202-203--------------

*£ 312-----------------May

*£ 314-----------------May

*£ 315-----------------May

June 14-----Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin (£82)

Sorry you're feeling bad again...wish you could come along to the
Rockies to Colorado with me.

*£ 313-----------------June

*£ 195-----------------July

*£ 263-266--------------August

*£ 278-----------------Sept.

*£ 295-----------------Oct. 13

Oct. 29--(Actually Oct. 15-Smoker-London) H. Russell (£83-86)

Davison wrote me asking me to come over for the smoker because
Annan would be there...got his letter at 10 one morning and left
by 12 and in London for dinner at 7. Davison giving dinner at
Blenheim (Camera) Club...Have been here 4 days as guest of D.
at the hotel. He is the prop of Linked Ring...feels Hinton and
Craigie are pompous, officious... Everybody dissatisfied with jury
system this year due to Amer. absentees...show had much press
comment all about Coburn's "Penseur" which is a mude of Shaw in
pose of Penseur...master stroke of advertising. I told them
it was inefficiency of jury...also best work of any country should
be selected there...Craigie...Hinton...Coburn...Mrs. Bennett.
Agreed finally to home jury should be hung together and cat. as
such. Think Coburn could get you some Brangwyn etchings 30 to 75
dollars. The only pleasant impression I take away with me is my
contact with D...Coburn told me about Cameron offer for C.W. Think
you should get one man show of Coburn this winter and include
Shaw nude...the Secession might as well get the benefit of the
notoriety...wait til you see his Rodin. The Rotograph people doing
three color carbons from paintings but from Life. Herzog things good...
small 5 x 7 a la Photo Secession. Rood...

1906-- Continued--

Oct.--End of (l 80-81)

Salon practically hung...goes into details about those accepted and refused. White-Coburn-Eugene...Annan only fair. DeMeyer-Arbuthnot-Demachy (Steichen doesn't think too favorably of the show) DeMeyer has some wonderful still lifes...Craigie man stirring up the row.

Nov. 103 Blvd. duMontparnasse (l 87-88)

Never so completely down and out...Joe walked in on us...Your letter came this A.M. ...Leidersdorf...Bertins...Simpsons. Ran into Abbot and Eckstein. Coburn and Mother had us to dinner... all photogs. are bringing out their old negatives of Coburn since he's become famous...Coburn has developed considerably. Herzogs all turned...Had difficulty finding studio...rents high etc. ... details of studio...the new Photo Club Bk. is nothing startling... Met Coburn told me taken over 300 exposures...Salon d'Automne made me ill...Little Galleries have spoiled us...put full postage on your letters.

*l 211-212 Nov.

Dec. Received. (l 89-96)

Secession cat. and initiation better than last year...contents looks like good show. Pictures of interior of his Paris studio.

*l 206-210 Dec.

Dec. 11---Cablegram (l 97)

Steichen reply re. Coburn-DeMeyer show...London.

*l 204-205 Dec.

*l 228-236 Dec. -end of

1907

*l 271-273 Jan.

*l 275 Winter

*l 316-317 Feb.

*l 307-308 April

P.C. (Prior to May-Stieglitz in Europe May 31) (l 98)

Have good chance to photo. Tolstoi thru Robt. Hunter...I can't afford to do it without an order, and the old man is not going to last long.

*l 318-320 April or May

May 3 Letter to Rex ( ) (l 100 & 102)

Lake George still my favorite subject. I have big mt. picture (think you'd tolerate Colorado subject). sketches it and describes...Have a few French landscapes that are interesting. Am surprised my little pictures should have brought such a good price at White sale...

*l 255 June

July 11 Hotel Russell--London (l 106)

...Photo. Miss Robins...Davison has me here as his guest again... the color things hit them all...seen quite a lot of Bailey (good but shallow) Am going back to Paris Sat. Rodin attended court ball here in silk knee breeches! !

1907

July 13 (£104-105)

I've seen and done Shaw photographically describes... Shaw re-
marked that Coburn would be upset since Coburn considers Shaw
his particular subject... Shaw info. me to Granville-Barker today.
I made a negative of GBS hand... A Prof. Henderson of Carolina
doing a biog. of Shaw... Shaw's photo of Evans is great... I
made 2 color plates... Shaw interested... Bayley has a scoop on
the color business... staying over til Tues. got an order (Lady
Hamilton)... hope we can get together--Kühn, yourself and Eugene...
can't get any more color plates.

Aug. 18--P.C. Paris (Stieglitz in Tutzing, Munich) (£99)

Enroute for Stuttgart--Soc. Congress...glad you got color plates.

*£ 309-----------Aug. 19--Stuttgart

Aug. 24----Stuttgart (£103)

Leaving tonight for Paris... Have photo. 32 people...great!

*£ 338-340---------Fall

Oct. 15---------Cablegram (£107)

Rodin exhibit...

Oct. 15---------Letter to Steichen

Regarding delay of Lumière and reproductions...

*£ 341-----------Nov. end of or first of Dec.

Dec. 28 (rec'd. N.Y.) (£109-110)

...Just mailed bunch of prints some of your father... Broke negative making enlargement print for Emmy and one for Caffins and 2 good prints of you and the kid... 10 boxes color plates leaving on Sat. boat... please send my Mother 25 dollars for Xmas on account for me.

1908

Jan. -----Letter to Steichen from John Hadden (£129)

Regarding non-payment of club dues.

*£ 337-----------Jan.

*£ 342-----------Jan.

Feb. 4--------Cablegram (£130)

Coming end of Feb. --bringing Matisse drawings

*£ 249-----------March

March 3---P.C.---103 Blvd. Montparnasse (£116)

Permanent address... Saw Eckstein last night. C.Y. Abbott turned down at London Salon.

March 26--------Phila., Penn. (£131)

Send me a copy of my special number of C.W.

Spring-----April---sounds as tho he'd been U.S. (£117-121)

...Kühn to manage Dresden show... tell Laurvik impossible for me to get out anything new... have to tackle Balzac set for Rodin... he wants them enlarged for exhibition... I'll make set for Secession at the same time... perhaps Mrs. Simpson will loan her Balzac head in bronze... Trask... Mrs. Coburn... Programme not as sound this year but that's due to customs otherwise I could send some corking stuff. In a week or 2 will send water colors John Marin Gordon Craig... Conklin portraits. Would like to bring my mother over this summer. My sister being married, it's lonely for my mother... (letter from his Mother showed she came June 1909)

Rodin gave me a beautiful cast L'Homme Quil Marché said a symbol for me and to keep marching. He was most impressed by Balzac proofs... Rodin book out in 2 limited eds...

1912

Nov. (rec'd. early Dec. 1912) (£154-157)
...The Matisse Picasso number good...a Cezanne number would have seemed more logical now...DeMeyer...Bruckman gravures... Haven't seen Matisse in an age...Foinet...see Rodin occasionally row at home...This has been a flower year for me...Miss Becketts... Miss Rhoades. What's talk of International Exhibit. that Davis heading...Montross Coburn...deZayas caricature of you is fine and title even more so...I don't see Hartley...news thru Selma of Lee is shocking...you mentioned a show of my old prints this winter...if so I'll send list of prints and people who own them. The cubists at Autumn Salon...asks about dupl. plates of Matisse and Picasso in C.W.? Am getting Camera and would like to have Smith lens for it...get one for me when you can...Rodin and Duchess have broken...I have all Bruckman proofs except color plate of Sels.

1913

*£ 225-----------

*£ 311-----------March

March end of ----Mauretania (£159-162)
Good to have been in touch with all again...discusses trend of the times...expressions of art-science etc. ...Picasso.

April 8 (rec'd) (£163-168) note pages 2 & 3 reversed for context of material
...Glad you feel as you do about "Trembling Leaves"...probably purest thing I ever painted...miss your father knowing he is dead...Rodin pleased you'll do book at 4 dollars a piece he agrees to take 500...we will choose drawings soon then when I hear from you will send to Bruckmans. Want Rodin to see it; he's had a bad winter...spent it South...interesting talk with him on modern tendencies...Salon Independents...Cubism... Picabia looks like a back number...Pat. Bruce...VanDougen... Brancusi bronze bird...his "Sleeping Muse" 1000 francs if you have money...cable me to buy...Meyer...tired of doing garden myself...Kids are growing...Mary especially...I notice poise in Kitty.

April?? ----(£169-170) From above letter this sounds earlier.
Rodin talking of another book of his drawings...wants to get
up 8-10 drawings that would go with Michael Angelos sonnets-
Do you want to do it? Makes suggestions about possibilities...
Thought you might get it up if you came over this summer...
I'm in dark about "big" exhibit. N.Y....all ask me about it...
Brugiere...Hartley...sending you book is link between ancient
manuscript and Miss Stein's article...Rouart collection soon
on sale...give Miss Beckett check for 100 dollars...

Steichen, Edward--Undated letters

Summer

l-188-189--Fall 1908

(was ms. in Oct cw)

Am sending Besson Mss... should make a wedge for American show... How about London evidently willing. I'll go over for arrangements... we'll make small show and Photo-Secession go in a bunch... Matisse hard up.

l-190 ?? 1910?

Order for photog. supplies

l 191-192--Fall 1908

Speaks of Jougla plates out in 2 weeks. Has an excellent way of printing color things onto paper--3 or 4 color principle...wants article of Eugene's on color and Dr. Albert. Leaving tonight for Bertins.

l 193--Feb. or Mar. 1910

This group of people had exhibit March 1910--Carles-Dove-Fellowes-Hartley Marin-Maurer-Steichen ...

Next exhibit. devoted to drawings recent and early of Rodin. Gives calendar of exhibits for seasons 1910-11. Rodin-Craig-Nadleman-Picasso-Matisse-Cezanne-DeZayas.

l 194--June 1904

moved to goerke file 3/95

l 195--July 1906 (not 1909--Steichen not in U.S.

Refers to going West (Colorado) in a week which he did Aug. 1906. Speaks of sizzling hot day-glad Steiglitz better-copy of C.W. I asked you to send my sister not received-snd a tracer.

l 196--

1902

l 1906 (According to Carl Sandburg"Steichen, the Photographer" pg. 9)

l 197-200--Oct. 1908

The London Show--wasn't in Europe 1902 or 1905)

Tells of a stunning thing of violets that DeMeyer had in London show... Demachy not turned up yet. Wants to do an article on "The Passing of Linked Ring Salons"...only 2 people to consider of the Ring--Annan and Davison and possibly Maskell...time for us to remodel the Secession as you suggested; must be done along lines of a "profession" not a hobby... Rodin drawings..."Hunters Moon"

l 201--Spring 1904--5 West 31st St., N.Y.

Refers to Stieglitz' health...Stieglitz finally went to Europe end of May for his health.

l 202-203---1906

fall

Refers to his special number of C.W. which was 1903--don't think he was in Europe 1902 or 1905

l 204-205---Dec. 1906 (not 1902 or 1905)

Sketch of Kitty Xmas present to Stieglitz and his wife. Leidersdorf to bring it.