Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he had early success as a traveling salesman for the Larkin Soap Company. Hubbard is known best as the founder of the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York, an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts movement. Among Hubbard's many publications were the fourteen-volume work Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great and the short publication A Message to Garcia. He and his second wife, Alice Moore Hubbard, died aboard the RMS Lusitania when it was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine SM U-20 off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915. |
Birth and Death Data: Born Bloomington (city and the county seat of McLean County, Illinois, United States), Died May 7, 1915 (Atlantic Ocean (ocean between Europe, Africa and the Americas) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1915
Roles Represented in DAHR: author
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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| Victor | C-15620 | 12-in. | 1/22/1915 | A message to Garcia | Harry E. Humphrey | Recitation | author | |
| Victor | C-15621 | 12-in. | 1/22/1915 | Message to Garcia | Harry E. Humphrey | Recitation | author |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hubbard, Elbert," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103268.
Hubbard, Elbert. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103268.
"Hubbard, Elbert." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81090312
Wikidata: Elbert Hubbard - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q734329
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/45505603
MusicBrainz: Elbert Hubbard - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cb4846a7-d400-42fd-9aec-e68cea89a3f8
Getty ULAN: Hubbard, Elbert - https://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500244354
Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/77411 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/77411
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