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Resources

Hamlin Garland (Keith Newlin), contains the following essays:

Hamlin Garland's Books -- an illustrated listing of the writer's books, in various editions

Hamlin Garland's Literary Creed -- a discussion of Garland's take on "local color," "veritism," and literary impressionism as reflected in his short story "Up the Coulé."

Editing Hamlin Garland -- a brief overview of what's involved in deciphering and editing Garland's letters.

Garland on film -- a rare 1937 clip from a biographical film made of the old duffer.

Garland in Song -- a list of adaptations in song, some with sound clips

The Hamlin Garland Collection (Univ. of Southern California Garland Archive)

• Gold Rush: The Trail of the Goldseekers (1899) (a centenary introduction, by John Ahouse, Univ. of Southern California)

Garland in Virgin Land (Eric Gislason)

Hamlin Garland and Midwest Farm Fiction (Roy W. Meyer), a chapter in A Literary History of the American West, by the Western American Literature Association [also a .pdf version]

"Archibald Lampman and Hamlin Garland" by James Doyle. From Canadian Poetry 16 (Spring/Summer 1985)

Wisconsin Eclectic Reader Image Gallery: Garland

Hamlin Garland (1860-1940) Classroom issues and strategies (James Robert Payne from the Instructor's Guide to the Heath Anthology of American Literature)

The Heath Anthology of American Literature online instructor's guide entry on Garland

PAL entry on Garland (Paul Reuben's Perspectives in American Literature: A Research and Reference Guide) Includes a bibliography of Garland's works, books and articles about Garland, brief discussion of Garland's veritism, and study questions.

Things Named for Garland

Hamlin Garland Wildlife Area (A news article, with photos, from the North Iowa Globe-Gazette, Aug. 21, 1998)

Garland Hall, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (a virtual tour)

Hamlin Garland Elementary School, Milwaukee, WI

The S. S. Hamlin Garland (Liberty Ship)

Related Sites

West Salem History, from West Salem On-Line.  (You can also track down the Garland's burial plots)

Dakota Discovery Museum, Mitchell, South Dakota

Dakotah Prairie Museum, Aberdeen, South Dakota

Nineteenth-Century Regional Writing in the United States (by Dottie Webb) Contains an extended discussion of regionalism, literary quarrels, and a brief biography of Garland.

Neshonoc Cemetery (Garland's burial plot, with photo and text, from the LaCrosse Public Library)

Related Societies

Garland's home in West Salem, Wisconsin, is a National Historical Landmark and is open for tours. (See photos in the Gallery. See also John Ahouse's photo-essay of the homestead.)

West Salem Historical Society
357 Garland Street
West Salem, WI 54669
(608) 786-1399

The Mitchell County Historical Society Museum is the former Cedar Valley Seminary, where Garland received and education from 1876 to 1881.  The society maintains an exhibit devoted to Garland among many others.

Doris Biederman
Mitchell Country Historical Society
Box 51
Osage, IA 50461
dorabied@osage.net

W. E. "Gene" Aisenbrey
Facilitator, Hamlin Garland Society
P. O. Box 405
Aberdeen SD 57401-0405
Telephone: 1-605-225-6891
E-mail: ladrone@abe.midco.net

The American Literature Association website is a central clearinghouse of information about societies devoted to the study of American authors.

The William Dean Howells Society (Maintained by Garland Society member Donna Campbell.)