Inman, Arthur Crew, 1895-1963

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Poet and dramatist.

From the description of Papers of Arthur Crew Inman, 1909-1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78518675

Lived at diffferent times in Atlanta, Georgia and Boston, Massachusetts.

From the description of Papers, 1856-1963. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 86167558

Arthur Crew Inman was born to Henry Arthur and Roberta Sutherland (Crew) Inman in Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known today as the author of The Inman Diary: A Public and Private Confession, though he was primarily known in his own time as a poet, publishing twelve volumes of poems that failed to attract critical attention. A member of a prominent Southern family, he also edited the letters of Confederate General George Edward Pickett for publication.

Of himself, Inman wrote, "As for my own life, here are the main facts. I was born in Atlanta on May 11, 1895, I went to school to Miss Emma Tuller in Atlanta first, then to the Donald Fraser school in Decatur. After that, I went to boarding school outside of Philadelphia, and to Haverford College at Haverford, Pennsylvania. During my junior year at college I was taken ill, and was obliged to leave college for good. That was in 1916, and I have been forced to be rather saving of my physical strength since then. Until recently, most of the summers were spent at Southwest Harbor, Maine. And since 1917, I have made Boston my headquarters, with occasional trips to New York. In 1923, I was married to Evelyn Yates of Washington, D. C., a Wellesley graduate. Mrs. Inman travels to a considerable extent, but I have not done so for the last ten or twelve years, on the theory that the game is not worth the candle."

As these lines reveal, Inman was something of a troubled soul. He had many deep eccentricities, and after 1916 lived largely as a recluse in Boston. He died by his own hand on December 5, 1963.

Source: Gale Biography Resource Center.

From the guide to the Arthur Crew Inman Papers, Inman (Arthur Crew) Papers, 1856-1963, (John Hay Library Special Collections)

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referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. Papers, 1897-1930 Houghton Library
creatorOf Inman, Arthur Crew, 1895-1963. Papers, 1856-1963. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Inman, Arthur Crew, 1895-1963. Poems for Talking Book, Boston, Mass., 1942? Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Inman, Arthur Crew, 1895-1963. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1940-1941. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Inman, Arthur Crew, 1895-1963. Drawing for book jacket of his Frost Fire, [ca. 1926]. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Inman, Arthur Crew, 1895-1963. Silhouettes against the sun, Boston, Mass., 1938? Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Inman, Arthur Crew, 1895-1963. Trumpeters of what : poems, Boston, Mass., [192-?]. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Inman, Arthur Crew, 1895-1963. Miscellaneous manuscripts removed from printed volume of poems, 1940. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Inman, Arthur Crew, 1895-1963. Poems, Boston, Mass., 1918. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Inman, Arthur Crew,. Papers, [ca. 1920-1940]. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Inman, Arthur Crew, 1895-1963. Poems, Atlanta, Ga., 1918? Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Inman, Arthur Crew, 1895-1963. Autograph letter signed Arthur Crew Inman to: "Miss Bates" April 28, 1923. Wellesley College
creatorOf Arthur Crew Inman Papers, Inman (Arthur Crew) Papers, 1856-1963 John Hay Library, Special Collections
creatorOf Inman, Arthur Crew, 1895-1963. Poems, Boston, Mass.?, 1914-1915. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Inman, Arthur Crew, 1895-1963. Papers of Arthur Crew Inman, 1909-1943. Library of Congress
referencedIn Inman, Arthur Crew, 1895-1953. Arthur C. Inman Papers, 1895-1927. Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library
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associatedWith Baker, George Pierce, 1866-1935 person
associatedWith Bartlett, Alice Hunt, 1870- person
associatedWith Bates, Katharine Lee, 1859-1929. person
associatedWith Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932 person
correspondedWith Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962 person
associatedWith Brown, Abbie Farwell, 1871-1927 person
associatedWith Guest, Edgar A. (Edgar Albert), 1881-1959 person
associatedWith Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940 person
associatedWith Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945. person
correspondedWith Houghton Mifflin Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Inman, Arthur Crew, 1895-1953. person
associatedWith Inman, Evelyn Yates. person
associatedWith Inman, Roberta person
associatedWith Inman, Roberta. person
associatedWith Inman, Roberta Crew person
associatedWith Inman, Roberta Crew. person
associatedWith Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974 person
associatedWith Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 person
associatedWith Peabody, Josephine Preston, 1874-1922 person
associatedWith Perry, Bliss, 1860-1954 person
associatedWith Pickett, George E. person
associatedWith Pickett, George E. (George Edward), 1825-1875 person
associatedWith Pickett, LaSalle Corbell, person
associatedWith Pickett, La Salle Corbell, 1848-1931 person
associatedWith Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 1869-1935 person
associatedWith Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. person
associatedWith Warwick, Edwin M. person
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Poetry
Stock exchanges
World War, 1939-1945
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Poets
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Birth 1895-05-11

Death 1963-12-05

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