Bisbee, Marvin Davis, 1845-1913

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Dates

Existence: 1845 - 1913

Biography

Marvin Davis Bisbee graduated from Dartmouth College in 1871. He later studied theology at the Andover theological seminary. From 1874 to 1881 he preached, first in the Congregational church at Pennacook, N.H., and then in the Chapel church at Cambridgeport, Mass. He became editor of the Congregationalist in 1881, and remained in that position for five years, resigning to accept the chair of bibliography at Dartmouth college. He made frequent contributions of prose and verse to reviews, magazines, and newspapers. He edited a volume of verse entitled "Songs of the Pilgrims"; and also a "Bibliography of Dartmouth College and Hanover" (1894).

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Elizabeth Porter Gould letters

Collection

Identifier: MS-1454

MS-1454

Date(s): 1892 to 1906

Content Description The collection contains a miscellaneous group of 8 letters to Elizabeth Porter Gould related to her article "Daniel Webster's Life in Portsmouth", Walt Whitman's reading at Dartmouth College and the College's acquisition of her work. The letters were laid into what was Gould's copy of the Dartmouth Literary Monthly (Webster Memorials 139). Also included is correspondence with William Jewett Tucker and Dartmouth librarian M.D. Bisbee regarding an article on Walt Whitman's delivery of a poem...

Mary S. Tudor. M.D to Marvin Davis Bisbee

Folder: 899566, Box 6

Part of McClure MS-1311: David McClure papers

Date(s): 1899-10-16

Scope and Contents

Two-page letter from Mary S. Tudor in South Windsor, Connecticut to Marvin Davis Bisbee, stating her willingness to deposit the manuscript "Diary of David McClure" in the Dartmouth College Library, subject to recall by the family.

Found in: David McClure papers Mss Nos. 817419-900630