Biographical sources

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="11f285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Berton Braley Cyber Museum</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Berton Braley Cyber Museum"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     </B></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="11ed2c00dkelyh.png"> <bR> <div> <A HREF="news_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U>News</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="biography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biography"><U>Biography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="works.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Works"><U>Works</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="bibliography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography"><U>Bibliography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="correspondence.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Correspondence"><U>Correspondence</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="library.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Library"><U>Library</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="meeting_place.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meeting place"><U>Meeting place</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guestbook"><U>Guestbook</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="market.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Market"><U>Market</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links "><U>Links </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="search.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Search"><U>Search</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id400.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Foundation"><U>About Foundation</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="about_museum.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Museum"><U>About Museum</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Biographical sources</I><I>                                                                                                   </I></div> <div> A warm thanks to al those that have provided valuable material on the life of Berton Braley, especially to King Wiemann, who preceded me in this quest and who was also able to give me unique references and materials to work with. </div> <div> I alsoo received 0and am still receiving) the most warm and valuable help from Ian Braley's son Bruce Braley as well as Ian Braley's first wife Pat Taylor.</div> <div> Of  course the presentation and verification of all these biographical materials is entirely my own responsibility.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>Primary and secondary biographical sources:</I></div> <bR> <div> 1) <B>It can be done</B>; poems of inspiration; collected by Joseph Morris and St. Clair Adams; publisher George Sully & Company, New York; 18th edition; year published 1925; page 235 </div> <bR> <div> 2) <B>Pegasus pulls a hack-memoirs of a modern minstrel</B>; an autobiography by Berton Braley; publisher Minton, Balch and Company; year 1934</div> <bR> <div> 3) <B>Virtues in verse: The best of Berton Braley</B>; selected and arranged by Linda Tania Abrams; publisher The Atlantean Press; year 1993 </div> <bR> <div> 4) <A HREF="http://www.genealogy.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.genealogy.com"><U><B>http://www.genealogy.com</B></U></A><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> 5) <B>Correspondence (1927-1933) with Seward Collins</B> from: Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library</div> <bR> <div> 6) <B>Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives</B></div> <bR> <div> 7) <B>The State Historical Society of Wisconsin</B></div> <bR> <div> 8) <B>The Washington Post</B>; January 27, 1966 - obituary</div> <bR> <div> 9) <B>Time Magazine</B>; February 4, 1966 - obituary</div> <bR> <div> 10) <B>Publisher's Weekly</B>; February 21, 1966 - obituary</div> <bR> <div> 11) <B>New York Times</B>; Berton Braley, Poet Dies at 83, January 27, 1966 - obituary</div> <bR> <div> 12) <B>Pinellas County Genealogical Society</B></div> <bR> <div> 13) <B>Mr. King Wiemann</B>, who greatly assisted the author of the Braley book 'Virtues In verse'  with her research <B> </B> </div> <bR> <div> 14) <B>American Authors and Books - 1640 to the present day</B>; by W.J. Burke and Will D. Howe, third revised edition</div> <bR> <div> 15) <B>Office of Vital Statistics of Florida</B></div> <bR> <div> 16) <A HREF="__my_maiden_effort___contribution.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" My Maiden Effort contribution"><U><B>My Maiden Effort</B></U></A><B>: Being The Personal Confessions Of Well-known American Authors As To Their Literary Beginnings</B>; 1921, published by Doubleday, Page & Company for The Authors' League Of America, 1st edition; pages 30-31</div> <bR> <div> 17) <A HREF="woman_s_world.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Womans World"><U><B>Woman's World Magazine</B></U></A>; March 1927; short editorial biography with photo of Braley; page 1</div> <bR> <div> 18) <B>Taped interview with Patricia Taylor in 2002</B>, Ian Braley's first wife</div> <bR> <div> 19) <A HREF="id370.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hygeia"><U><B>Hygeia</B></U></A><B> magazine</B>; page 244, article "Who's Who In Hygeia" - small column with some unique details on Braley</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>© 2000-2006, Berton Braley Cyber Museum. </I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>All rights reserved.</I></U></A></div> <div> <I>---</I></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:manager@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:manager@bertonbraley.com"><U><I>Contact Webmaster Peter Leeflang</I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:manager@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:manager@bertonbraley.com"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>