Hubbard, Elbert

Hubbard, Elbert

(1856–1915) writer, craft colonist; born in Bloomington, Ill. After years as a successful businessman, he established in 1893 the Roycrofters, a craft community in East Aurora, New York. Following the ideals of William Morris, the artisans produced mission style furniture and art nouveau household accessories in metal and leather. Hubbard edited the Roycrofters monthly, The Philistine, in which appeared "A Message to Garcia" (1899), embodying his ideas on a community of workers.

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