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Guide to the Register of the Ina Coolbrith Papers: Additions, [ca. 1882-1928]
BANC MSS 70/117 c  
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Key to Arrangement

Boxes 1-3

Letters written to Miss Coolbrith

Additional Note

Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization, with a miscellany of single letters at the beginning of Box 1. A partial list of correspondents follows the Key.
Box 3

Letters about Miss Coolbrith

Additional Note

Letters of condolence and other letters addressed either to Mrs. Peterson or to Mrs. Graham.
Box 4

Letters written by Miss Coolbrith, 1882-1927

Additional Note

Arranged chronologically.
Box 5

Music (words by Miss Coolbrith)

Additional Note

Miscellaneous copies of Everywoman containing material relating to Miss Coolbrith
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Manuscripts of poems

 

Manuscripts of lectures on Charles Warren Stoddard, on John Greenleaf Whittier, and on early California writers

 

Manuscript of Wings of Sunset

 

Printed copies of poems

Physical Description: (clippings, tearsheets, etc.)
 

Notes and notebooks

 

Autograph book presented to her by, "her sincere friends of the Pacific Coast Women's Press Association," with contributions from Herman Whitaker, Charles Keeler, Joaquin Miller, Jack London, Mary Hallock Foote, George Sterling, and others, and a sketch by Xavier Martinez.

 

"Daily Reminder, 1906" [very few entries]

 

Address books

 

Statement re Ina Coolbrith's early days in San Francisco, from Mrs. Greentree

 

Material re benefits for Miss Coolbrith

 

Invitations, programs, etc.

 

Christmas cards, greeting cards, etc.

 

Calling cards

 

Personalia

 

Tributes to and articles about Miss Coolbrith

 

Poems dedicated to her

 

Biographical sketches

 

Bibliography by Delpha Stevens

 

Clippings

 

Material re Lord Byron

 

Material re PPIE

 

Material re Poetry Society of America

 

Material re Pacific Coast Women's Press Association

 

Material re California Writers Club

 

Material re Richard Realf

 

William Dallam Armes: The Beginnings of California Literature

Additional Note

Galleys of a paper read June 30, 1915, at the Congress of Authors and Journalists held in connection with the Panama Pacific International Exposition.
 

John Steven McGroarty copies of poems and annotated copy of The Mission Play

 

Miscellany

List of Major Correspondents

 

Correspondence Miscellany (single letters)

 

Anderson, Melville Best

 

Nov. 26, 1907

 

Anglin, Margaret

 

Nov. 7, 1918

 

Aydelort, Clio Lee

 

Aug. 3, 1927

 

Barker, Elsa

 

Mar. 23, 1914

 

Baxter, Sylvester, 1850-1927

 

Sept. 6, 1915

 

Bergson, Henri Louis, 1859-1941

 

May 24, 1915

 

Boalt, Elizabeth J.

 

Mar. 30, 1907

 

Bridges, Robert Seymour, 1844-1930

 

Mar. 23, 1914

 

Bryce, James

 

May 19, 1915

 

Burbank, Luther

 

Feb. 15, 1926

 

Canton, William, 1845-1926

 

June 9, 1914

 

Carmany, John H.

 

May 23, 1910

 

Clark, Galen

 

Dec. 17, 1909

 

Clayes, Mary Bird

 

Mar. 29, 1927

 

Cone, Helen Gray

 

June 28, 1915

 

Connor, Torrey

 

July 19, 1906

 

Coolidge, Dane

 

1928

 

Daley, Edith

 

Feb. 6, 1928

 

Dell, Ethel M.

 

Jan. 16, 1916

 

Field, Sara Bard

 

Sept. 19, 1927

 

Gatlin, Lillian

 

Jan. 10, 1928

 

Hardy, Iza Duffus

 

Mar. 14, 1913

 

Howells, Mildred

 

Mar. 31, 1907

 

Howells, William Dean

 

Nov. 23, 1919

 

Lehmer, Derrick Norman

 

June 9, 1927

 

London, Jack

 

Dec. 15, 1906

 

Markham, Anna Catherine

 

Dec. 8, 1927

 

Millard, Bailey

 

Jan. 19, 1920

 

Mitchell, Ruth Comfort

 

Apr. 17, 1927

 

Monroe, Harriet

 

Mar. 24, 1914

 

Noguchi, Yone

 

Dec. 11, 1896

 

Older, Cora (Baggerly)

 

Jan. 8, 1928

 

Pardee, George Cooper

 

July 16, 1906

 

Payne, Ninetta Eames

 

Dec. 23, 1927

 

Proctor, Edna Dean

 

May 11, 1922

 

Richards, John E.

 

Apr. 26, 1928

 

Severance, Caroline Maria (Seymour) 1820-1914

 

Oct. 14, n.y.

 

Taylor, Edward Robeson

 

May 22, 1915

 

Tilden, Douglas

 

Mar. 3, 1928

 

Tracy, Louis, 1863-1928

 

Mar. 22, 1914

 

Tully, Richard Walton

 

June 15, 1915

 

Wagner, Harr

 

Jan. 23, 1885

 

Whitaker, Herman

 

Dec. 5, 1913

 

Authors Club

 

4 letters, 1908-1909. From Rossiter Johnson, treasurer, concerning financial help for Miss Coolbrith after the 1906 earthquake.

 

Bender, Albert Maurice

 

3 letters, 1923-1927

 

Bland, Henry Mead

 

7 letters, 1827-1929 & n.d.

 

Bohemian Club, San Francisco

 

7 letters, 1899-1928

 

Buckley, Nancy

 

5 letters, 1927-1928

 

Church, William Conant

 

2 letters, 1914-1915

 

Cook, Ina (Peterson)

 

2 letters, 1921-1922

 

Dawson, Miles Menander

 

5 letters, 1924-1927

 

Dobie, Charles Caldwell

 

4 letters, 1919-1927. Some written on behalf of PEN.

 

Gerberding, Elizabeth (Sears)

 

2 letters, 1909

 

James, George Wharton

 

9 letters, 1906-1910 & n.d. Some are addressed to Charles Warren Stoddard.

 

Kinross, AIbert

 

6 letters, 1898-1923

 

Lummis, Charles Fletcher

 

3 letters, 1925-1928

 

Mighels, Ella Sterling (Clark)

 

40 letters, 1898-1918

 

Morrow, William Chambers

 

Letter, Mar. 11, 1907 & statement

 

Muir, John

 

4 letters, 1907-1913

 

Older, Fremont

 

2 letters, 1927 -1928

 

Phelan, James Duval

 

9 letters, 1906-1930

 

Phillips, Charles

 

30 letters, 1909-1928

 

Sterling, Caroline (Rand)

 

2 letters, 1912

 

Walsh, Thomas

 

7 letters, 1911-1921. Concerning Charles Warren Stoddard.

 

Wilson, John Fleming

 

10 1etters, 1906-1920