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Guide to the George Sterling collection,
1909-1942 (inclusive), 1920-1926 (bulk)
M0021
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Title: George Sterling collection,
Identifier/Call Number: M0021
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Linear feet
(ca. 150 items).
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1920-1926
Date (inclusive): 1909-1942
creator:
Bender, Albert M. (Albert Maurice), 1866-1941
creator:
Blaettler, Rudolph
creator:
Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968.
The majority of the Sterling papers came to Stanford as a gift of Rudolf Blaettler, collector. The Bynner-Sterling correspondence
is a gift of Witter Bynner. (Oct 1960)
George Sterling was born in Sag Harbor, N.Y. on December 1, 1869. He was educated on the East Coast and attended St. Charles
College in Maryland. In 1896 he married Carrie Rand of Oakland, California, and from 1898 to 1908 he was private secretary
to Frank C. Havens of that city.
Sterling's first volume of poems, “
Testimony of the Suns and Other Poems, was published in 1903. After that time, there were nine other volumes and a number of separate poems published. From 1908
to 1915, Sterling was one of the leaders of the artist colony at Carmel, California. He died on November 18, 1926, by his
own hands.
Scope and Content Note
The Sterling Papers date from 1909 to 1942 with the bulk of material falling between 1920 and 1926. Those dated 1946 are memorial
items marking the twentieth anniversary of his death. The collection includes correspondence, literary typescripts and manuscripts,
printed poems and songs, a galley proof, photographs and clippings. Some of the material is in photostat form from originals
in the University of Pennsylvania Library. Correspondents include: Edwin Markham, Theodore Dreiser, Robinson and Una Jeffers
and Witter Bynner.
Materials withdrawn from the collection: Death mask is stored with Special Collections' framed pictures.
[Identification of item] George Sterling collection, M0021, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Gift of Rudolph Blaettler, Witter Bynner, and Albert M. Bender.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
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