Charles Warren Stoddard Collection: Finding
Aid
Finding aid prepared by Diann Benti.
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
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Overview of the Collection
Title: Charles Warren Stoddard Collection
Dates (inclusive): 1868-1908 and undated
Bulk dates: 1898-1908
Collection Number: mssHM 38486-HM 38513
Creator:
Stoddard, Charles Warren, 1843-1909
Extent:
28 items in 1 box
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection contains 10 manuscripts and 18 letters either written by or related to American author Charles Warren Stoddard
(1843-1909).
Language: English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Charles Warren Stoddard Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
Purchased from Dawson's Bookshop, October 1963.
Biographical Note
American author and poet Charles Warren Stoddard (1843-1909) was born in Rochester, New York, on August 7, 1843, and moved
with his family to San Francisco, California, in 1855.
Stoddard began writing and traveling at an early age. In 1864, Stoddard made his first trip to Hawaii and Polynesia.
His poetry was first published in
The Golden Era
in 1862 and his first book of poems was published in 1867. In the 1860s and 1870s, Stoddard traveled widely, participated
in Bohemian literary circles in San Francisco,
and worked as a correspondent and journalist. In the early 1880s, Stoddard was a co-editor of the
Overland Monthly
magazine with Ina D. Coolbrith and Bret Harte. From 1885 to 1886, he served as chair of the English department at the University
of Notre Dame, and
was department chair at Catholic University from 1889 to 1902, before moving to Cambridge, Massachusetts. He returned to San
Francisco in April 1903,
and then later lived in Monterey,
California, until his death on April 23, 1909.
Scope and Content
This collection contains 10 manuscripts and 18 letters either written by or related to American author Charles Warren Stoddard.
Manuscripts
consist of poems by Stoddard, as well as a contemporary copy of a poem by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, and two reminiscences by
poet Ina D. Coolbrith about John Greenleaf Whittier and Bret Harte and Stoddard.
Includes letters to Stoddard from Samuel Clemens (contemporary copy) "Amber" (Martha Everts Holden); Grace Keeler Machin;
Alice Macleod; Toby Rosenthal; Edward Rowland Sill; Thomas Walsh; and Carrie Wyatt.
There are also single images of Stoddard's friends Thérèse Yelverton and David Kalakaua, King of Hawaii, as well as two envelopes
and two printed articles by Stoddard.
Related Materials in the Huntington Library
-
Charles Warren Stoddard poems and letters, 1878, 1885-1887
(Call number: mssHM 2541-HM 2432, mssHM 24342-HM 24345)
-
Charles Warren Stoddard autograph album, 1863-1897
(Call number: mssHM 35075)
-
Charles Warren Stoddard letters to Dewitt Miller, 1893-1909
(Call number: mssHM 38365-38418)
-
Charles Warren Stoddard Letters, 1880-1904
(Call number: mssHM 2979-2985)
- Stoddard, Charles Warren. In Old Bohemia. II. The "Overland" and the Overlanders [typescript manuscript of essay], [1907]
(Call number: mssHM 51797), in the
Lute Pease Papers
- Stoddard, Charles Warren. "Madrigal" [poem], 1880, in
Lydia Woodworth autograph album
(Call number: mssHM 45669)
- Stoddard, Charles Warren. To Theo N. Vail [a poem in 6 lines to Theodore Newton Vail, on his 43rd birthday], 1888 July 16
(Call number: mssAP) in the
Albert Bigelow Paine letters
- Stoddard, Charles Warren. 2 letters to Mary Hunter Austin, 1904-1907 (Call number: mssAU 4792-4793), in the
Mary Hunter Austin Papers
- Stoddard, Charles Warren. 8 letters to Jeanne C. (Smith) Carr, 1870-1891 (Call number: mssCA 164-171) in the
Jeanne C. Smith Carr Papers
- Stoddard, Charles Warren. 7 letters to Annie (Adams) Fields, 1894-1905 (Call number: mssFI 3844-3850) in the
James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda
- Stoddard, Charles Warren. 6 letters to Charles Augustus Keeler, 1895-1899 (Call number: mssKeeler papers, Box 5), in the
Charles Augustus Keeler Papers
- Stoddard, Charles Warren. 5 letters to Jack London, 1906-1908 (Call number: mssJL 19084-19088), and 1 letter to Queen Liliuokalani,
1906 November (Call number: mssJL 19083), in the
Jack London Papers
- Stoddard, Charles Warren. 1 letter to Arthur Loring MacKaye, 1896 December 6 (Call number: mssHM 46964), in the
Beatrice Borchardt Collection
- Stoddard, Charles Warren. 1 letter to John Fleming Wilson, June 26, 1907 (Call number: mssLockley, Folder 41), and 4 letters
to Lute Pease, 1908-1908 (Call number: mssLockley, Folder 42), in the
Fred Lockley Papers and Addenda
-
Ina D. Coolbrith letters to Charles Warren Stoddard, approximately 1868-1898 and undated
(Call number: mssHM 38419-38485)
- Photogravure of Charles Warren Stoddard (approximately 1900?) (Call number: mssGraham, Box 37 [14]) in the
Margaret Collier Graham Papers
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the following 3 series:
- Manuscripts
- Correspondence
- Photographs and ephemera
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Coolbrith, Ina D. (Ina Donna), 1841-1928.
Harte, Bret, 1836-1902.
Kalakaua, David, King of Hawaii, 1836-1891 -- Photographs.
Stoddard, Charles Warren, 1843-1909 -- Archives.
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892.
Yelverton, Thérèse, Viscountess Avonmore, 1832?-1881 -- Pictorial works.
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Archives.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archives.
Forms/Genres
Letters (correspondence) -- United States.
Manuscripts -- United States.
Poems -- United States.
Alternate Authors
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907.
Amber, 1844-1896, correspondent.
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910, correspondent.
Coolbrith, Ina D. (Ina Donna), 1841-1928, correspondent.
Dwight, Theodore F., correspondent.
Rosenthal, Toby Edward, approximately 1848-1917, correspondent.
Sill, Edward Rowland, 1841-1887, correspondent.
Walsh, Thomas, 1875-1928, correspondent.
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey. Lost at Sea [a poem].
HM 38486
Contemporary copy, 4 pages. Note on the last page: “Copied at the request of Chas. Warren Stoddard by Grace Keeler, Machin.”
Previously enclosed in HM 38502.
Coolbrith, Ina D. [A meeting with John Greenleaf Whittier].
[1909?] HM 38487
Autograph manuscript signed, 22 pages. Published in New England Quarterly, March 1972, pages 109-118.
Coolbrith, Ina D. [A recollection of Francis Bret Harte and Charles Warren Stoddard].
[Between 1909 and 1929] HM 38488
Autograph manuscript incomplete, 51 pages.
Stoddard, Charles Warren. Introduction to an unidentified article or book.
[After 1896] HM 38489
Manuscript, 5 pages. Begins "a dear friend once said to me, 'You have no imagination!'"and ends “It was after that I waded
through “The Vale of Tears”
and having returned alone, at the age of sixteen years, by the Isthmus of Panama, I arrived in San Francisco and began the
next phase of my development in my somewhat varied career and the true story of it now follows.”
Stoddard, Charles Warren. [List of poem titles].
[Before 1910] HM 38490
Autograph manuscript, 1 page.
Stoddard, Charles Warren. Monterey. (An impression) [a sonnet].
[Before 1910] HM 38491
Autograph manuscript signed, 1 page.
Stoddard, Charles Warren. Boswell's Johnson [notes on James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson].
[Before 1910] HM 38492
Autograph manuscript signed, 4 pages.
Stoddard, Charles Warren. Old Monterey [a poem].
[Before 1918?] HM 38493
Manuscript signed, 3 pages. In the hand of Ina D. Coolbrith.
Stoddard, Charles Warren. The Poet as the Pervious; a Doleful Duty [a poem].
[Before 1910] HM 38494
Damaged. Autograph manuscript signed, 4 pages. One page includes quotes from the Bible.
Stoddard, Charles Warren. To Lizette Dennison [a poem beginning "Why Blow the Blasts so Fiercely…"].
[Before 1910] HM 38495
Manuscript signed, 1 page. In the hand of Ina D. Coolbrith.
C---, M. R. Postcard from M. R. C. to Charles Warren Stoddard.
1905 July 2 HM 38496
Washington, D.C. Autograph note, signed.
[Clemens, Samuel Langhorne]. Letter to Charles Warren Stoddard.
1898 November 6 HM 38497
Vienna. Contemporary copy, 1 page. In the hand of Ina D. Coolbrith, marked "copy."
D---, T. F. [Dwight, Theodore F.] Letter to Charles Warren Stoddard.
1906 April HM 38498
Vaud, Switzerland. Autograph letter signed, 4 pages.
Holden, Martha Everts. Letter to Charles Warren Stoddard.
[Before 1897] August 29 HM 38499
Autograph letter signed, 6 pages. Signed "Amber."
Holden, Martha Everts. Letter to Charles Warren Stoddard.
[Before 1897] September 29 HM 38500
Galesburg, Illinois. Autograph letter signed, 8 pages. Signed "Amber." With two clippings about Holden; a printed booklet:
"Amber compared with Emerson and Holmes by Literary Critics," and a magazine article.
Machin, Grace Keeler. Letter to Charles Warren Stoddard.
1906 July 29 HM 38501
Brooklyn, New York. Autograph letter signed, 5 pages.
Machin, Grace Keeler. Letter to Charles Warren Stoddard.
1906 August 21 HM 38502
Brooklyn, New York. Autograph letter signed, 5 pages. Previously enclosure for HM 38486.
Macleod, Alice. Letter to Charles Warren Stoddard.
1905 September 12 HM 38503
Santa Clara, California. Autograph letter signed, 12 pages. References Lompoc Mission (California).
Rosenthal, Toby Edward. Letter to Charles Warren Stoddard.
1876 November 7 HM 38504
Munich. Autograph letter signed, 8 pages.
Sill, Edward Rowland. Letter to Charles Warren Stoddard.
1868 November 10 HM 38505
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Autograph letter signed, 8 pages.
Stoddard, Charles Warren. Letter to Charles S. Aiken.
1907 November 11 HM 38506
Monterey, California. Autograph letter signed, 3 pages.
Stoddard, Charles Warren. Letter to Ina D. Coolbrith.
1907 April 12 HM 38507
Monterey, California. Autograph letter signed, 3 pages.
Stoddard, Charles Warren. Letter to Ina D. Coolbrith.
1907 July 24 HM 38508
Monterey, California. Autograph letter signed, 3 pages.
Walsh, Thomas. Letter to Charles Warren Stoddard.
1905 August 23 HM 38509
Mount Arlington, New Jersey. Autograph letter signed, 2 pages.
Walsh, Thomas. Letter to Charles Warren Stoddard.
1907 May 18 HM 38510
Brooklyn, New York. Autograph letter signed, 2 pages.
Walsh, Thomas. Letter to Charles Warren Stoddard.
1907 October 8 HM 38511
Mount Arlington, New Jersey. Autograph letter signed, 3 pages.
Walsh, Thomas. Letter to Charles Warren Stoddard.
1908 March 18 HM 38512
Brooklyn, New York. Autograph letter signed, 2 pages.
Wyatt, Carrie. Letter to Charles Warren Stoddard.
[1908 March 16] HM 38513
Montera, Washington. Autograph letter signed, 4 pages.
Card photograph of a drawing of Marie Thérèse Longworth (Yelverton).
[Before 1880]
Cabinet photograph of David Kalakaua, King of Hawaii.
[Before 1890]
With inscription, "To Charles Warren Stoddard, May 8, 1890, Aloha!"
Ephemera
Two envelopes and two articles by Stoddard: "The Daughter of Pharaoh to Bohemia" and "In Old Bohemia."