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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Florence R. Keene papers
Creator:
Keene, Florence R., 1878-
Identifier/Call Number: mssKeene
Physical Description:
12.5 Linear Feet
(9 boxes, 40 folders, 2 envelopes)
Date (inclusive): 1896-1950
Abstract: A collection of personal and literary
papers related to Florence R. Keene, California poet and magazine editor.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. Florence R. Keene papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts of Florence R. Keene, December 1949, April 1952, June 1955, and April 1957.
Florence R. Keene (1878-) was a California poet and founder, publisher, and editor of
Westward, a magazine of verse published from 1927 to 1934.
A collection of 2,822 items from 1896 to 1950, which consists primarily of correspondence
to Florence R. Keene from other California literary figures. Correspondents in the
collection include: Don Blanding, Thomas Pollock Brown, Stanton Arthur Coblentz, Robin
Lampson, John Steven McGroarty, Rosalie Moore, Hazel Snell Schreiber, and Ella Young. There
is also some manuscript material, including articles, limericks, poems, and short stories,
by Florence Keene and others, as well as 10 photographs and ephemera. The collection also
includes two small manila envelopes of unprocessed Christmas cards from California poets to
Florence R. Keene.
Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1965. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the
finding aid derived from a legacy summary report.
Arranged by format and subject.
Former call number: mssKeene papers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Authors, American -- 20th century
Poets, American -- California
Ephemera -- California
Letters (correspondence) -- California
Manuscripts -- California
Photographs -- California
Blanding, Don, 1894-1957
Brown, Thomas P. (Thomas
Pollok), 1879-
Coblentz, Stanton A.
(Stanton Arthur), 1896-1982
Lampson, Robin,
1900-1978
McGroarty, John Steven,
1862-1944
Moore, Rosalie,
1910-
Schreiber, Hazel Snell, -1957
Wait, Frona Eunice,
1859-1946
Young, Ella,
1867-1956