Collection consists of published poems and unpublished manuscripts and typescripts by the approximately forty members of the Society.

This society, the membership of which was chiefly female, flourished on the periphery of the College of the Pacific, the American Association of University Women, and the various local historical societies for about 25 years. Many of its members lived in cities other than Stockton, some as far away as the sierra foothills. Some published regularly in local and regional newspapers. A few, such as Lirrell Starling, placed their work with national magazines. Theodosia Benjamin, lifelong San Joaquin resident and descendent of one of the region's first settlers, was probably the society’s chief organizer and financial backer.

.5 linear feet

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Collection open for research.