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Title: Stockton Poetry Society papers
Dates: 1940-1960
Collection number: MSS 136
Collector:
Stockton Poetry Society
Collection Size: .5 linear feet
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Dept. of
Special Collections
Stockton, California 95211
Abstract: Collection consists of published poems and
unpublished manuscripts and typescripts by the approximately forty members of
the Society.
Physical location: For current information on the location
of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection open for research.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as
the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
researcher.
Stockton Poetry Society papers. MSS 136. Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.
Biography / Administrative History
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
Papers consist of poems by members of the Stockton Poetry Society. The
subject matter of many of these is local scenery and local history. There is
also a sizable body of material relating to the events of World War II.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Stockton (Calif.) - Poetry
California - Poetry
Stockton Poetry Society
Benjamin, Theodosia
Starling, Lirrel
Farley, Fred Long 1884-
O’Bryon, Martha Seffer
Hill, Maurice