Dane Coolidge Papers, ca. 1889-1942

Summary

Creators:

Coolidge, Dane, 1873-1940

Abstract:

Mainly correspondence; manuscripts of his stories, articles and movie scenarios; clippings; some personal accounts; and notebooks.
Included also are some papers of his wife, Mary Roberts Coolidge, consisting of correspondence, manuscripts of articles, memoranda books, clippings and reference materials pertaining mainly to her teaching career and women's suffrage.

Extent:

Number of containers: 19 boxes, 1 carton

Language:

English

Background

Biographical / historical:

Dane Coolidge was born in Natick, Massachusetts, on March 24, 1873. He was brought up in Riverside, California, and received his higher education at Stanford and Harvard Universities. From 1895 to 1900 he was a field collector of mammals, birds and reptiles in Nevada, Arizona and Southern California for a number of institutions, including Stanford University, the British Museum, U. S. National Zoological Park, and the U. S. National Museum in Italy and France. On July 30, 1906, he married Nary Roberts, and the couple eventually made their home in Berkeley, California. In 1910, his first novel, Hidden Water, was published, and this was followed by a long succession of novels and some non-fiction, with California and Southwest locales. He and his wife collaborated on two books, The Navajo Indians (1930) and The Last of the Seris (1939). In addition, Coolidge contributed short stories and illustrated articles to several magazines, including Youth's Companion, Sunset, Redbook, Harper's and Country Life in America. Mr. Coolidge died in 1940; Mrs. Coolidge, in 1945.

Physical location:

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Other descriptive data:

The papers comprising the collection cover the period 1889 to 1942. They were the gift of Mrs. Coolidge, through Coit Coolidge, Mr. Coolidge's nephew, in 1945. They consist mainly of Mr. Coolidge's correspondence, including letters from his wife, friends, publishers, agents, university officials, writers, scientists, etc.; manuscripts of stories, articles and movie scenarios; notebooks; personal accounts; and clippings. Included also are some letters received and sent by Mrs. Coolidge, manuscripts of a few of her articles and clippings and reference material collected by her. Photographs and photographic plates and historic relics, including a miner's pan, received at the same time, are kept separately. For photos, see 1905, 17171-PIC. There are additional Coolidge papers at Mills College.

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

510-642-6481

bancref-library@berkeley.edu

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