Altrocchi (Julia C.) Poetry Collection, 1908-1974

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Summary

Title:
Altrocchi (Julia Cooley) Poetry Collection,
Dates:
1908-1974
Creators:
Hugh Hayes
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Altrocchi (Julia Cooley) Poetry Collection, Mss115, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Background

Scope and content:

The Altrocchi Collection consists of books, pamphlets, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers.

Biographical / historical:

Julia Cooley Altrocchi (1893-1972), author and poet, resided in Berkeley, Calif. upon graduation from Vassar College. She was married to Rudolph Altrocchi, Professor of Italian at the University of California. Her best known work is Snow Covered Wagons (1936), a story-in-verse of the Donner Party Expedition. Other works include The Old California Trail (1945), and Spectacular San Franciscans (1949). She was an honorary member of the Ina Coolbrith Circle, San Francisco, the Browning Society of San Francisco, and Poets of the Pacific.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Physical description:
0.5 linear ft.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Don Walker; machine-readable finding aid created by Don Walker
Date Prepared:
© 1998
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding. Date of source: 1994.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Altrocchi (Julia Cooley) Poetry Collection, Mss115, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Location of this collection:
University of the Pacific, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University Library
Stockton, CA 95211, US
Contact:
(209) 946-2404
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