Finding Aid to the Collection of Charles Warren Stoddard Papers, 1867-1918
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Finding Aid to the Collection of Charles Warren Stoddard Papers, 1867-1918
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-H 53
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
- Finding Aid Written By:
- Alison E. Bridger
- Date Completed:
-
April 2007
© 2007 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Collection of Charles Warren Stoddard papers
Date (inclusive): 1867-1918
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-H 53
Creators :
Stoddard, Charles Warren, 1843-1909
Extent:
Number of containers: 4 boxes and 1 carton
Linear feet: 2.85
Repository: The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Abstract: Contains correspondence, writings, scrapbooks and clippings. Correspondents include Japanese author Yoné Noguchi and editor
Frank Putnam, as well a letter or two from his many fellow authors. Writings include journals and notebooks, poems, autobiography
entitled
Confessions of a Reformed Poet and collection of poems by Stoddard put together by Ina Coolbrith following his death.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See:
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Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Collection of Charles Warren Stoddard Papers, BANC MSS C-H 53, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Alternate Forms Available
Part of the collection is available on microfilm, see container list or catalog record for more detail (BANC FILM 2693; BANC
FILM 2768; BANC FILM 3026)
Related Collections
Albert Shumate collection of Charles Warren Stoddard papers (BANC MSS 70/108)
Charles Warren Stoddard letters and manuscripts: to Frank Putnam (BANC MSS 82/2)
Yoné Noguchi papers: additions (BANC MSS 71/39)
Benjamin Parke Avery papers (BANC MSS C-H 61)
Milicent Washburn Shinn papers (BANC MSS 68/152)
A.M. Robertson collection (BANC MSS 2002/203)
Bret Harte papers (BANC MSS 79/47)
Jules Simoneau letters: Monterey, Calif., to Charles Warren Stoddard (BANC MSS 86/131)
Poems of Charles Warren Stoddard / collected by Ina Coolbrith (PS2930.A3 1917)
Charles Warren Stoddard papers at the University of Notre Dame Archives.
Separated Material
Pictorial materials including original drawings by Isobel Field, Toby E. Rosenthal, Edgar A. P. Newsomb, Henry Chapman Ford,
Austin Strong, Joseph Strong and others (in pen, water color and pencil), made for or collected by Charles Warren Stoddard,
and photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library. (BANC PIC 1954.011 AX)
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Stoddard, Charles Warren, 1843-1909
Stoddard, Charles Warren, 1843-1909--Correspondence
Stoddard, Charles Warren, 1843-1909--Diaries
Noguchi, Yoné, 1875-1947--Correspondence
Putnam, Frank Arthur, 1868--Correspondence
Authors, American--Correspondence
Manuscripts for publication
Poems
Harte, Bret, 1836-1902
Coolbrith, Ina D. (Ina Donna), 1842?-1928
Norris, Thomas W. (Thomas Wayne). Thomas W. Norris collection
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Collection of Charles Warren Stoddard Papers were given to and/or purchased by The Bancroft Library at various times with
the most recent being in 2007. Some folders are annotated with information with respect to provenance. Most of the original
materials were acquired in the T.W. Norris Collection in 1954.
Accruals
No additions are expected.
Processing Information
Re-processed by Alison E. Bridger in 2006.
Biographical Information
Charles Warren Stoddard was born on August 7, 1843, in Rochester, New York. In 1855, his family moved to San Francisco. Two
years later, Stoddard went back to New York with his older invalid brother. After his return to San Francisco in 1859, he
attended school for a time but soon left his schooling to clerk in a bookstore. It was there that he first began writing verses,
contributing them to the local newspapers. After the establishment of the
Overland Monthly, Stoddard became one of its main standbys, and his poetry appeared in almost every number.
He became better known, however, as a writer of prose, particularly for his sketches picturing the beauty of the South Seas.
In 1864, he made the first of his several voyages there, and this resulted in the publication of
South Sea Idyls in 1873. In 1873 also, he went abroad as special correspondent for the
San Francisco Chronicle, traveling in Europe, Asia and Africa.
He became a Roman Catholic in 1867 and in 1884 began a teaching career as professor of English literature at the University
of Notre Dame in Indiana. In 1889 he took the chair of English literature at the newly founded Catholic University of America
in Washington, D.C. and taught there until 1902.
He then moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, intending to devote himself to creative work. An almost fatal illness sent him
back to California, however, and he settled in Monterey in 1905. It was there that he died in April 1909.
Among his better known works, in addition to the
South Sea Idyls, are
The Lepers of Molokai, (1885);
A Cruise Under the Crescent, (1898
); In the Footprints of the Padres, (1902);
For the Pleasure of His Company, (1903); and
The Island of Tranquil Delights, (1904).
Scope and Content of Collection
Contains correspondence, writings, scrapbooks and clippings. Correspondents include Japanese author Yoné Noguchi and editor
Frank Putnam, as well a letter or two from his many fellow authors. Writings include journals and notebooks, poems, autobiography
entitled
Confessions of a Reformed Poet and collection of poems by Stoddard put together by Ina Coolbrith following his death.
Series 1
Correspondence
1867-1909
Physical Description:
Box 1
Arrangement
Arranged into 3 subseries: Outgoing; Incoming; Regarding Charles Warren Stoddard
Scope and Content Note
The bulk of the correspondence is from 1900-1909.
Subseries 1.1
Outgoing
1882-1907
Physical Description:
Box 1, folders 1-6
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
Contains a small amount of letters written by Charles Warren Stoddard. For letters to Ina Coolbrith see BANC MSS 70/108; to
Yoné Noguchi see BANC MSS 71/39; to Frank Putnam see BANC MSS 82/2.
Box 1, Folder 1
Biven, Mille S., Mrs.
1906
Coolbrith, Ina and niece Ina L. Cook
Scope and Content Note
SEE: BANC MSS 70/108
Box 1, Folder 1
English, Thomas Dunn
1901
Box 1, Folder 3
Gleason, Joseph M., Rev.
1893-1895
Box 1, Folder 4
Mackay, Robert
1903 Sept. 18
Noguchi, Yoné
Scope and Content Note
SEE: BANC MSS 71/39
Putnam, Frank
Scope and Content Note
SEE: BANC MSS 82/2
Box 1, Folder 5
Sutherland, Howard
1901-1905,
undated
Box 1, Folder 1
unknown recipient, incomplete letter
undated
Box 1, Folder 6
My Dear Bliss
1900 Jan. 11
Subseries 1.2
Incoming
1867-1909
Physical Description:
Box 1, folders 7-19
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
Contains a small amount of incoming correspondence from various friends and fellow authors. The largest amount of correspondence
here is from Japanese author Yoné Noguchi. For correspondence from Ina Coolbrith to Stoddard see BANC MSS 70/108.
Box 1, Folder 7
Aiken, Charles Sedgwick
1907
Box 1, Folder 7
Armes, Ethel Marie
undated
Box 1, Folder 7
Ballard, Robert
1904-1907
Box 1, Folder 8
Clark, Susie C.
1906-1907
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne
Scope and Content Note
SEE: Twain, Mark
Coolbrith, Ina
Scope and Content Note
SEE: BANC MSS 70/108
Box 1, Folder 8
Crabtree, Lotta Mignon
1892
Box 1, Folder 8
Crawford, Harold
1906,
1908
Box 1, Folder 8
Dorgan, Frederick J.
1907
Box 1, Folder 9
Field, Isabel (Osbourne)
1893,
1900
Box 1, Folder 9
Frabasilis, Josephine (Countess of Castelvechio)
1908
Box 1, Folder 9
Garnett, Porter
1907
Scope and Content Note
includes manuscript of "The Sea" by Frederick M. Clapp
Box 1, Folder 9
Guiney, Louise Imogen
1900
Box 1, Folder 10
Harte, Bret
undated
Scope and Content Note
ALSO AVAILABLE ON MICROFILM (BANC FILM 2693)
Box 1, Folder 10
Hatton, Joshua (pseudonym Guy Roslyn)
1908
Box 1, Folder 11
Lightner, Elizabeth Gray
1906
Box 1, Folder 12
Morrow, Lydia (Houghton)
1905
Box 1, Folder 13
National Institute of Arts and Letters
1905
Box 1, Folder 13
Noguchi, Leonie (Gilmour)
1906
Box 1, Folder 14
Noguchi, Yoné
1897,
1900-1907
Scope and Content Note
ALSO SEE: BANC MSS 71/39
Box 1, Folder 13
O'Neil, Nance
1905-1907,
undated
Box 1, Folder 15
Pemberton, Mary Elizabeth (Townley)
1905
Box 1, Folder 15
Putnam, Frank Arthur
1905-1906
Box 1, Folder 16
Savage, Anna Josephine (Scheible)
1907
Box 1, Folder 16
Schribner's (Charles) Sons Publishers
1907
Box 1, Folder 16
Spencer, Belle (Mrs. J. R. Spencer)
1906-1907
Box 1, Folder 16
Sterling, George
1906-1909
Box 1, Folder 17
Thayer, William Roscoe
1905
Box 1, Folder 17
Twain, Mark
1867
Scope and Content Note
typescript copy of letter made by Ina Coolbrith
Box 1, Folder 18
Walter, Carrie (Stevens)
1906-1907
Box 1, Folder 19
Unidentified correspondents
1908
Subseries 1.3
Letters about Stoddard
circa 1905-1909
Physical Description:
Box 1, folder 20
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
Contains letters discussing Stoddard.
Box 1, Folder 20
Aiken, Charles Sedgwick to William McMichael Woodworth
1909 Dec 9
Box 1, Folder 20
Converse, Elizabeth to Ethel Armes
1905
Box 1, Folder 20
Fennell, J. F. to Charles Phillips
Series 2
Writings
circa 1866-1909
Physical Description:
Boxes 2-4
Arrangement
Arranged into 2 subseries: Journals and notebooks; Manuscripts
Subseries 2.1
Journals and notebooks
1866-1907
Physical Description:
Boxes 2-3
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Contains writings in journals and notebooks, some while Stoddard was away at school. Many of Stoddard's journals were given
titles by the author and a few of the journals were written in book dummies. Transcripts included for a few writings.
Box 2, Folder 1
"A Thought Book for the Free Disclosure of My Musings"
circa 1866
Box 2, Folder 2
transcript (partial)
circa 1866
Box 2, Folder 3-4
"School Days at Notre Dame"
1885 April-October
Scope and Content Note
Only includes volumes 2-3.
Box 2, Folder 5
"Notes Wise, Unwise and Otherwise"
1900-?
Scope and Content Note
In book dummy "Michael O'Donnell or the Fortunes of a Little Emigrant" by Mary E. Mannix.
ALSO AVAILABLE ON MICROFILM (BANC FILM 3026, reels 2-3)
Box 2, Folder 6
"A Life's Labyrinth"
1901-1902
Scope and Content Note
In book dummy "A Life's Labyrinth" by Mary E. Mannix.
Box 3, Folder 1
"Island Heights: New Jersey"
1901-1907
Box 3, Folder 2
"The Resurection [sic] and Life of Chas. Warren Stoddard"
circa 1903
Scope and Content Note
In book dummy "A Royal Son and Mother" by the Baroness Pauline Von Hugel.
Box 3, Folder 4
"My Zellons Journal"
1904-1906
Box 3, Folder 5
untitled in Exercise book
1905-1907
Scope and Content Note
ALSO AVAILABLE ON MICROFILM (BANC FILM 3026, reels 2-3).
Box 3, Folder 6-7
untitled (6 v.)
circa 1906
Subseries 2.2
Manuscripts
undated
Physical Description:
Box 4, folders 1-13
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Contains the manuscripts and typescripts of poems, a collection of poems put together by Ina Coolbrith following Stoddard's
death for a book, autobiography entitled "Confessions of a Reformed Poet" and other writings by Stoddard.
Box 4, Folder 1
Poems (manuscripts)
undated
Box 4, Folder 3-4
Ina Coolbrith collection of Charles Warren Stoddard poems
undated
Box 4, Folder 5
Poems (typescripts)
undated
"Confessions of a Reformed Poet"
Carton 4, Folder 6
typescript
undated
Scope and Content Note
ALSO AVAILABLE ON MICROFILM (BANC FILM 2798)
Box 4, Folder 9
Manuscript relating to Hawaiian Royalty
undated
Box 4, Folder 10
Miscellaneous writings
undated
Box 4, Folder 11
Manuscript fragment
undated
Box 4, Folder 12-13
Biographical sketch of Charles Warren Stoddard
undated
Scope and Content Note
ALSO AVAILABLE ON MIRCOFILM (BANC FILM 2798)
Series 3
Scrapbooks, autograph books, published writings, clippings and miscellaneous papers
circa 1867-1918
Physical Description:
Carton 1; Box 4, folders 14-16
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Contains scrapbooks with Stoddard's poems, Stoddard's autograph books, published works, clippings on Stoddard, the documents
that relate to Stoddard's pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Carton 1, Volume 1
scrapbook
undated
Scope and Content Note
(dark blue/black binding)
Carton 1, Volume 2
scrapbook
undated
Scope and Content Note
(green binding)
ALSO AVAILABLE ON MICROFILM (BANC FILM 3026, reel 1)
Carton 1, Volume 3
Scrapbook
undated
Scope and Content Note
(red and black binding)
ALSO AVAILABLE ON MICROFILM (BANC FILM 3026, reel 1)
Carton 1, Folder 1
autograph books
1871-1875
Carton 1, Folder 2-6
published works
1868-1914,
undated
Carton 1, Folder 7-16
clippings
1878-1918,
undated
Box 4, Folder 14
Documents relating to pilgrimage to Holy Land
1876-1877
Box 4, Folder 15
Poems to Charles Warren Stoddard
undated
Box 4, Folder 16
Invitation to banquet honoring "Galaxy Magazine"
1909