Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Administrative Information
Biography Note
Scope and Content Note
Collection Summary
Creator/Collector:
Bland, Henry Meade, 1863-1931.
Collection Title: Henry Meade Bland Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1905-1931
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-H 30
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Correspondence, including letters from noted authors and other poets; manuscripts of his poems, short stories and essays;
notebooks; clippings and scrapbooks; some printed items.
Languages Represented:
English
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library 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 reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Henry Meade Bland papers, BANC MSS C-H 30, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Materials Cataloged Separately
Photographs were transferred to Pictorial Collection in 1978 and cataloged under call number (?) 6370-;6407(?).
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Papers of Dr. Bland were purchased by the Bancroft Library in January 1959 from Mrs. Gwendolen Penniman, his literary executor.
Biography Note
Dr. Bland, poet, professor of English at San Jose College, 1899 until his death, and poet laureate of California, 1928-1931.
Scope and Content Note
The papers, covering the years, 1905-1931, consist primarily of correspondence with other poets and authors; manuscripts of
his poems, short stories and essays; notebooks; clippings and scrapbooks; photographs; and some printed items.