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California Writers' Club records, 1910-1995 (bulk 1930-1995).
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California Writers' Club records, 1910-1995 (bulk 1930-1995)Creator/Contributor:
California Writers' Club, creatorAbstract:
Contains club correspondence, meeting minutes, photographs, manuscripts, scrapbooks and clippings. Also included are correspondence
and writings documenting the origins of Woodminster Amphitheater and desribing the tree dedication ceremonies for the Writers
Memorial Grove. Manuscripts include writings dedicating trees to Mary Austin, H.H. Bancroft, George Sterling, Ina Coolbrith
and Frank Norris. Scrapbooks document the history of the club, as well as the development of Woodminster Amphitheater and
Writers Memorial Grove in Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland, CA.
Date:
1930 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caAuthors, American -- California -- Societies, etc
Écrivains américains -- Californie -- Associations
Authors, American -- Societies, etc
Joaquin Miller Park (Oakland, Calif.)
California
California -- Oakland -- Joaquin Miller Park
California Writers' Club -- Archives
California Writers' Club.
Austin, Mary -- 1868-1934
Bancroft, Hubert Howe -- 1832-1918
Sterling, George -- 1869-1926
Coolbrith, Ina D. (Ina Donna) -- 1841-1928
Norris, Frank -- 1870-1902
Austin, Mary -- 1868-1934
Bancroft, Hubert Howe -- 1832-1918
Coolbrith, Ina D. (Ina Donna) -- 1841-1928
Norris, Frank -- 1870-1902
Sterling, George -- 1869-1926
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COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Collection processed at folder level in 2012.
Gift; From Julia Cooley Altrocchi; 1966, 1968, 1969.
Additions: Gift; From Julian Adams; 1996.
The California Writers Club formed in 1909 as an offshoot of the Press Club of Alameda, a club with origins in the San Francisco
Bay Area literary movement of the early twentieth century. Early honorary members of the California Writers Club included
Joaquin Miller, John Muir, Jack London, Gertrude Atherton, Kathleen Norris and the first California poet laureate, Ina Coolbrith.
The first West Winds, a hardcover collection of fiction by members, was published in 1914 and was illustrated by California
artists. In the thirties and early forties, the Club became involved in the development of the Woodminster Amphitheater, a
WPA project, and the Writers Memorial Grove, in Joaquin Miller Park in the hills of Oakland, Calif. They held their first
California Writers Club Conference in Oakland in 1941. With over 1,300 members throughout the state in 2012, the California
Writers Club is the largest writer's organization in the state. The Club's goal is to promote fellowship, and the personal
and professional growth of writers.
Preferred citation: California Writers' Club records, BANC MSS 69/88 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
Minutes.Archives.
Photographs.
Maps.
Scrapbooks.
Physical Description:
print
3 cartons, 3 card file boxes, 5 volumes, 1 oversize folder (6 linear feet)
Language:
English
Origin:
No place, unknown, or undeterminedCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.