Collection of George Sterling Papers, Circa 1880-1950, Bulk 1880-1926

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Finding Aid to the Collection of George Sterling Papers, circa 1880-1950, bulk 1880-1926

Finding Aid written by Revised by Alison E. Bridger The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ © 2007 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Finding Aid to the Collection of BANC MSS C-H 60 1 George Sterling Papers, circa 1880-1950, bulk 1880-1926 Finding Aid to the Collection of George Sterling Papers, circa 1880-1950, bulk 1880-1926

Collection Number: BANC MSS C-H 60

The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Finding Aid Written By: Revised by Alison E. Bridger Date Completed: August 2007 © 2007 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Collection Summary Collection Title: Collection of George Sterling papers Date (inclusive): circa 1880-1950, Date (bulk): bulk 1880-1926 Collection Number: BANC MSS C-H 60 Creators : Sterling, George, 1869-1926. Extent: Number of containers: 10 boxes and 1 volume.Linear feet: 4 Repository: The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California 94720-6000 Abstract: Contains correspondence; manuscripts of poems, essays, stories and plays; Carmel diaries; clippings; bibliographies and checklists; publishing agreements, certificates of copyright, etc.; papers regarding his estate. Also includes some letters addressed to his sisters regarding preparation of biographies and settlement of the estate. 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. Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Copyright has been assigned to The Bancroft Library. Materials in these collections are protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) and may not be used without permission of The Bancroft Library. Use may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, privacy and publicity rights, licensing terms, and trademarks. All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html. 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 George Sterling Papers, BANC MSS C-H 60, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Alternate Forms Available Boxes 1-3 and 9 are also available on microfilm, [BANC MSS C-H 60 FILM]. Selected items from boxes 4, 5, 7 and 8 are also available on microfilm, [BANC MSS C-H 60 FILM]. Upton Sinclair correspondence also available on microfilm, [BANC MSS X-X FILM 5]. Sinclair Lewis correspondence also available on microfilm, [BANC MSS X-X FILM 11]. Related Collections Rudolph Blaettler collection of George Sterling papers, 1907-1926. BANC MSS 85/54. James L. Henry collection of George Sterling manuscripts, circa 1903-1926. BANC MSS 77/116. Cornelia V. Christenson collection of George Sterling papers, 1914-1926. BANC MSS 81/85.

Finding Aid to the Collection of BANC MSS C-H 60 2 George Sterling Papers, circa 1880-1950, bulk 1880-1926 George Sterling letters and poems: California, to Grace Warlock, 1917-1996, (bulk 1923-1925). BANC MSS 98/91. George Sterling letters: San Francisco, Calif., to Marie Parmelee, 1920- 1925. BANC MSS 88/180. George Sterling letters to Ambrose Bierce, 1901-1912: typescript (carbon), circa 1930. BANC MSS 85/133. A.M. Robertson collection, 1901-1934. BANC MSS 2002/203. See library catalog for more related collections. Separated Material Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (Added to: George Sterling photograph collection, BANC PIC 1984.080--PIC) Portraits transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1961.006--AX, BANC PIC 1963.010--POR, BANC PIC 1967.003--POR) Printed materials have been transferred to the book collection of The Bancroft Library. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Poets, American--California Carmel (Calif.)--Intellectual life Manuscripts for publication Scripts (documents) Diaries Clippings Poems Norris, Thomas W. (Thomas Wayne). Thomas W. Norris collection Acquisition Information The Collection of George Sterling Papers was acquired from many different sources. Most of the papers came from the T. W. Norris Collection, and are so identified, but there have been significant additions as gifts (including from Warren Howell, Robert H. Barlow, the John F. Neylan Estate, and Thor Liliencrantz) and through purchases (including from John Howell Books and Mrs. Alice Sterling Gregory). Many single items have been donated or purchased also, and occasionally Sterling material has been removed from other collections and placed here. In all cases, provenance has been indicated either on the documents or on the folders. Additions purchased from Serendipity on August 7, 2007. Accruals No additions are expected. Processing Information Processed by Bancroft Library staff; additions of 2007 by Alison E. Bridger. Biographical Information George Sterling, a poet, was born in Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York and moved to California in 1890. He had friendships with many literary figures including his mentor Ambrose Bierce, Jack London and Clark Aston Smith. In 1905 he moved to Carmel-by-the-Sea and many authors and artists followed him here. He also kept a room at the Bohemian Club in San Francisco where he took his life in November 1926. Scope and Content of Collection Contains correspondence; manuscripts of poems, essays, stories and plays; Carmel diaries; clippings; bibliographies and checklists; publishing agreements, certificates of copyright, etc.; papers regarding his estate. Also includes some letters addressed to his sisters regarding preparation of biographies and settlement of the estate.

Series 1 Correspondence circa 1880-1947 Physical Description: Boxes 1-2; Box 10, folders 1-7 Arrangement Arranged hierarchically. Scope and Content Note Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of George Sterling, as well as correspondence to his two sisters Alice Gregory and Flora Liliencrantz following his death.

Incoming

Finding Aid to the Collection of BANC MSS C-H 60 3 George Sterling Papers, circa 1880-1950, bulk 1880-1926 Series 1Correspondence circa 1880-1947

Single letters Box 1 Collier's 1926 August 30 Box 1 Lewis, Sinclair 1921 November 16 Box 1 London, Jack 1907 August 9 Box 1 Miller, Joaquin 1901 January 28 Box 1 Scollard, Clinton 1925? September 1 Box 1 Tibbet, Lawrence Mervil 1927 March 27 Box 1 DeCaseres, Benjamin 1925-1926 Box 1 Jeffers, Robinson 1924-1926 Box 1 Jeffers, Una (Call) 1925-1926 Box 1 Lindsay, Nicholas Vachel 1913-1914 Box 1 Masters, Edgar Lee 1926 Box 1 Mencken, Henry Louis 1918-1926 Box 1 Robertson, Alexander Mitchell 1908-1926 Box 1 Robertson, Louis Alexander 1904-1908 Box 1 Sinclair, Upton 1907-1923 Box 1 Stoddard, Charles Warren 1906 Box 10, Folder 1 Stoddard, Charles Warren 1907 Box 2 Outgoing 1880-1926 Box 10, Folder 2 Braithwaite, William Stanley 1916 Box 10, Folder 3 London, Jack 1915 Box 10, Folder 4 Snowden, Helen W. 1923 Box 2 Sinclair, Upton 1907-1916 Scope and Content Note photocopies

Box 10, Folder 5 Wandrei, David 1926 Box 10, Folder 6 Wiley, Hugh 1925 Box 10, Folder 7 "Georgie" 1922 Gregory, Alice (Sterling) Scope and Content Note regarding brother George Sterling.

Box 2 Barber, Jackson 1938 Box 2 Dumont, Henry 1935-1936 Box 2 Miscellaneous letters 1926, 1947 Liljencrantz, Flora (Sterling) Scope and Content Note regarding brother George Sterling.

Box 2 Bohemian Club, San Francisco 1926-1927 Scope and Content Note Written by Haig Patigian and Porter Sesnon.

Box 2 Cushing and Cushing 1927-1931 Box 2 Day (John) Company 1937 Scope and Content Note Written by Richard J. Walsh.

Box 2 Howard, John Galen 1926 Box 2 Howell, John 1937-1939 Box 2 Modern Library Inc. 1927 Box 2 Oxford University Press 1937-1938 Box 2 Miscellaneous letters 1926-1937

Finding Aid to the Collection of BANC MSS C-H 60 4 George Sterling Papers, circa 1880-1950, bulk 1880-1926 Series 2Diaries 1905-1913

Series 2 Diaries 1905-1913 Physical Description: Box 3 Arrangement Arranged chronologically. Scope and Content Note Contains diaries written in Carmel. Also includes typed transcripts, the carbons of which have explanatory notes by Miss Nellie Barnes.

Box 3, Folder 1 Diary June 30, 1905 to December 28, 1906 Box 3, Folder 2 Diary August 1, 1907 to August 18,1908 Box 3, Folder 3 Diary August 19, 1908 to September 30, 1909 Box 3, Folder 4 Diary October 1, 1909 to January 18, 1911 Box 3, Folder 5 Diary January 19, 1911 to November 11, 1912 Box 3, Folder 6 Diary November 12, 1912 to November 24, 1913 Series 3 Writings circa 1892-1926 Physical Description: Boxes 4-8; Box 10, folders 8-16; Volume 1 Arrangement Arranged by type of writing and then alphabetically by title. Scope and Content Note Contains handwritten manuscripts and typescripts of poems, essays, stories and plays many of them signed and given as gifts to friends and colleges. A few items have comments from Ambrose Bierce. Some poems have the same title but are different works.

Poems, manuscripts Box 4 A-F Box 4 The Abalone Song Box 10, Folder 8 The Abalone Song Box 4 The Abandoned Farm Box 4 Above the Sea Box 4 Abraham Lincoln Box 4 Adullam Box 4 The Aeroplane Box 4 After Sunset Box 4 After the Storm Box 4 After Vacation Box 4 Afternoon Box 4 Afterward Box 4 All: Box 4 Amber Box 4 America. Independence Day 1905 Box 4 Annus Mirabilis Box 4 Answering Box 4 Arabian Lulliby Box 4 Art & Life Box 4 The Ashes in the Sea Box 4 The Ashes of Astarte Box 4 At Dusk Box 4 At the Apothecary's Box 4 At the Club Box 4 At the Grand Canyon Box 4 At the Grave of Serra Box 4 At the Keyboard Box 4 At the Last Box 4 At the Lily's Heart Box 4 At Noon Box 4 At Sunset

Finding Aid to the Collection of BANC MSS C-H 60 5 George Sterling Papers, circa 1880-1950, bulk 1880-1926 Series 3Writings circa 1892-1926

Box 4 At Sunset (version 2) Box 4 At Villa Montalvo Box 4 Atthan Dances Box 4 Autumn Box 4 Autumnal Hope Box 4 Autumnal Love Box 4 Ballad of the Swabs Box 4 Beauty Renounced Box 4 Beethoven Box 4 Before Dawn Box 4 Before Dawn (version 2) Box 4 Before an Ocean Box 4 Beloved Box 4 Beneath the Redwoods Box 4 Beyond the Music Box 4 Beyond the Tides Box 4 The Binding of the Beast Box 4 The Black Hound Bays Box 4 The Black Vulture Box 4 Bliss Decreed Box 4 Blue Ranges Box 10, Folder 16 Blue Ranges Box 4 Bombardment Box 4 By Another Sea Box 4 By Carmel Mission Box 4 By Lonely Waters Box 10, Folder 16 By the Sea Box 4 By the Sea of Time Box 4 By the Western Ocean Box 4 California to the Artist Box 4 Careless (in vol.) Box 4 The Carmel Millionaire Box 4 The Castaways Box 4 Caucasus Box 4 Change Box 4 The Cliff-Dwellers Box 4 The Cocktail Song Box 4 The Coming of Helen Box 4 Communion Box 4 A Compact? Box 4 Comparison Box 4 Compensation Box 4 Completion Box 4 Conclusion Box 4 Confession Box 4 Confiteor Box 4 Contrition Box 4 Conviction Box 4 Coronal Box 4 Coronation Box 4 A Couch of Love Box 4 Coup de Grace Box 4 A Critic Box 4 A Cry of the Heart Box 4 The Cynic Box 4 "Dad" Tatlow Advises Box 4 The Dark Nation Box 4 Darling!

Finding Aid to the Collection of BANC MSS C-H 60 6 George Sterling Papers, circa 1880-1950, bulk 1880-1926 Series 3Writings circa 1892-1926

Box 4 The Daughters of Discussion Box 4 Dawn Box 4 A Day Box 4 The Dead Captain Box 4 Dear to Me Box 4 The Death of Circe Box 10, Folder 16 The Death of Circe Box 4 "Deep unto Deep" Box 4 Dendra's Song from "Truth" Box 4 The Desert Box 4 A Deserted Farm Box 4 Devotion Box 4 Dirge Box 4 Distance Box 4 Divinity Box 4 A Dog Waits His Dead Mistress Box 4 Doubt & Worship Box 4 A Dream of Arcady Box 4 The Dream of Wilhelm Box 4 Dreams Box 4 Duandon Box 4 The Dusks of Destiny Box 4 The Eagle Box 4 Earth-Worms Box 4 Egon's Song from "Truth" Box 4 Eidolon Box 4 An Elegy; Harry M. Maxwell Box 4 Enchantment Box 4 Endearment Box 4 Enigma Box 4 Entreaty Box 4 Eros in Heaven Box 4 The Eternal Visitant Box 4 Evanecence Box 4 The Evanescent Box 4 The Evening Star Box 10, Folder 16 The Evening Star Box 4 Ever of You Box 4 Everest Box 4 Exiles Box 4 The Faithful Box 4 Far and Near Box 4 The Far Feet Box 10, Folder 16 The Far Feet Box 4 Far Peace Box 4 The Farm of Fools Box 4 Farmer Haynes Discusses his Niece Box 4 Farwell and Meeting Box 4 Fate's Flower Box 4 The Faun Box 4 Feb. 21, '08 Box 4 "57" Box 4 The Final Faith Box 4 Finis Box 4 Fire of Dreams Box 4 The First-Born Box 4 The First Food Box 4 The First Snow

Finding Aid to the Collection of BANC MSS C-H 60 7 George Sterling Papers, circa 1880-1950, bulk 1880-1926 Series 3Writings circa 1892-1926

Box 4 The Fish Hawk Box 4 The Flag (in vol.) Box 4 Flags 'O Truce Box 4 The Fleet Comes Box 4 The Flight Box 4 The Fog Sea Box 4 For E. H. Sothern Box 4 Forenoon by the Pacific Box 4 Foreshadowed Box 4 The Forest Mother Box 4 Forest Music Box 4 Forever and Ever Box 4 The Forty-Third Chapter of Job Box 4 The Friends of Wilhelm Box 4 From Arcady Box 4 From Dawn to Dusk Box 4 From Sun to Star Box 4 From the Gloom Box 4 From the Shadows Box 4 From the Train Box 4 The Fugitives Box 4 Fulfillment Box 4 The Futile Song Box 5 G-N Box 5 Genesis, XIV, 1-17 Box 5 Germany in Belgium II Box 5 Germany on the Seas Box 5 The Gleaner Box 5 The Glory of the Globe Scope and Content Note also on microfilm

Box 10, Folder 9 The Glory of the Globe Box 5 Goddess--Love Box 5 God's Lily Box 5 The Glass of Time Box 5 Grasshopper Box 10, Folder 10 Grasshopper Box 5 The Grey Man Box 5 The Grizzly Giant Box 5 The Guerdon of the Sun Box 5 Harp-Song Box 5 Haunted Box 5 The Haunting Box 5 Heart-Ache Box 5 Heat in the City Box 5 Helen Box 5 Henri Box 5 Her Welcome Box 5 Here and Now Box 5 Heritage of the Skies Box 5 The Hidden Garden Box 5 The Hidden Pool Box 10, Folder 16 The Hidden Pool Box 5 "His Own Country" Box 5 Holy River of Sleep Box 5 The Homing of Drake Box 5 Hope's Paradise

Finding Aid to the Collection of BANC MSS C-H 60 8 George Sterling Papers, circa 1880-1950, bulk 1880-1926 Series 3Writings circa 1892-1926

Box 5 Hotaling's Fancy Farm Box 5 The Housebreaker Box 5 The House of Orchids Box 10, Folder 16 Humility in Art Box 5 The Huntress of Stars Box 5 A Hymn for Americans Box 5 "The Ice-Age" Box 5 The Ideal Scope and Content Note with copies of Ambrose Bierce's comments

Box 5 The Immortal Box 5 The Immortal Moment Box 5 In Autumn Box 5 In Farewell Box 5 In the Shadow Box 5 In the Valley Box 5 In Vain Box 5 Inarticulate Box 5 Inauguration Day, 1909 Box 5 Incarnation Box 5 Inclusion Box 5 Inclusion (version 2) Box 5 Infidels Box 5 Infusion Box 5 Interpeace Box 5 Intimation Box 5 Intimation (version 2) Box 5 The Iris-Hills Box 10, Folder 16 The Iris-Hills Box 5 "The Islands of the Blest" Scope and Content Note with comments by Ambrose Bierce

Box 5 Jack London Box 5 Joan Darc Box 5 Journey's End Box 5 June Box 5 Justice Box 5 The Killdee Box 5 Kingships Box 5 The Kiss Box 5 The Kiss of Consumation Box 5 A Knee is Bent Box 5 The Lagoon Box 10, Folder 16 The Last Island Box 5 The Last Mirage Box 5 The Last of Beauty Box 5 The Last of Sunset Box 5 The Last of the Year Box 5 The Last Suckling Box 5 The Last Veil Box 5 Late Tidings Box 5 Life Box 10, Folder 16 Life Box 5 Lilies of Lethe Box 5 A Listener

Finding Aid to the Collection of BANC MSS C-H 60 9 George Sterling Papers, circa 1880-1950, bulk 1880-1926 Series 3Writings circa 1892-1926

Box 5 Loneliest Box 5 Lonely Beauty Box 5 Long Island Pebbles Box 5 Lost Colors Box 5 Lost Companion (in vol.) Box 5 The Lost Empire Box 5 Lost Music Box 5 The Lost Nymph Box 5 Lost Sunsets Box 5 Love Adoring Box 5 Love and Faith Box 5 Love and Time Box 10, Folder 16 Love and Time Box 5 Love at Sunset Box 5 Love at Twilight Box 5 Love Inexhaustible Box 5 Love Song Box 5 Love the Transmuter Box 5 Lover: A Fantasy Box 5 Love's Companions Box 5 Love's Consummation Box 5 Love's Country Box 5 Love's Farewell Box 5 Love's Hunger Box 5 Love's Sacrament Box 5 Love's Shadow Box 5 Love's Shrine Box 5 Love's Silence Box 5 A Lumberjack Yearns Box 5 The Lutes of Exile Box 5 Man Box 5 Man and Woman Box 5 The Master Mariner Box 5 Meeting Box 5 Melodie in E Box 5 Memorial Day, 1919 Box 5 Memories Box 5 The Merciful Man Box 5 The Messenger Box 5 A Midnight Box 5 Miocene Box 5 Mirage Box 10, Folder 16 Mirage Box 5 The Mirror Box 5 The Modern Muse Box 5 The Moon of Memory Box 5 Moonlight in the Pines Box 5 A Morning Hymn Box 5 Morning in the Pines Box 5 The Morning Star Box 5 The Music of Sleep Box 5 My Brook (in vol.) Box 5 My Child-Picture Box 5 My Songs Box 5 My Swan Song Box 5 Myrrh Box 5 Mystery Box 10, Folder 16 Mystery

Finding Aid to the Collection of BANC MSS C-H 60 10 George Sterling Papers, circa 1880-1950, bulk 1880-1926 Series 3Writings circa 1892-1926

Box 5 Nepenthe Box 5 The New Goddess Box 5 Night in Heaven Box 5 The Night of Man Box 5 Nightfall Box 5 Night-Separation Box 5 The Night-Watch Box 5 Nimrod Box 5 Nov. 11, 1918 Box 6 O-S Box 6 Ocean Sonnets Box 6 The Oceans Box 6 An Ode for the Centenary of the Birth of Robert Browning Box 6 Of Yesterday Box 6 The Old Black-a-Bull Box 6 Old Cats O'Carmel Box 6 Old Partings Box 6 An Old Pine Box 6 An Old Poem Box 6 An Old Road Box 6 "Omnia Exeunt in Mysterium" Box 6 On a City Street Box 6 On a Portrait of Lincoln Box 6 "On Earth Peace, Good Will Toward Men" Box 6 Once Box 6 One Day Box 6 One Poem Box 6 Origin Box 6 Out of the Night Box 6 "Out of the Ngiht" (version 2) Box 6 Outward Box 6 Pacific St. Box 6 Pain and Joy Box 6 The Pain of Beauty Box 6 Paradox Box 6 Parted Box 6 Parted (version 2) Box 6 The Parting Box 6 Parting (version 2) Box 6 The Passing of Bierce Box 6 Passion's Hour Box 6 Passion's Prayer Box 6 Past Flesh and Soul Box 6 The Path to Paradise Box 6 The Pathfinders Box 6 The Pathway Box 6 Pavement Box 6 Peace Box 6 Peace Song Box 6 Penitence Box 6 The Pinions Box 6 The Pirate's Grave Box 6 Poems to Vera Box 6 Poe's Gravestone Box 6 The Pony Express Box 6 A Prayer Box 6 The Princess on the Headlands Box 6 Prologue Chorus to "Truth"

Finding Aid to the Collection of BANC MSS C-H 60 11 George Sterling Papers, circa 1880-1950, bulk 1880-1926 Series 3Writings circa 1892-1926

Box 6 Protest Box 6 Pumas Box 6 The Quarrel Box 6 The Queen Forgets Box 6 The Quest Box 10, Folder 16 The Quest Box 6 The Rack Box 6 The Rain Box 6 Raoul's Song from "Lilith" Box 6 Reason Box 6 Recompense Box 6 The Redwoods Box 6 Redwoods by Morning Box 6 The Redwoods Wait Box 6 Relativity Box 6 Renouncement Box 6 Repartee Box 6 The Restoration Box 6 The Return of Faith Box 6 Return, Romance! Box 6 Revealing Music Box 6 Revalation Box 6 The Revenge Box 6 R. L. S. Box 6 The Roman Wall Box 6 Rosa Mystica Box 6 Rose of the Winds Box 6 Roses of Sunset Box 6 The Rune Box 10, Folder 16 The Rune Box 6 Safe Box 6 Said the Wind Box 6 The Sailing of Keats Box 10, Folder 11 The Sailing of Keats Box 6 The Sailor Turns Street-sweeper Box 6 Sanctuary Box 6 Sarah the Whale Box 6 Saul Box 6 The Sea Box 6 Sea-Flowers Box 6 The Sea-Gardens of Carmel Box 6 The Sea Waif Scope and Content Note comments by Ambrose Bierce

Box 6 Seasonal to Date Box 6 The Seasons Box 10, Folder 16 The Secret Garden Box 6 The Secret Room Box 6 Seismos Box 6 Serenade Box 6 The Setting of Antares Box 10, Folder 16 The Setting of Antares Box 6 Ships of a Day Box 6 Sierran Dawn Box 6 Silence Box 6 Silver Sword Box 10, Folder 16 Silver Sword

Finding Aid to the Collection of BANC MSS C-H 60 12 George Sterling Papers, circa 1880-1950, bulk 1880-1926 Series 3Writings circa 1892-1926

Box 6 The Sisters Box 6 The Skull of Shakespeare (in vol.) Box 6 The Slaying of the Witch Box 6 Solitude Box 6 Song Box 10, Folder 16 Song Box 6 Song (version 2) Box 6 A Song of Friendship Box 6 The Song of Henry Maxwell Box 6 Song of the Swineherds Box 6 The Song of the Valkyrs Box 6 Sonnets of Realization Box 6 Sonnets of the True Beauty Box 6 Sonnets of the Sea's Voice Box 6 Sorrow and Joy Box 6 The Sowers Box 6 The Sphinx Box 6 The Spirit of Dusk Box 6 The Spirit of the Surf Box 6 Spring in Carmel Box 6 Star and Storm Box 6 The Star of Love Box 6 The Star of Separation Box 6 Star of the Soul Box 6 Starlight Box 6 Stars Box 6 Stars of the Noon Box 6 The Strange Bird Box 10, Folder 12 Strange Waters Box 6 The Stranger Box 6 The Stranger at the Gate Box 10, Folder 16 The Stranger at the Gate Box 6 Sunset Box 6 Surety Box 6 The Swimmer Box 6 The Sybil of Dreams Box 6 The Symboled Spirit Box 7 T-Z; untitled poems; unidentified fragments Box 7 Tasso to Eleanora Box 7 Tears Box 7 Testimony Box 7 The Testimony of the Suns Scope and Content Note with notations by Sterling and Ambrose Bierce

Box 7 "That Walk in Darkness" Box 7 Then and Now Box 7 The Thirst of Satan Box 7 Thou and I Box 7 The Three Gifts Box 7 Three Sonnets of the Sea's Voice Box 7 Three Sonnets on Beauty Box 10, Folder 16 Three Sonnets on Beauty Box 7 Three Sonnets on Oblivion Box 7 Three Voices Box 7 Through Love's Eyes Box 7 Thy Lineage Box 7 Thy Picture

Finding Aid to the Collection of BANC MSS C-H 60 13 George Sterling Papers, circa 1880-1950, bulk 1880-1926 Series 3Writings circa 1892-1926

Box 7 "Tidal, King of Nations" Box 7 The Tides of Change Box 7 To a Dusk-Rose Box 7 To a Monk's Skull Box 7 To a Sculptor Box 7 To a Water-Fowl Box 7 To Albert Bierce Box 7 To Artemis Hunting Box 7 To Astarte Box 7 To Beauty Box 7 To Belgium Box 7 To Bernice di Pasquali Box 7 To California Box 7 To Carl Sandburg Box 7 To Charles Warren Stoddard Box 7 To Czar and Emperors Box 7 To France Box 7 To France at Verdun Box 7 To Frank Mathieu Box 7 To Friend W. Richardson No. 3 Box 7 To General White and visiting officers Box 7 To Germany (No. 6) Box 7 To Germany VI Box 7 To Imagination Box 7 To Ina Coolbrith Box 7 To Jack Box 7 To Life Box 7 To Louis Untermeyer Box 7 To Love the God Box 7 To Margaret Auglin Box 7 To One Self-Slain Box 7 To Pain Box 7 To One Who Passed Box 7 To Rachmaninoff Box 7 To Ray F. Coyle Box 7 To Robinson Jeffers Box 7 To Ruth Chatterton Box 7 To Stella Box 7 To Science Box 7 To the Bosom of Antonoë, Handmaiden of Aphrodite Box 7 To the Goddes of Liberty Box 7 To the Moon Box 7 To the True Heart Box 7 To Thy Heart Box 7 To Vera (5 poems) Box 7 To Vera at Night Box 7 To Wordsworth Box 7 To You Box 10, Folder 16 To You Box 7 Together Box 7 Too Late Box 7 The Tracker (in vol.) Box 7 Transfiguration Box 10, Folder 16 Transfiguration Box 7 Transformation Box 7 Transmutation Box 7 The Trapping of Rung Box 7 Twilight at Midway Point

Finding Aid to the Collection of BANC MSS C-H 60 14 George Sterling Papers, circa 1880-1950, bulk 1880-1926 Series 3Writings circa 1892-1926

Box 7 The Twilight of the Grape Box 7 Twilight Song Box 7 The Two Buzzards Box 7 The Two Prayers Box 7 The Unattainable Box 7 The Unavailing Box 7 The Unconditioned Box 7 Under the Rainbow Box 7 Until the Dawn Box 7 Valerie Box 7 A Vision of Germania Box 7 A Voice Box 7 The Voice of the Dove Box 7 Vox Humana (To Humphrey Stewart at the Organ) Box 7 War Box 7 The War-Machine Box 7 The Way to the West Box 7 The Wayfarer Box 7 The Wayside Garden Box 10, Folder 13 "We are vain seraphs..." Box 10, Folder 14 Wet Beaches Box 7 "What Porridge Had John Keats" Box 7 When Love Restoreth Hope Box 7 What It's Like Box 7 Which Was and Never Shall Be Box 7 The Wild Iris Scope and Content Note with comments by Ambrose Bierce

Box 7 The Wild Swan Box 7 The Willow Choirs Box 7 Willy Smith at the Ball Game Box 7 The Wind Box 7 Wind and Rain Box 7 The Wine of Illusion Box 7 A Wine of Wizardry Box 7 The Wiser Prophet Box 7 Wings Box 7 "With Brief Thanksgiving" Box 7 Wonderment Box 7 The World-Shrine Box 7 The World-Rachel Box 7 Worship Box 7 Yearning Box 7 "You Coward!" Box 7 Young Love Box 7 The Young Witch 1698 (Elder Davenport Speaks) Box 7 Youth and Time Box 7 Untitled Poems Box 7 Unidentified fragments Volume 1 Fourteen unpublished poems presented to Frederick Woodward Skiff by George Sterling. 1918 Scope and Content Note Bound in a volume with a letter dated April 29, 1918.

Finding Aid to the Collection of BANC MSS C-H 60 15 George Sterling Papers, circa 1880-1950, bulk 1880-1926 Series 3Writings circa 1892-1926

Box 10, Folder 16 Cornelia V. Christenson collection of 24 poems by George Sterling Scope and Content Note Includes correspondence relating to provenance of poems. Poems included in this folder indexed above in contents list for poems.

Box 8 Essays, stories and plays manuscripts Box 8 Pleasure and Pain essay Box 10, Folder 15 Poetry in California essay circa 1926 Scope and Content Note Galley. Published as: "Poetry of the Pacific Coast - California." Braithwaite's Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1926: Yearbook of American Poetry : 84-103.

Series 4 Miscellaneous circa 1880-1950 Physical Description: Box 9 Arrangement Arranged hierarchically. Scope and Content Note Contains bibliographies, reviews, newspaper and magazine clippings, publishing agreements and other legal documents, poems and essays about Sterling and other miscellaneous items.

Box 9 Bibliographies and checklists of Sterling's poems Box 9 Reviews Box 9 Newspaper and magazine clippings Box 9 Robert H. Barlow gift, consisting of transcripts of Sterling's poems, lists of his poems, and notes used in the preparation of After Sunset, which Barlow edited. Box 9 Notes contributed by Miss Nellie Barnes on the Barlow material Poems and essays about George Sterling Box 9 Lafter, Henry A. poem Box 9 Leake, Chauncey D. talk on Sterling (photocopy) Box 9 Smith, Clark Ashton essay Box 9 Stoddard, Charles Warren poem Box 9 Publishing agreements with A. M. Robertson 1907-1916 Box 9 Accounts with A. M. Robertson Legal documents Box 9 Deeds Scope and Content Note Carmel Developing Co. to Carrie R. Sterling, Feb. 5, 1911 and George Sterling to Carrie R. Sterling, Dec. 15, 1913

Box 9 Certificate of copyright, assignments of copyright, etc. for Sterling's poems Box 9 Register of births, marriages and deaths from the Sterling family bible Box 9 Certificate of cremation, etc. Box 9 Papers regarding Sterling's estate Box 9 Liljencrantz, Thor letters to James D. Hart about George Sterling Box 9 Printed items by and/or about Sterling Box 9 Copies of book inscriptions Box 9 Miscellaneous

Finding Aid to the Collection of BANC MSS C-H 60 16 George Sterling Papers, circa 1880-1950, bulk 1880-1926