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Guide to the Register of the Papers: Additions, [ca. 1882-1928]

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Guide to the Register of the Ina BANC MSS 70/117 c 1 Coolbrith Papers: Additions, [ca. 1882-1928] Guide to the Register of the Ina Coolbrith Papers: Additions, [ca. 1882-1928]

Collection number: BANC MSS 70/117 c

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Collection Summary Collection Title: Ina Coolbrith Papers: Additions, Date (inclusive): [ca. 1882-1928] Collection Number: BANC MSS 70/117 c Origination: Coolbrith, Ina Donna, 1842-1928 Extent: Number of containers: 5 boxes and 1 carton 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; MSS of poems and lectures; poems set to music; printed copies of poems; notes and notebooks; personalia; biographical sketches; tributes to and articles about her; poems dedicated to her; autograph book containing contributions by , , Xavier Martinez and others; bibliography; clippings, etc. Languages Represented: English Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights

Guide to the Register of the Ina BANC MSS 70/117 c 2 Coolbrith Papers: Additions, [ca. 1882-1928] 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], Ina Coolbrith Papers: Additions, BANC MSS 70/117 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Title: Ina Donna Coolbrith Collection of Letters and Papers, Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS C-H 23 Miscellaneous photographs and portraits have been removed to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library. Scope and Content These additions to the Ina Coolbrith papers were purchased from her grandniece, Mrs. Charles Graham, in February 1970. They include letters addressed to her; letters written by her to her niece, Mrs. Ina Peterson, and to her grandniece, and copies of a few letters addressed to others; letters of condolence addressed to Mrs. Peterson after Miss Coolbrith's death; manuscripts of her poems and lectures; and other miscellaneous material.

Boxes 1-3 Letters written to Miss Coolbrith Additional Note Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization, with a miscellany of single letters at the beginning of Box 1. A partial list of correspondents follows the Key.

Box 3 Letters about Miss Coolbrith Additional Note Letters of condolence and other letters addressed either to Mrs. Peterson or to Mrs. Graham.

Box 4 Letters written by Miss Coolbrith, 1882-1927 Additional Note Arranged chronologically.

Box 5 Music (words by Miss Coolbrith) Additional Note Miscellaneous copies of Everywoman containing material relating to Miss Coolbrith

carton Carton Manuscripts of poems Manuscripts of lectures on , on , and on early California writers Manuscript of Wings of Sunset Printed copies of poems Physical Description: (clippings, tearsheets, etc.)

Notes and notebooks Autograph book presented to her by, "her sincere friends of the Pacific Coast Women's Press Association," with contributions from Herman Whitaker, , Joaquin Miller, , Mary Hallock Foote, George Sterling, and others, and a sketch by Xavier Martinez. "Daily Reminder, 1906" [very few entries] Address books Statement re Ina Coolbrith's early days in , from Mrs. Greentree Material re benefits for Miss Coolbrith Invitations, programs, etc. Christmas cards, greeting cards, etc. Calling cards

Guide to the Register of the Ina BANC MSS 70/117 c 3 Coolbrith Papers: Additions, [ca. 1882-1928] Key to Arrangement

Personalia Tributes to and articles about Miss Coolbrith Poems dedicated to her Biographical sketches Bibliography by Delpha Stevens Clippings Material re Material re PPIE Material re Poetry Society of America Material re Pacific Coast Women's Press Association Material re Material re William Dallam Armes: The Beginnings of California Literature Additional Note Galleys of a paper read June 30, 1915, at the Congress of Authors and Journalists held in connection with the Panama Pacific International Exposition.

John Steven McGroarty copies of poems and annotated copy of The Mission Play Miscellany Correspondence Miscellany (single letters) Anderson, Melville Best Nov. 26, 1907 Anglin, Margaret Nov. 7, 1918 Aydelort, Clio Lee Aug. 3, 1927 Barker, Elsa Mar. 23, 1914 Baxter, Sylvester, 1850-1927 Sept. 6, 1915 Bergson, Henri Louis, 1859-1941 May 24, 1915 Boalt, Elizabeth J. Mar. 30, 1907 Bridges, Robert Seymour, 1844-1930 Mar. 23, 1914 Bryce, James May 19, 1915 Burbank, Luther Feb. 15, 1926 Canton, William, 1845-1926 June 9, 1914 Carmany, John H. May 23, 1910 Clark, Galen Dec. 17, 1909 Clayes, Mary Bird Mar. 29, 1927 Cone, Helen Gray June 28, 1915 Connor, Torrey July 19, 1906 Coolidge, Dane 1928 Daley, Edith Feb. 6, 1928 Dell, Ethel M.

Guide to the Register of the Ina BANC MSS 70/117 c 4 Coolbrith Papers: Additions, [ca. 1882-1928] List of Major Correspondents

Jan. 16, 1916 Field, Sara Bard Sept. 19, 1927 Gatlin, Lillian Jan. 10, 1928 Hardy, Iza Duffus Mar. 14, 1913 Howells, Mildred Mar. 31, 1907 Howells, William Dean Nov. 23, 1919 Lehmer, Derrick Norman June 9, 1927 London, Jack Dec. 15, 1906 Markham, Anna Catherine Dec. 8, 1927 Millard, Bailey Jan. 19, 1920 Mitchell, Ruth Comfort Apr. 17, 1927 Monroe, Harriet Mar. 24, 1914 Noguchi, Yone Dec. 11, 1896 Older, Cora (Baggerly) Jan. 8, 1928 Pardee, George Cooper July 16, 1906 Payne, Ninetta Eames Dec. 23, 1927 Proctor, Edna Dean May 11, 1922 Richards, John E. Apr. 26, 1928 Severance, Caroline Maria (Seymour) 1820-1914 Oct. 14, n.y. Taylor, Edward Robeson May 22, 1915 Tilden, Douglas Mar. 3, 1928 Tracy, Louis, 1863-1928 Mar. 22, 1914 Tully, Richard Walton June 15, 1915 Wagner, Harr Jan. 23, 1885 Whitaker, Herman Dec. 5, 1913 Authors Club 4 letters, 1908-1909. From Rossiter Johnson, treasurer, concerning financial help for Miss Coolbrith after the 1906 earthquake. Bender, Albert Maurice 3 letters, 1923-1927 Bland, Henry Mead 7 letters, 1827-1929 & n.d. , San Francisco

Guide to the Register of the Ina BANC MSS 70/117 c 5 Coolbrith Papers: Additions, [ca. 1882-1928] List of Major Correspondents

7 letters, 1899-1928 Buckley, Nancy 5 letters, 1927-1928 Church, William Conant 2 letters, 1914-1915 Cook, Ina (Peterson) 2 letters, 1921-1922 Dawson, Miles Menander 5 letters, 1924-1927 Dobie, Charles Caldwell 4 letters, 1919-1927. Some written on behalf of PEN. Gerberding, Elizabeth (Sears) 2 letters, 1909 James, George Wharton 9 letters, 1906-1910 & n.d. Some are addressed to Charles Warren Stoddard. Kinross, AIbert 6 letters, 1898-1923 Lummis, Charles Fletcher 3 letters, 1925-1928 Mighels, Ella Sterling (Clark) 40 letters, 1898-1918 Morrow, William Chambers Letter, Mar. 11, 1907 & statement Muir, John 4 letters, 1907-1913 Older, Fremont 2 letters, 1927 -1928 Phelan, James Duval 9 letters, 1906-1930 Phillips, Charles 30 letters, 1909-1928 Sterling, Caroline (Rand) 2 letters, 1912 Walsh, Thomas 7 letters, 1911-1921. Concerning Charles Warren Stoddard. Wilson, John Fleming 10 1etters, 1906-1920

Guide to the Register of the Ina BANC MSS 70/117 c 6 Coolbrith Papers: Additions, [ca. 1882-1928]