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Guide to the George Sterling Papers M0021

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Guide to the George Sterling M0021167 1 Papers M0021 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Title: George Sterling papers source: Blaettler, Rudolph source: Bynner, Witter source: Bender, Albert M. (Albert Maurice), 1866-1941 Creator: Sterling, George, 1869-1926 Identifier/Call Number: M0021 Identifier/Call Number: 167 Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet(2 boxes) Date (inclusive): 1909-1942 Date (bulk): 1920-1926 Abstract: George Sterling (1869–1926) was an American writer, poet and playwright based in the San Francisco, California Bay Area. Immediate Source of Acquisition The majority of the Sterling papers came to Stanford as a gift of Rudolf Blaettler, collector. The Bynner-Sterling correspondence is a gift of Witter Bynner. (Oct 1960) Biographical / Historical American poet and playwright George Sterling was born in Sag Harbor, N.Y. on December 1, 1869. He was educated on the East Coast and attended St. Charles College in Maryland. In 1896 he married Carrie Rand of Oakland, California, and from 1898 to 1908 he was private secretary to Frank C. Havens of that city. Sterling's first volume of poems, " Testimony of the Suns and Other Poems, was published in 1903. After that time, there were nine other volumes and a number of separate poems published. From 1908 to 1915, Sterling was one of the leaders of the artist colony at Carmel, California. He died on November 18, 1926, by his own hands. Scope and Contents The Sterling Papers date from 1909 to 1942 with the bulk of material falling between 1920 and 1926. Those dated 1946 are memorial items marking the twentieth anniversary of his death. The collection includes correspondence, literary typescripts and manuscripts, printed poems and songs, a galley proof, photographs and clippings. Some of the material is in photostat form from originals in the University of Pennsylvania Library. Correspondents include: Edwin Markham, Theodore Dreiser, Robinson and Una Jeffers and Witter Bynner. Separated Materials Death mask is stored with Special Collections framed pictures. Preferred Citation [Identification of item] George Sterling collection, M0021, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Provenance Gift of Rudolph Blaettler, Witter Bynner, and Albert M. Bender. Conditions Governing Use While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. Conditions Governing Access Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Paging Page from catalog record: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4082733 Subjects and Indexing Terms American literature -- 20th century Authors, American. Blaettler, Rudolph

Guide to the George Sterling M0021167 2 Papers M0021 Bynner, Witter Bender, Albert M. (Albert Maurice), 1866-1941

Series 1. Correspondence, Outgoing 114509

box 1, folder 1, Mrs. Breeze 114641 1909, Aug 29 Item 1 box 1, Folder 1, Witter Bynner 114639 1912, Jul 21 Item 2 3. 1912, Aug 1 - 114637 4. 1912, Aug 6 - 114635 5. 1912, Aug 26 - 114633 6. 1912, Sept 11 - 114631 7. 1912, Sept 20 - 114629 8. 1912, Sept 28 - 114627 9. 1912, Oct 15 - 114625 10. 1912, Oct 18 - 114623 11. 1912, (? 26) - 114621 12. Ave (Sterling) 114619 1912, Oct 26 - 13. Witter Bynner 114617 1912, Oct 30 - 14. 1913, Jan 12 - 114615 15. 1913, Oct 17 - 114613 16. Albert (Bender) 114611 1913, Nov 24 - box 1, folder 2 1. Theodore Dreiser 114609 1920, Feb 10 - Container Summary: photostat.

2. 1920, Oct 26 - 114607 3. 1922, Aug 24 - 114605 4. 1923, May 16 - 114603 5. Mrs. Margaret Cobb 114601 1923, Jun 20 - 6. 1923, Jul 18 - 114599 7. 1923, Aug 21 - 114597 8. 114595 1923, Sept 5 - Container Summary: photostat & dup.

9. 1923, Dec 4 - 114593 10. 1923, Dec 11 - 114591 11. 1924, Feb 12 - 114589 12. 1924, Apr 29 - 114587 13. 1924, May 28 - 114585 14. 1924, Jun 18 - 114583 15. Theodore Dreiser 114581 1924, Jun 27 - Container Summary: photostat.

16. Mrs. Margaret Cobb 114579 1924, Jul 5 - 17. 1924, Sept 12 - 114577 18. Theodore Dresier 114575 1924, Sept 14 - Container Summary: photostat.

19. Mrs. Margaret Cobb 114573 1924, Oct 6 - 20. 1924, Oct 31 114571 box 1, folder 3 1. Mrs. Margaret Cobb 114569 1925, Jan 21 - 2. 1925, Mar 9 - 114567 3. Hal 114565 1925, Jun 5 -

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4. Margaret Cobb 114563 1925, Jun 24 - 5. Hal 114561 1925, Jul 2 - 6. Margaret Cobb 114559 1925, Jul 14 - General note 5 ltrs to Hal discurd missing 3/7/77

7. Margaret Cobb 114557 1925, Jul 15 - 8. Hal 114555 1925, Jul 27 - 9. 1925, Jul 28 - 114553 10. Margaret Cobb 114551 1925, Jul 29 - 11. 1925, Sept 8 - 114549 12. 1925, Oct 26 - 114547 13. Albert (Bender) 114545 1925, Nov 30 - 14. Margaret Cobb 114543 1926, Jan 22 - 15. Theodore Dreiser 114541 1926, Jan 24 - Container Summary: photostat.

16. 1926, Feb 13 - 114539 17. Margaret Cobb 114537 1926, Feb 16 - 18. Theodore Dreiser 114535 1926, Feb 17 - Container Summary: photostat.

box 1, folder 4 1. Theodore Dreiser 114533 1926, Mar 23 - Container Summary: photostat.

2. Margaret Cobb, misdated 114531 1926, Mar 29-1929 3. Margaret Cobb 114529 1926, Apr 9 - 4. 1926, Apr 18 - 114527 5. 1926, May 6 - 114525 6. Theodore Dreiser, 114523 1926, May 24 - Container Summary: photostat.

7. Margaret Cobb 114521 1926, Jun 1 - 8. Theodore Dreiser, 114519 1926, Jul 26 - Container Summary: photostat.

9. Margaret Cobb 114517 1926, Aug 9 - 10. 1926, Aug 10 - 114515 11. 1926, Sept 27 - 114513 12. Hal 114511 undated Container Summary: 2 slips of paper & photostats.

Series 2. Correspondence, Incoming 114353

box 1, folder 5 1. Witter Bynner - Brotherhood of Man 114507 Aug 9 2. notes on Sterling's poems 114505 Oct 31, 1960 2a. Ina Coolbrith 114503 undated Container Summary: A.N.S.

3. Theodore Dreiser 114501 2-Oct-20 4. Oct 8, 1920. 114499 5. Oct 9, 1920. 114497 6. Nov 6, 1920. 114495 7. frag., unsigned. 114493 21-Dec-20 8. Jul 15, 1924. 114491 9. Jul 25, 1925. 114489

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10. Feb 7, 1926. 114487 box 1, folder 5a 1. Harriet Monroe 114485 18-Mar-16 box 1, folder 6 1. Edwin Markham 114483 18-May-11 2. Jun 1, 1911. 114481 3. Aug 2, 1911. 114479 4. Edwin Markham 114477 9-Aug-11 5. Jan 7, 1917. 114475 6. Feb 21, 1917. 114473 7. Mar 14, 1917. 114471 8. Jun 21, 1917. 114469 9. Jul 25, 1917. 114467 10. Aug 17, 1917. 114465 11. Dec 11, 1919. 114463 12. Apr 28, 1920. 114461 13. Oct 29, 1920. 114459 14. Jan 28, 1926. 114457 15. by sec., Morgan. 114455 undated 16. Poems signed M. 114453 undated 17. Edwin Markham 114451 Sept 29, 1926 Container Summary: A.L.S.

box 1, folder 7a Ina Coolbrith A. N. S. 114449 undated box 1, folder 7a Thomas R. Marshall T. N. S., 114447 27-Dec-15 box 1, folder 7a Upton Sinclair A.N.S. & cover 114445 7-Feb-15 box 1, folder 7 1. Robinson Jeffers 114443 5-Jul-24 Container Summary: Photostats.

2. Aug 10, 1924. 114441 Container Summary: Photostats.

3. Nov 22, 1924. 114439 Container Summary: Photostats.

4. Jan 21, 1925. 114437 Container Summary: Photostats.

5. Feb 13, 1925. 114435 Container Summary: Photostats.

6. Apr 8, 1925. 114433 Container Summary: Photostats.

7. Jun 17, 1925. 114431 Container Summary: Photostats.

8. Aug 8, 1925. 114429 Container Summary: Photostats.

9. Nov 3, 1925. 114427 Container Summary: Photostats.

10. Nov 12, 1925. 114425 Container Summary: Photostats.

11. & Una 114423 Dec 1, 1925 Container Summary: Photostats.

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12. Dec 11, 1925. 114421 Container Summary: Photostats.

13. Dec 31, 1925. 114419 Container Summary: Photostats.

14. & Una 114417 16-Jan-26 Container Summary: Photostats.

15. Feb 5, 1926. 114415 Container Summary: Photostats.

16. Una Jeffers 114413 16-Mar-26 Container Summary: Photostats.

17. Robinson Jeffers 114411 13-Apr-26 Container Summary: Photostats.

18. Apr 30, 1926. 114409 Container Summary: envelope.

19. Oct 9, 1926. 114407 Container Summary: envelope.

20. Nov 4, 1926. 114405 box 1, folder 8 MacMillan Co. to Margaret Cobb, and postcard, self-addressed. 114403 May, 1926 box 1, folder 9 Overland Monthly to Margaret Cobb, signed: B. Virginia Lee. 114401 Jan 12, 1927 and Apr 11, 1927 Series 3. Miscellaneous Manuscripts 114339

box 1, folder 10 STERLING POEMS - Manuscripts and printed. "At Morning", orig. draft. 114399 box 1, folder 11 "The House of Orchids", orig. draft. 114397 box 1, folder 12 "Strange Waters", orig. draft, explanation by Rudolph Blaettler. 114395 box 1, folder 13 "The Sailing of Keats", orig. draft; and fragment of poem. 114393 box 1, folder 14 "Ode to Shelley", orig. draft. 114391 box 1, folder 15 "Truth", orig. draft. 114389 box 1, folder 16 "Spontaneity 37", orig. draft; and cartoon. 114387 box 1, folder 17 "Balland of the Swabs", orig. draft, explanation by Rudolph Blaettler. 114385 box 1, folder 18 "The Testimony of the Suns", orig. drafts 114383 Container Summary: (2).

box 1, folder 19 "Truth", draft to Act III. 114381 "Hesperian". 114379 box 1, folder 20 "City of Sunset", gift of Albert M. Bender. 114377 box 1, folder 21 "Norman Bayer", orig. draft. 114375 box 1, folder 22 "The Rabbit Hutch", orig draft. 114373 box 1, folder 23 "Yerba Buena", "We're a-Going", "Ballad of the Grapes", "Raphael Weill". 114371 box 2, folder 24 "Romance, Romance". 114369 box 2, folder 25 "The Hidden Pool". 114367 box 2, folder 26 "To the Moon". 114365 box 2, folder 27 "The Iris Hill", "Return of Faith", and "Sleep" from "The Triumph of Bohemia". 114363 box 2, folder 28 "Wet Beaches", "To Ruth Chatterton." 114361 box 2, folder 29 "Lilith", and promotion folder. 114359 box 2, folder 30 "Sails and Mirage", galley proof, gift of A.M. Bender. 114357

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box 2, folder 31 "The Sailing of Keats", "Lilies of Stone", "Remembrances of G.S.", "In Memorium" - Bret Harte, "George Sterling - 1st Anniv.", Abalone Song" - printed for G.S. friends, "George Sterling - 72nd Anniversary". All printed. 114355 box 2, folder 32 Dickson, Samuel - radio script. 114351 box 2, folder 33 "A Dream of the World," Sterling typescript, last 5 stanzas, marginalia, Bierce. 114349 box 2, folder 33 "A White Rose", Sterling typescript, marginalia by Ambrose Bierce. 114347 box 2, folder 33a CHITS OF GEORGE STERLING, AUTHOR UNKNOWN, 114345 box 2, folder 33a "GEORGE STERLING" facsimile of poem written in 1926 and copied in by Robinson Jeffers for Cyril Clemens 114343 Sep-41 box 2, folder 34 PERIODICALS - Book Bulletin, Overland Monthly - 114341 Nov, Dec, 1927 box 2, Series 4. Photographs 114337 folder 35-37

box 2, folder 38 Series 5. Clippings 114335

box 2, folder 39 Series 6. Miscellaneous Poems and Songs 114325

1. "We're a-Going" - ptd. song. 114333 2. "You're So Beautiful", - ptd. song, 114331 Container Summary: two copies.

3. "Three Men That Knew Helen" - poem. 114329 4. "The Pathfinder" - original (?) & revised (?). 114327

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