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Guide to the Partington Family Papers, ca. 1892-1946

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Guide to the Partington Family Papers, BANC MSS C-H 84 BANC FILM 2207 BANC FILM 2211 1 ca. 1892-1946 Guide to the Partington Family Papers, ca. 1892-1946

Collection number: BANC MSS C-H 84 BANC FILM 2207 BANC FILM 2211

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Collection Summary Collection Title: Partington Family Papers, Date (inclusive): ca. 1892-1946 Collection Number: BANC MSS C-H 84 BANC FILM 2207 BANC FILM 2211 Creator: Partington family Extent: Number of containers: 20 boxes, 8 v. and 2 oversize folders. 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. Languages Represented: English Access Collection is open for research excepting boxes 7-20 which are unarranged and unavailable for use. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.

Guide to the Partington Family Papers, BANC MSS C-H 84 BANC FILM 2207 BANC FILM 2211 2 ca. 1892-1946 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], Partington family papers, BANC MSS C-H 84, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Material Removed from the Collection [N.B. See Guide to Pictoral Collections: Partington Collection--Pictorial Materials, 1957. 8-11] Photographs have been transferred to the Library's portrait collection. The original purchase included photographs and snapshots of , Geraldine Bonner, , Charmian London, , Miriam Michelson, Margaret Miller, Yone Noguchi, Herman Scheffauer, and Agnes Tobin. Miss Nellie Barnes gave prints of photographs of the following members of : John H. E. Partington with son, John Allan; Richard L. Partington; Phyllis Partington dressed for her role in "Carmen;" and John Allan Partington. In addition, she gave prints copied from photographs of portraits of Mrs. John H. E. Partington (done by her husband, ca. 1888) and of Dr. Aurelia Reinhardt (done by Richard L. Partington in 1927). The originals of these photographs are in the possession of Mrs. Richard L. Partington. Manuscripts of poems by These have been added to the Sterling Collection (BANC MSS C-H 60). Each is identified as having been originally in the Partington Collection. Austin, Mary The basket woman. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin [1904] Inscribed by author; Carmel, Feb. 6, 1907 Barry, John D. Intimations; a collection of brief essays dealing mainly with aspects of everyday living from a point of view less controversial than inquiring and suggestive. , Paul Elder & Co. Inscribed by the author. Barry, John D. Outlines; a collection of brief imaginative studies related to many phases of thought and feeling, and representing an effort to give man interpretation to familiar human experiences. San Francisco, Paul Elder & Co. [ca. 1913] Inscribed by the author; 1913 Bierce, Ambrose Black Beetles in Amber. San Francisco, Authors Publishing Co., 1892. Inscribed by author; St. Helena, Calif., Sept. 27, 1892 Bierce, Ambrose Can Such Things Be? New York, Cassell, [ca. 1893] Bierce, Ambrose The cynic's word book. New York, , Page, 1906 Bierce, Ambrose and Danziger, Gustav Adolph The monk and the hangman's daughter. Chicago, F. J. Schulte, 1892. Inscribed by author. Bierce, Ambrose Shapes of clay. San Francisco, W. E. Wood. 1903 Inscribed by George [Sterling]; Oct. 19, 1903. Bremer, Anne The unspoken and other poems. San Francisco, Bender, 1927. A brief catalog of the published works of authors. San Francisco, Bohemian Club, 1937. Inscribed by Garfield D. Merner; Nov. 23, 1937, San Francisco. Dare, Helen and others Tributes to Anne Bremer. San Francisco, Bender, 1927. Dumont, Henry

Guide to the Partington Family Papers, BANC MSS C-H 84 BANC FILM 2207 BANC FILM 2211 3 ca. 1892-1946 A golden fancy and other poems. Boston, Chapple Publishing Co., 1910. Inscribed by author. Dumont, Henry The vision of a city and other poems. San Francisco, Whitaker and Ray Co., 1907. Inscribed by author. Jefferies, Richard The Story of My Heart; My Autobiography. San Francisco, William Doxey, At the Sign of the Lark, n.d. (The Lark Classics) Inscribed by George Sterling; Apr. 1900. 's signature and date, April 1900, on flyleaf. Johnson, Martin Congorilla; adventures with pygmies and gorillas in Africa. New York, Brewer, Warren, & Putnam, 1932. Inscribed by Martin and Osa Johnson; Jan. 11, 1932. Johnson, Martin Safari, a saga of the African blue. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, [ca. 1929] Inscribed by Martin and Osa Johnson, San Francisco, Nov. 5, 1931. Kanno, Takeshi Creation-dawn (A Vision Drama). Published by the author, Fruitvale, Calif., [ca. 1912] Inscribed by author; 1913. London, Charmian (Kittredge) Jack London. Vol. 1. London, Mills & Boon, [1921] Inscribed by author; Glen Ellen, December, 1921. London, Charmian (Kittredge) Title: Jack London. Vol. II. London, Mills & Boon, [1921] Inscribed by author; Jack London Ranch. Glen Ellen, Christmas 1921. London, Charmian (Kittredge) The log of the Snark. New York, Macmillan, 1915. Inscribed by author; Glen Ellen, Nov. 18, 1915. Photograph pasted in. London, Charmian (Kittredge) Our Hawaii. New York, Macmillan, 1917. Inscribed by author; , Feb. 15, 1918. London, Jack The Acorn-Planter, A California Forest Play. New York, Macmillan, 1916. Autographed by author with photograph attached to fly-leaf. London, Jack Burning daylight. New York, Macmillan, 1910. Inscribed by author; Christmas, 1910. London, Jack The Faith of Men and Other Stories. New York, Macmillan, 1904. Inscribed by author; Oakland, July 22, 1904. London, Jack The iron heel. New York, Macmillan, 1909. Inscribed by author; Glen Ellen, Dec. 23, 1910 London, Jack John Barleycorn. New York, Century, 1913. Inscribed by author; Glen Ellen, Oct. 8, 1913. London, Jack ...The Kempton-Wace Letters. New York, Macmillan, 1903. Inscribed by author; the Bungalow, June 12, 1903. London, Jack

Guide to the Partington Family Papers, BANC MSS C-H 84 BANC FILM 2207 BANC FILM 2211 4 ca. 1892-1946 . New York, Macmillan, 1909. Inscribed by author; Glen Ellen. Nov. 24, 1909. London, Jack On the Makaloa Mat. New York, Macmillan, 1920. London, Jack The Sea-Wolf. New York, Macmillan, 1904. Inscribed by author; Oakland, Nov. 19, 1904. London, Jack Theft, A Play in Four Acts. New York, Macmillan, 1910. Inscribed by author; Glen Ellen, Dec. 2, 1910. London, Jack The turtles of tasman. New York, Macmillan, 1916. Inscribed by author. Photograph of London pasted in. London, Jack War of the classes. New York, Macmillan, 1905. Inscribed by author; April 28, 1905. London, Jack When God laughs and other stories. New York, Macmillan, 1911. Inscribed by author; New York City, Jan. 16, 1912. Markham, Edwin The man with the hoe and other poems. New York, Doubleday and McClure, Title: 1899.

Signature: Blanche Partington, dated 1899. Miller, Joaquin As it was in the beginning. [San Francisco. A. M. Robertson. 1903.] Inscribed "from George" [Sterling]; July 8, 1903. Noguchi, Yone From the eastern sea. London. At the Unicorn, 1903. Press clippings pasted in. Noguchi, Yone Seen & unseen or, monologues of a homeless snail. San Francisco. Burgess and Garnett, 1897. Inscribed by author; Nov., 1898. Robertson, Louis Alexander Beyond the requiems and other verses. San Francisco, A. M. Robertson, 1902. George Sterling's book plate, designed by Herman Scheffauer pasted in. Scheffauer, Herman Looms of life. New York, Neale. 1908. Scheffauer, Herman Of both worlds. San Francisco, A. M. Robertson, 1903. Inscribed by author; San Francisco, Aug. 12, 1903. Scheffauer, Herman The sons of Baldur. This being the Thirty-first Annual Midsummer Festival known as the "High Jinks" of the Bohemian Club of San Francisco ... Eighth Night of August, Nineteen Hundred and Eight." At head of title: Midsummer Festival Anno Domini 1908 Inscribed by author. Sharp, William, ed. Sonnets of this century. New York, T. Whittaker, 1887. On back of title page a ms. note by . Sinclair, Upton

Guide to the Partington Family Papers, BANC MSS C-H 84 BANC FILM 2207 BANC FILM 2211 5 ca. 1892-1946 The jungle. New York, Doubleday, Page. 1906 Inscribed by author; Blanche Partington's signature with date Apr. 1906. Starrett, Vincent Ambrose Bierce. Chicago, Walter M. Hill. 1920. Inscribed by author; Dec. 29, 1920. Sterling, George Beyond the breakers and other poems. San Francisco, A. M. Robertson, 1914. Inscribed by Carrie R. Sterling; Christmas, 1914. Sterling, George The caged eagle and other poems. San Francisco, A. M. Robertson, 1916. Sterling, George The evanescent city. San Francisco, A. M. Robertson, 1916. Sterling, George The house of orchids and other poems. San Francisco, A. M. Robertson, 1911. Inscribed by author; San Francisco, Apr. 12, 1911. Sterling, George Lilith. San Francisco, A. M. Robertson, 1919. Inscribed by author; San Francisco, Dec. 15, 1919. Sterling, George Rosamund. San Francisco, A. M. Robertson, 1920. Inscribed by author; San Francisco, Sept. 2, 1926. Sterling, George Sails and mirage and other poems. San Francisco, A. M. Robertson, 1921. Inscribed by author; San Francisco, Dec. 25, 1921. Sterling, George Sonnets to Craig. New York, A & C Boni, 1928. Sterling, George Strange Waters Inscribed by author. Sterling, George The testimony of the suns and other poems. San Francisco, W. E. Wood. 1903. Inscribed by author; Dec. 14, 1903. Sterling, George Title: Truth, a grove play. San Francisco, Bohemian Club, 1926 Inscribed by author; San Francisco, Sept. 1, 1926. Sterling, George A Wine of wizardry and other poems. San Francisco, A. M. Robertson. 1909. Inscribed by author; Carmel, Dec. 22, 1908. Sterling, George Yosemite, an ode. San Francisco, A. M. Robertson, 1916. Tobin, Agnes Love's crucifix. London, W. Heinemann, 1902. Inscribed by author; Mar. 4, 1905. Scope and Content The Partington Collection consists mainly of the correspondence and personal library of Blanche Partington which was purchased in 1957 from her nephew John A. Partington of New York City. Miss Partington, drama critic on The San Francisco Call about the turn-of-the-century, was a prominent member of the city's music and literary colony and close friend to many of the literati of the period, notably Ambrose Bierce, George and Carrie Sterling, and Jack and Charmian London.

Guide to the Partington Family Papers, BANC MSS C-H 84 BANC FILM 2207 BANC FILM 2211 6 ca. 1892-1946 In addition to Miss Partington's correspondence, there are some letters written to other members of her family -her father, John Herbert Evelyn Partington, an English painter who migrated to the U.S. in 1890 and established the School of Magazine and Newspaper Illustration in San Francisco; her brother, Richard Langtry, who became a prominent portrait painter; her sister, Gertrude, who also became an artist; and her sister, Phyllis, known as Frances Peralta on the opera stage. The books in the collection, mainly author-inscribed copies, have been separately catalogued. A list of them, arranged alphabetically by author, is appended to this report. There has been added to the collection of papers, photocopies of items in the possession of the surviving members of the family in the Bay Area, Mrs. Gertrude Partington Albright and Mrs. Richard Partington. These were the gift of Miss Nellie Barnes. Each of these items has been identified with respect to the source.

Boxes 1-5 Letters written to members of the family, 1892-1946. Additional Note Primarily letters addressed to Blanche Partington. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Letters written to other members of the family are alphabetically interfiled but in separate folders. A list of the major correspondents follows the Key.

Box 1 A - Cn Box 2 Co - London, Charmian (1907-1915) Box 3 London, Charmian (1916-1939) - London, Jack Box 4 M - Sterling, Carrie (1905-1907) Box 5 Sterling, Carrie (1908-1913)- Z Box 5 Drafts of two letters and photocopy of one letter written by Blanche Partington Box 6 Miscellaneous papers - Arranged as follows: Bierce, Helen Ray Scope and Content Note -wedding announcement, 1902

French, Nora May Scope and Content Note -clipping re: her suicide

Gronlund, Laurence Scope and Content Note -wedding announcement, 1895; a handwritten account of a meeting of the Fabian Society in San Francisco

Johnson, Martin Scope and Content Note -clippings re: him and his wife, Osa, and announcements for motion picture and book

London, Jack Scope and Content Note -clippings; leaflets; list of books; two checks payable to Blanche Partington

Markham, Edwin Scope and Content Note -wedding announcement, 1898, and announcement of reading

Joaquin Miller Scope and Content Note -clippings

Guide to the Partington Family Papers, BANC MSS C-H 84 BANC FILM 2207 BANC FILM 2211 7 ca. 1892-1946 Key to Arrangement

Noguchi, Yone Scope and Content Note -MSS of three poems, annotated by Blanche Partington; clippings

Partington, Blanche Scope and Content Note -Max Mayer's recommendation for her ability to give instruction in pianoforte; poems; photocopy of invitation to annual entertainment of School of Magazine and Newspaper Illustration, with pen and ink sketch of Blanche Partington done by Gertrude Partington

Partington, Gertrude Scope and Content Note -photocopies of articles about her

Partington, John H. E. Scope and Content Note -photocopies of sketches he did for the Examiner; photocopy of obituary; photocopy of catalogue of exhibit of his works

Partington, Richard L. Scope and Content Note -clipping; invitation to an exhibition; biographical information

Scheffauer, Herman G. Scope and Content Note -marriage announcement 1912 and clipping of one of his stories

Sinclair, Upton Scope and Content Note -clipping of an article

Sterling, Caroline R. Scope and Content Note -MSS of two poems

Sterling, George Scope and Content Note -clippings; printed leaflets with poems; broadsides re his play, Everyman; Sterling bookplate designed by Scheffauer

Tobin, Agnes Scope and Content Note -announcement of literary "causerie"

Miscellany Envelopes (without related letters) oversize Oversize Photocopies of the following: Portfolio Additional Note 2 of Blanche Partington's articles written for the San Francisco Call; clipping from the San Francisco Call with picture of painting by Gertrude Partington; and article concerning John H. E. Partington reprinted from the Advertiser.

Atherton, Gertrude Franklin (Horn), 1857-1948

Guide to the Partington Family Papers, BANC MSS C-H 84 BANC FILM 2207 BANC FILM 2211 8 ca. 1892-1946 Partial List of Correspondents

4 letters, 1910 and n.d. Austin, Mary (Hunter), 1868-1934 4 letters, 1904 and n.d. See also: list of inscribed books. Bender, Albert Maurice, 1866-1941 Letter, July 7, 1921 Bierce, Albert Sherwood 10 letters, 1900-1913 and n.d. Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? 59 letters to Blanche Partington. 1892, 1913 + n.d Letter to Gertrude Partington, July 17, 1894. 9 letters, 1892-93, to John H. E. Partington. 2 letters, 1904, to Kate Partington Peterson. 3 letters, 1900 and n.d., to Richard Partington. See also: Sterling, George Bierce, Helen Ray, 1875- 8 letters, 1893-1901, to Blanche Partington. 3 letters, 1897, to John H. E. Partington. See also: Miscellaneous papers, (Box 6) Bierce, Lora 10 letters, 1896-1913 and n.d., to Blanche Partington. Letter, July 31, 1912, to Gertrude Partington. Blaettler, Rudolph 5 letters, 1941 and n.d. Concerning George Sterling. Letter, June 19, 1941, encloses copies of correspondence with Joseph Noel and others. Bonner, Geraldine, 1870-1930 3 letters, 1906. Chamberlain, Samuel Selwyn, 1851-1916 Letter, Mar. 28, 1910. Coolbrith, Ina Donna, 1842-1928 37 letters, 1897-1921 and n.d. Crawley, Constance 2 letters, 1904 and n.d. Dumont, Henry, 1878-1942 2 letters, 1907 and 1911. See also list of inscribed books. Field, Charles Kellogg, 1873- Letter, Oct. 10, 1906. French, Nora May, 1881-1907 4 letters, 1906-1907. See also: Miscellaneous papers (Box 6). Gronlund, Beulah (Carey) 2 letters, 1897. Gronlund, Laurence, 1846-1899 6 letters, 1895-1897. See also: Miscellaneous Papers (Box 6). Hyman, Carlton Sydney Letter, May 27, 1932. Johnson, Martin Elmer, 1884-1937 3 letters, 1931-1932. See also: Miscellaneous papers (Box 6). Johnson, Osa Helen (Leighty), 1894- Letter, Jan. 29, 1932. Knapp, Adeline, 1860-1909 2 letters, 1895 and n.d. Lee, B. Virginia, 1902- Letter, Apr. 11, 1927.

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Locke, William John, 1863-1930 Letter, n.d. Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924 Letter, Jan. 16, 1909. London, Charmian (Kittredge) 203 letters & postcards, 1907-1939 and n.d., to Blanche Partington. 3 letters, 1927-1931 to Gertrude Partington. 2 letters, 1924 and n.d., to Phyllis Partington. 2 letters, 1916 & 1934, to [George Sterling and others] and to Eve Albright. London, Jack, 1876-1916 40 letters, 1903-1915, to Blanche Partington. Letter, Oct. 13, 1904, to Gertrude Partington. Letter, Mar. 7, 1916, to Members of Socialist Party, Glen Ellen. Copy with facsimile signature. See also: Miscellaneous papers (Box 6). Markham, Anna Catherine (Murphy) Letter, July 30, 1900. Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940 5 letters, 1895-1897, to Blanche Partington. Letter, Jan. 6, 1897 to John Partington. Enclosure: Poem, "To Heroic Men." See also: Miscellaneous papers (Box 6). Michelson, Miriam, 1870-1942 2 letters, n.d. Miller, Abigail (Leland) 3 letters, 1911-1916. Miller, Joaquin, 1841-1913 25 letters, 1898-1910. See also: Miscellaneous papers (Box 6). Miller, Juanita, d. 1970 7 letters, 1911 & 1913. Miller, Lischen M. (Mrs. George Melvin Miller) 3 letters, ca. 1911. Concerning Joaquin and Juanita Miller. Miller, Margaret (De Witt), d. 1907 Letter, Mar. 20, 1899. Nielsen, Alice, 1876-1943 7 letters, 1905-1906. Some concerning Henry Russell. Noguchi, Yone, 1875-1947 26 letters, 1898-1900. See also: Miscellaneous papers (Box 6). Noel, Joseph See Blaettler, Rudolph Partington, John Herbert Evelyn, 1843-1899 Letter to his wife, Apr. 15, 1882. Photocopy; original in the possession of Mrs. Gertrude Partington Albright. See also: Miscellaneous papers (Box 6). Partington, Sarah Jane (Mottershead), 1845-1908 Postcard to Ida and Richard L. Partington. Dec. 4, 1906. Photocopy. Price, Warwick James, 1870-1933 3 letters, 1928-1931. See also: list of inscribed books. Rix, Alice Letter, May 30, 1900. Russell, Henry, 1874-1936 Letter, May 30, 1906. See also: Nielsen, Alice. Russell, Theresa H. 2 letters, n.d. Scheffauer, Herman George, 1878-1927

Guide to the Partington Family Papers, BANC MSS C-H 84 BANC FILM 2207 BANC FILM 2211 10 ca. 1892-1946 Partial List of Correspondents

6 letters, 1900-1907 to Blanche Partington. Letter, July 9, 1904, to Kate Partington Peterson. Letter, Nov. 11, 1903, to Phyllis Partington. See also: Miscellaneous papers (Box 6). Shaw, Mary, 1860-1929 Letter, n.d. Shepard, Eliza (London) Letter, Apr. 25, 1939. Shepard, Irving Note, ca. 1941. Signed Irving and Mildred Shepard; acknowledging sympathy at death of Eliza London Shepard. Sinclair, Upton Beall, 1878- 9 letters, 1909 and n.d. See also: Miscellaneous papers (Box 6) and list of inscribed books. Sterling, Caroline (Rand), d. 1918 105 letters, 1905-1913 & n.d., to Blanche Partington. 6 letters, 1905-1913 and n.d., to Gertrude Partington. Letter, n.d., to Mrs. John H. E. Partington. 2 letters, 1904, to Phyllis Partington. See also: Miscellaneous papers (Box 6). Sterling, George, 1869-1926 42 letters, 1904-1925 and n.d., to Blanche Partington. Letter, ca. 1902, to Phyllis Partington. Letter, Aug. 12, 1905, to Richard Partington. Letter, Apr. 30, 1906, to Ambrose Bierce. Transcript. See also: Blaettler, Rudolph See also: Miscellaneous papers (Box 6). Tobin, Agnes, 1864-1939 10 letters, 1905-1910. See also: Miscellaneous papers (Box 6) and list of inscribed books. Tomlins, William L. 2 letters, Oct. & Nov., 1895. Wagner, Harr, 1857-1936 Letter, Dec. 4, 1928.

Guide to the Partington Family Papers, BANC MSS C-H 84 BANC FILM 2207 BANC FILM 2211 11 ca. 1892-1946