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Ina D. Coolbrith letters to Charles Warren Stoddard
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Ina D. Coolbrith letters to Charles Warren Stoddard
Manuscripts
A collection of letters from poet Ina D. Coolbrith to her friend, writer Charles Warren Stoddard. The collection also includes a letter to Stoddard from Coolbrith and Albert Gerberding, a letter to Stoddard from Harrison Gurard, two poems and one folder of ephemera.
mssHM 38419-38485
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Ina D. Coolbrith papers
Manuscripts
The collection consists of correspondence and the personal papers of California poet Ina Donna Coolbrith (1841-1928). The materials primarily date after 1906, as many of her manuscripts and mementos were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco fire. The papers include letters from personal friends about her health, birthday greetings, etc., fan letters from readers and admirers, requests for her poems and for permission to use them, materials related the publication of her writings, material related to lecturer and editor George W. James and the Coolbrith Home Fund, and materials concerning the Congress of Authors in San Francisco (1915), including letters from numerous authors in response to her invitation to attend the event. There are also a few occasional references to poetry in American for the period of 1906 to 1925. Unfortunately the present collection contains little of importance bearing on Coolbrith's relation with such literary figures as Bret Harte, Joaquin Miller, or George Sterling. There are two boxes of ephemera at the end of the collection. Correspondents represented in the collection include: Gertrude Atherton (12 pieces), Albert M. Bender (3 pieces), Amanda (Mathews) Chase (3 pieces), Ina Coolbrith (19 pieces), Bio (Terrill) DeCasseres (3 pieces), Iza Duffus Hardy (14 pieces), George Wharton James (26 pieces), Charles Meeker Kozlay (3 pieces), Charles Fletcher Lummis (7 pieces), Edwin Markham (8 pieces), Edward F. O'Day (5 pieces), James D. Phelan (4 pieces), Charles Phillips (11 pieces), Don Carlos Pickett (6 pieces), Herman George Scheffauer (4 pieces), and Edmund Clarence Stedman (7 pieces).Some notable letters include two November 1926 letters from Albert M. Bender concerning George Sterling's death; an August 21, 1912 letter from Amanada (Matthews) Chase describing a visit to Katharine (Tynan) Hinkson; a February 9, 1912, letter from Ina Coolbrith to George Wharton James mentioning "I told you Harte did not like Joaquin & that we disagreed with regard to his talent ...", as well as another February 9, 1912, letter from Coolbrith to Laurie Haynes Martin regarding Bret Harte's career; a September 22, 1921, letter from George H. Himes, telling of printing a book for Joaquin Miller in 1868; correspondence from George Wharton James regarding the Coolbrith Home Fund; and "Five Quatrains for my friend, Henry Meade Bland" by Edwin Markham (June 1, 1918).
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Charles Warren Stoddard Collection
Manuscripts
This collection contains 10 manuscripts and 18 letters either written by or related to American author Charles Warren Stoddard. Manuscripts consist of poems by Stoddard, as well as a contemporary copy of a poem by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, and two reminiscences by poet Ina D. Coolbrith about John Greenleaf Whittier and Bret Harte and Stoddard. Includes letters to Stoddard from Samuel Clemens (contemporary copy) "Amber" (Martha Everts Holden); Grace Keeler Machin; Alice Macleod; Toby Rosenthal; Edward Rowland Sill; Thomas Walsh; and Carrie Wyatt. There are also single images of Stoddard's friends Thérèse Yelverton and David Kalakaua, King of Hawaii, as well as two envelopes and two printed articles by Stoddard.
mssHM 38486-HM 38513
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Stoddard, Charles Warren. Letter to Ina D. Coolbrith
Manuscripts
Monterey, California. Autograph letter signed, 3 pages.
HM 38507
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Stoddard, Charles Warren. Letter to Ina D. Coolbrith
Manuscripts
Monterey, California. Autograph letter signed, 3 pages.
HM 38508
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Ina Coolbrith papers
Manuscripts
The Mary Emily Foy papers consist of personal correspondence and papers from 1879 to 1966. It contains a significant amount of material on the Foy family (including her father, Samuel Calvert Foy), and there is also correspondence from her sister, Cora Foy. The collection also contains papers related to various organizations in which Mary Emily Foy was active, including: the Democratic Party, First Century Families, Ina Coolbrith Circle, Ladies' Adams Street Women's Investment Company, Los Angeles Women's Symphony Orchestra, and the Women's Democratic League. Of note in the collection is some correspondence and manuscripts, including four poems by poet Ina Donna Coolbrith (1841-1928). There are also family photographs, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and a financial volume belonging to Mary Foy.
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