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John Myers O'Hara papers

Description: The collection contains poems written by John Myers O'Hara, as well as two letters from O'Hara to Leslie E. Bliss, Head Librarian of the Huntington Library. The letters, dated 1940 and 1942, concern O'Hara's poems.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1935-1942
Call number: mssHM 44944-44956
Creator: O'Hara, John Myers (1870-1944)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of John Myers O'Hara, March 1943.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Christ-Grecian

Manuscripts

The collection contains poems written by John Myers O'Hara, as well as two letters from O'Hara to Leslie E. Bliss, Head Librarian of the Huntington Library. The letters, dated 1940 and 1942, concern O'Hara's poems.

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Greek-Xochicuicatl, and letters

Manuscripts

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O'Hara, John Myers. "Embers" (Portland, Maine: Smith & Sale, 1921)

Manuscripts

Note: pages uncut. With inscription and signature by John Myers O'Hara: May 7, 1921.

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Thomas Kearny letters

Manuscripts

The majority of these letters are between Thomas Kearny and Leslie E. Bliss, Librarian of the Henry E. Huntington Library. These letters are about Kearny's book on Philip Kearny and Stephen Watts Kearny and possible manuscript material at the Huntington that Kearny should see. Kearny also talks about Robert E. Lee, John Charles Frémont, Allan Nevins, and Commodore Robert F. Stockton. There also two letters by Huntington employee Norma B. Cuthbert to Leslie E. Bliss and fellow employee Reginald B. Haselden regarding Thomas Kearny's research.

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Carey S. Bliss and Leslie E. Bliss papers

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The Carey Bliss files comprise the bulk of the collection. The articles and research files contain work created by Carey Bliss while he was a student at Pomona College and while he was a curator at the Huntington library. The correspondence covers his work as a curator, including a single thank you letter from Richard Nixon for the repair of the Nixon's family bible. The lecture files contain notes for a course that Carey Bliss taught at the University of Southern California on the history of books and printing. These notes include a sheet of papyrus in the folder for lectures three and four. The Rounce & Coffin Club files pertain to Carey Bliss's longstanding membership. The files contain meeting invitations and information on exhibitions prepared by the club, including the annual Western Books Exhibition. The majority of the Leslie Bliss files are correspondence written while Leslie Bliss served as the librarian of the Huntington Library. The Zamorano files contain correspondence to and from Leslie Bliss about books and exhibitions at the Huntington library that were considered relevant to the bibliophilic club's interest. These correspondences also contain information about Leslie Bliss's membership to the club, including letters about his election as an honorary member of the Zamorano's board of governors in 1953. The miscellaneous files contain items that possess uncertain attribution, are attributed other people, or are equally related to Carey and Leslie Bliss. These files contain correspondence from Jacob Bliss who is presumed to be a relative of Leslie and Carey Bliss. The correspondence between Robert O. Schad and Joseph D. Cone is dated during the time Robert O. Schad was the curator of rare books and Carey Bliss was the assistant curator. The correspondence from Will Bradley contains autobiographical information that is related to an exhibition of his work at the Huntington Library in the 1950s. This exhibition was prepared by Carey Bliss. Amelia Baker's nametag dates to when she worked at Caltech's GALCIT wind tunnel and before her marriage to Carey Bliss. The Leslie E. Bliss and Upton Sinclair material deals primarily with the possible acquisition of the Sinclair library and archive by the Huntington Library. The material includes correspondence with Upton Sinclair, his wife Mary Craig Sinclair, Huntington Library Staff, and other Librarians; it also includes essays and printed material by Upton Sinclair. The Upton Sinclair library and archive were ultimately acquired by the Lilly Library, Indiana University.

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George Sterling papers

Manuscripts

This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, photographs and watercolors pertaining to the life and work of George Sterling. Contents include 544 pieces of correspondence; 116 manuscripts; 3 photographs; and 2 watercolors. Much of the correspondence in the collection is between Sterling and other American writers and poets, who discuss their own work and the work of other individuals. Almost all of the correspondence in the collection by Sterling is addressed to his friend, and fellow author, Jack London (1876-1916). The collection contains manuscripts written by Sterling as well as manuscripts by Ambrose Bierce and others. Most of the collection's manuscripts are poems, although the section also contains epigrams, diaries, vocabulary aids and prose. The photographs within the collection are of Sterling and his friends and associates, and all of the collection's watercolors were painted by Sterling. Subjects addressed within the collection include Ambrose Bierce, American poetry (1915-1925), Prohibition (with frequent mention in H. L. Mencken's letters), and European description and travel (chiefly in the early letters of Herman George Scheffauer). Correspondents and authors include: William Rose Ben√©t, Ambrose Bierce, Witter Bynner, Margaret Smith Cobb, Sidney Bert Cooksley, Ina Donna Coolbrith, Countee Cullen, Benjamin De Casseres, May S. Greenwood, James Hopper, Rolfe Humphries, Robinson Jeffers, Leslie Nelson Jennings, Sinclair Lewis, Vachel Lindsey, Charmian London, Jack London, Samuel Loveman, William Somerset Maugham, Henry Louis Mencken, Leo Bergin Mihan, John Gneisenau Neihardt, Joseph O'Carroll, John Myers O'Hara, Louis Alexander Robertson, Theodore Roosevelt, Carl Sandburg, Herman George Scheffauer, George Ansel Sterling, Charles Hanson Towne, Grace Wallace, Herbert George Wells, Edward Lucas White, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Gaylord Wilshire, and Audrey Wurdemann.Persons represented by five or more pieces: Bynner, Witter: 5 pieces, 1913-24 Cobb, Margaret Smith: 34 pieces, 1923-26 Coolbrith, Ina Donna: 26 pieces, 1907-26 De Casseres, Benjamin: 8 pieces, 1926 Greenwood, May Snowdrop: 65 poems 1917-26 Hopper, James: 5 pieces, 1926-28 Humphries, Rolfe: 6 pieces, 1924-25 Jeffers, Robinson: 12 pieces, 1924-26 Jennings, Leslie Nelson: 45 pieces, 1917-22 London, Jack: 18 pieces, 1902-16 Loveman, Samuel: 19 pieces, 1915-26 Mencken, Henry Louis: 63 pieces, 1916-26 Neihardt, John Gneisenau: 50 pieces, 1912-25 Sterling, George: Poems: 43 to Miscellaneous persons: 5 To London: 72 (1910-16) Mihan, Leo Bergin: 5 pieces, 1924-26 O'Carroll, Joseph: 9 pieces, 1923-26 O'Hara, John Myers: 5 pieces, 1911-16 Robertson, Louis Alexander: 7 pieces, 1904-08 Scheffaeur, Herman George: 57 pieces, 1904-21 White, Edward Lucas: 5 pieces, 1925 Wilcox, Ella (Wheeler): 5 pieces, 1914-15 Some notable items include: Benet, William Rose. 1921, Nov. 17. About Sterling's verse. Coolbrith, Ina. 1907, Feb. To Blanche Partington. He is the best boy in the world as well as one of its few great poets... Jeffers, Robinson. 12 letters, mostly about poetry. 1924-26 Lindsey, Vachel. 1913, June 1. Long letter on his own career and poetry. London, Jack. 1916, Mar. 7. Critique of severl short stories by Sterling. London, Jack. 1908, Feb. 10. And I speculate and speculate, trying to make you out, trying to lay hands on the inner side of you... Mencken, Henry L. 63 letters, containing numerous references to Prohibition O'Hara, John Myers. 1911, May 7. Letter of praise and criticism. Osbourne, Lloyd. 1895, Oct. 24. Advising Sterling against a proposed adventure to Samoa. Scheffauer, Herman George. 1904, June 19. Description of visit to St. Louis fair. Scheffauer, Herman George. 1904, Sep. 8. Description of trip through Scotland and England Scheffauer, Herman George. 1904, Dec. 20. Letter of 52 pages, octavo, describing trip through Germany and France. His letters are of above average interest. Sterling, George. Letters to Jack London. 1910-1916. Sterling, George. Notebook containing vocabulary aid. c.1915. Sterling, George. 1919, Apr. 9. To W. S. B. Braithwaite. Draft of a letter of protest over the misprinting of his poems.

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