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Papers, ca. 1905-1931 Collection number: BANC MSS C-H 30 The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Contact Information: The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu Encoded by: Eva Garcelon 1996 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Collection Summary Creator/Collector: Bland, Henry Meade, 1863-1931. Collection Title: Henry Meade Bland Papers, Date (inclusive): ca. 1905-1931 Collection Number: BANC MSS C-H 30 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, including letters from noted authors and other poets; manuscripts of his poems, short stories and essays; notebooks; clippings and scrapbooks; some printed items. Languages Represented: English Access Collection is open for research. 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], Henry Meade Bland papers, BANC MSS C-H 30, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Materials Cataloged Separately BANC MSS C-H 30 2
Photographs were transferred to Pictorial Collection in 1978 and cataloged under call number (?) 6370-;6407(?). Acquisition Information The Papers of Dr. Bland were purchased by the Bancroft Library in January 1959 from Mrs. Gwendolen Penniman, his literary executor. Biography Note Dr. Bland, poet, professor of English at San Jose College, 1899 until his death, and poet laureate of California, 1928-1931. Scope and Content Note The papers, covering the years, 1905-1931, consist primarily of correspondence with other poets and authors; manuscripts of his poems, short stories and essays; notebooks; clippings and scrapbooks; photographs; and some printed items. Box 1 Letters written by Bland Included are the originals of his letters to Charles Warren Stoddard and copies of his letters to Roland F. Eberhart. Box 1 & 2 Letters written to Bland Primarily letters from authors and poets, arranged alphabetically by name of author or organization with a miscellany of single letters at the beginning of the file. A list of the more important correspondents follows this key to arrangement. Carton 1 Manuscripts of his poems Holograph and typed copies. Unarranged. Carton 2 Manuscripts of his short stories Manuscripts of his essays and articles Includes essays on Gertrude Atherton, Ambrose Bierce, Luther Burbank, Samuel Clemens, Eleanor Gates, Ina Coolbrith, Bret Harte, Gertrude Boyle Kanno, Vachel Lindsay, Jack London, Edwin Markham, Joaquin Miller, John Muir, George Sterling, Robert Louis Stevenson and Charles Warren Stoddard. at NRLF Carton 3 Notebooks Scrapbooks of clippings Clippings relating to Bland BANC MSS C-H 30 3
Key to Arrangement Clippings of articles written by him Clippings of poems written by him Students' papers Material relating to the collection; Mrs. Penniman's notes on Bland; bibliographies (3 folders) Miscellany Carton 4 Scrapbook Printed items Includes Bland's books of poetry; issues of The Short Story Quarterly; and The Poet Bland; Sixteen Speciman Poems by Martin Severin Peterson. University of Nebraska Studies, Dec. 1943, Studies in the Humanities, No. 3; etc. oversize Oversize shelf Oversize Scrapbook of clippings concerning Bland A-Z Miscellany Barrows, David Prescott, 1873-1954 Letter, Nov. 4, 1920 Bender, Albert Maurice, 1866-1941 Letter, Mar. 23, 1927 Bonner, Arthur, 1869- Letter, Oct. 30, 1928 Bushby, Don Maitland, 1900- Letter, July 17, 1929 [Calhoun], Eleonor (writing as princess Lazarovich) Letter, Dec. 31, 1912 Cushing, Oscar K, 1865-1948 Letter, Feb. 3, 1931. Concerning James D. Phelan's will. Kincaid, H.R. Letter, Apr. 18, 1913. Concerning Joaquin Miller. Lehmer, Derrick Norman, 1867-1938 Letter, Oct. 13, 1927 Lehmer, Eunice Mitchell Letter, May 13, 1929 Loveman, Robert, 1864-1923 Letter, June 1, 1914 Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928 Letter, Feb. 27, 1912 Mencken, Henry Louis, 1880-1956 BANC MSS C-H 30 4
A-Z Miscellany Letter, Apr. 12, 1930 Meredith, W. Letter, n. d. Morrow, William Chambers, 1853-1923 Letter, May 28, 1917. Concerning Edwin Markham. Murdock, Charles Albert, 1841-1928 Letter, Dec. 1, 1924 O'Brien, Frederick, 1869-1932 Letter, Aug. 22, 1924 Older, Cora Miranda (Baggerly), 1873- Letter, n. d. Addressed to a Mrs. Clark. Patigian, Haig, 1876-1950 Letter, June 16, 1929 Phelps, Guy Fitch Letter, July 11, 1921. Concerning Joaquin Miller Pratt, Helen (Throop) Purdy Letter Dec. 2, 1924 (carbon copy). Relating to Charles W. Stoddard and Robert L. Stevenson. Quinn, William J. Letter, Jan. 23, 1930 Reinhardt, Aurelia (Henry), 1877-1948 Letter, Dec. 31, 1928 Rolfe, William James Letter, Feb. 26, 1910 Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Leter July 11, 1914 Rowell, Joseph Cummings, 1853-1938 Letter, Mar. 29, 1916 Sanchez, Nellie (Van de Grift), 1856-1935 Letter, Feb. 8, 1922. Concerning Robert L. Stevenson. Scheffauer, Herman, 1878-1927 Letter, Apr. 7, 1909 Tully, Eleanor (Gates), 1875- Letter, n.d. Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933 Letter, July 7, 1908 Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 1854-1927 Letter, May 25, 1921 Whitaker, Herman, 1867-1919 Letter, n.d. Yaw, Ellen Beach Letter, Sept. 29, 1917 Young, Sanborn Letter. Jan. 8. 1929 Individual Correspondents Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951 2 letters, 1928 & n. d. One is incomplete. Austin, Mary (Hunter), 1868-1934 2 letters, 1907-1908 Bashford, Herbert, 1871-1928 17 letters, 1905-1928 Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926 3 letters, 1917 1925. Also included: letter written by Mrs.Burbank, Nov. 9 California Writers Club 2 letters, 1928-1930 Clemens, Cyril, 1902-3 letters, 1929 & n.d. BANC MSS C-H 30 5
Individual Correspondents Cook, Ina L. (Peterson) 8 letters, 1928-1930. Some refer to Ina D. Coolbrith and some are written for the Ina Coolbrith Circle. Coolbrith, Ina Donna, 1842-1928 19 letters, ca. 1906-1927 & n.d. Eberhart, Roland F. 5 letters, 1914-1928 James, George Wharton, 1858-1923 27 letters, 1907-1922 & n.d. Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 15 letters. 1903-1928 & n.d. Keeler, Charles Augustus, 1871-1937 2 letters. 1909-1914 League of Western Writers, Inc. 3 letters. 1929-1931 London, Charmian (Kittredge) 10 letters. 1907-1921 Mackay, Leonora [Edwin Markham's secretary] 4 letters 1921-1928 Markham, Anna Catherine [Mrs. Edwin Markham] 19 letters, 1908-1929 Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940 43 letters, 1908-1929 Merrill, Arthur Truman 2 letters, n.d. Miller, Abbie Leland [Mrs. Joaquin Miller] 2 letters, 1913 Miller, George Melvin [Joaquin Miller's brother] 2 letters, 1918-1930 Miller, Joaquin, 1841-1913 2 letters, 1907 & n.d. One is a typed copy. Miller, Juanita 4 letters, 1911-1912 & n.d. Mitchell, Ruth Comfort, 1882-1954 2 letters. 1928-1929 Muir, John, 1838-1914 2 letters, 1911 Phelan, James Duval, 1861-1930 42 letters, 1919-1930 Pratt, Harry Noyes, 1879-1944 3 letters, 1922-1930 Riis, Jacob August, 1849-1914 5 letters 1901-1914. Included also: letter, n.d., written by his wife, Mary. Sproul, Robert Gordon, 1891 3 letters 1927-1930 Sterling, George, 1869-1926 8 letters, 1909-1923 Stevenson, Lionel, 1902 3 letters, 1925-1928 & n.d. Stoddard, Charles Warren, 1843-1919 3 letters, 1907-1908 Tilden, Douglas, 1860-1935 2 letters, 1906-1913 Tobin, Agnes 2 letters, 1908-1909 Van Noppen, Leonard Charles, 1868-1935 3 letters, 1917 & n.d. Wagner, Harr, 1857-1936 BANC MSS C-H 30 6
Individual Correspondents 2 letters, 1921-1927 Yeats, William Butler, 1865-1939 3 letters, 1907-1909 BANC MSS C-H 30 7