Clarence Urmy papers, 1878-1936.

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Clarence Urmy papers, 1878-1936.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/703635420

Boxes 1 and 2 and 3 include correspondence concerning Urmy's work, letters to and from his sister Mabel (Urmy) Seares, clippings of printed works, biographical material, photographs, and scrapbooks. See online listing link above (note that box 2 in the listing has been expanded into box 3). Box 4. Folder 1, Urmy's copies of Common Prayer, 1892, and The Hymnal, 1892. Folder 2, Urmy's copy of the Bible, 1865. Folder 3, daguerreotype of Clarence Urmy as a child, nd. Box 4. Folder 4. Small poetry publications: "By the Guadaloupe, " with photograph by Newton Barry; "At a Wayside Shrine, " with decorations by Janet Tobin; and "A Wreath of California Laurel, " inscribed to Ralph and Marion... 1910, with photographs by Frederick W. Martin and A.C. Vroman. Box 4. Folder 5. "The Lyric Land of California, " by Mabel Urmy Seares, illustrated by the verse of Clarence Urmy, with two etchings by Benjamin C. Brown. Laid in is a manuscript poem, "To my brother..., " and a newsclipping of a book review for this piece, 1914. Box 4. Folder 6. Two collections of published poems by Urmy. 1. "The Day that I was Born, " 1924, with a drawing by Loren Barton and 10 uncredited early San Francisco area photographs, one of which is of El Retiro, Saratoga, Clarence Urmy's summer home. 2. "Songs of the Spirit, " 1922. Box 4. Folder 7. Two copies (different bindings) of "A California Troubadour, " 1912. One signed by Urmy, and one inscribed to Ralph and Marion from Mabel, 1912. Folder 8. "A Vintage of Verse, " 1897, inscribed to Marion Freer Saxe, from R.B.U., April, 1897.

1.75 linear feet (4 manuscript boxes)

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