Sonnet Club Collection | Santa Cruz MAH

Collection Number: Pending

This collection consists of scrapbook of the Chaparral Poets activities in and around Santa Cruz County from about 1949 to 1969. The front page of the scrapbook contains a photograph of Addie Kleist, a founding member of the Sonnet Club. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of meetings and activities for the club plus meeting minutes and poems written by members of the club. There are also loose meeting programs and other correspondence related to the Sonnet Club.

The Sonnet Club, the Santa Cruz Chapter of the California Federation of Chaparral Poets, Collection consists of a large red scrapbook plus some loose materials. The scrapbook is red, the front cover has separated from the remainder of the scrapbook. The scrapbook is in fair condition with the front cover loose and some of the pages are fragile to the touch. The album primarily contains newspaper clippings of meetings and activities the club was involved in and around Santa Cruz County. There are also meeting minutes, poems from club members, and a couple of photographs.

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