Second Anthology, 1923-1924

• Brian Kim Stefans — Reading-edition note author and digital editor
• Ben F. Field — Original foreword author and poet
• Verse Writers' Club of Southern California — Collective compiler
• Grace Atherton Dennen — Poet
• William Griffith — Poet
• Harry Noyes Pratt — Poet
• S. H. M. Byers — Poet
• Ben Field — Poet
• Joy Bennett — Poet
• Elinor Manning Prescott — Poet
• Estella M. Williamson — Poet
• Pauline Barrington — Poet
• Belle Cooper — Poet
• Aurelia Wheeler Reid — Poet
• Lillian A. Williamson — Poet
• Georgia Rowles — Poet
• Virginia Burton Bradley — Poet
• Harriet F. Stryker — Poet
• Sara Earl — Poet
• Florence Parker Bornholdt — Poet
• W. H. Bainbridge — Poet
• Katharine Bainbridge — Poet
• Eulalee Tyrrel Fisher — Poet
• Pauline Garner Curran — Poet
• Ethelean Tyson Gaw — Poet
• Snow Longley — Poet
• Alice E. Henderson — Poet
• Dorothy Haddox — Poet
• C. F. Holland — Poet
• Minnie Calvin Hurst — Poet
• Roy Walter James — Poet
• Portia Martin — Poet
• M. T. MacMillan — Poet
• Mabel W. Phillips — Poet
• Elinor Rees — Poet
• Lenore C. Schutze — Poet
• Ethel Brooks Stillwell — Poet
• Sydney Sprague — Poet
• Carrie W. Stryker — Poet
• Grace Wallace — Poet
• Pierrepont Willard — Poet

Broad format

Anthologies

Collection

Verse Writers’ Club Anthologies

Document type

Poetry Anthology

Original title

Second Anthology of the Verse Writers’ Club of Southern California

Original publication date

1923-1924

Editor

Verse Writers’ Club of Southern California; Brian Kim Stefans (digital edition)

Compiler

Verse Writers’ Club of Southern California

Original publisher

Harr Wagner Publishing Co.

Place of publication

San Francisco, California

Language

English

Pagination

Original scan: 169 PDF pages. Digital reading edition: 126 PDF pages.

Available editions

Revised Digital Reading Edition

Edition type

Digital Reading Edition, Revised

Subjects

Keywords

Verse Writers’ Club Second Anthology The Lyric West Los Angeles Southern California 1923 1924

Continuity notes

Part of the shared Anthologies and Documents collection.

Edition note

The formatted edition presents the selected source text in a stable, searchable reading format with modern navigation. Source scans remain private editorial evidence and are not part of the public upload. For the website upload, the page canvas was proportionally fitted to a 6 × 9 inch trim without cropping or changing the text.

Source note

All 167 poem titles, source-issue page references, contributor groupings, and first reader-PDF pages were cross-checked between the reset contents and linked bookmarks in the 126-page edition.

Copyright notice

Copyright in public-domain source texts has expired in the United States. Copyright in later works and new editorial matter remains with the respective authors, editors, publishers, or successors.

Rights status

Public Domain

Rights basis

The original anthology was published in 1923–24 and is public domain in the United States. New design and editorial apparatus were prepared in 2026.

Suggested citation

Verse Writers' Club of Southern California. Second Anthology, 1923-1924. San Francisco: Harr Wagner Publishing Co., 1923-24. Text/Tech Anthologies and Documents, reader's edition, 2026.