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INVENTORY OF THE JOHN AHOUSE-UPTON SINCLAIR COLLECTION, 1895-2014,
"Consult repository."
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Title: John Ahouse-Upton Sinclair Collection
Dates: 1895-2014
Collection Number: "Consult repository."
Collector:
Ahouse, John B.
Extent:
12 linear feet,
400 books
Repository: California State University, Dominguez Hills
Archives and Special Collections
Archives & Special Collection
University Library, Room 5039
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, California 90747
Phone: (310) 243-3013
URL: http://www.csudh.edu/archives/csudh/index.html
Abstract:
This collection consists of 400 books, 12 linear feet of archival items and resource material
about Upton Sinclair collected by bibliographer John Ahouse, author of
Upton Sinclair, A Descriptive
Annotated Bibliography
. Included are Upton Sinclair books, pamphlets, newspaper articles, publications,
circular letters, manuscripts, and a few personal letters. Also included are a wide variety of subject files,
scholarly or popular articles about Sinclair, videos, recordings, and manuscripts for Sinclair biographies.
Included are Upton Sinclair’s A Monthly Magazine, EPIC Newspapers and the Upton Sinclair Quarterly Newsletters.
Language: Collection material is primarily in English
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Title of item], Inventory of John Ahouse Upton Sinclair Collection, Courtesy of the Department of Archives and Special Collections.
University Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills
This collection was donated by John Ahouse to the Archives and Special Collections at California State University, Dominguez
Hills (CSUDH) in 2013 and 2014.
Materials were processed and arranged by Greg Williams in 2013-2014.
Upton Beall Sinclair (September 20, 1878-November 25, 1968) is best known for his “muckraking” novel, The Jungle, but he wrote
close to 100 books in his lifetime and scores of articles in a variety of genres. These included novels, non-fiction journalism,
poetry, plays and others. His topics ranged from the meat-packing industry to journalism, from telepathy to the Spanish Civil
War. A famous socialist, Sinclair appeared in the news often and was part of protests against Rockefeller Mines in Colorado
in 1913, the protest on Liberty Hill in San Pedro in 1923 that led to his arrest and the founding of the ACLU in Southern
California, and his 1934 run for governor of California.
Born 1935 in New York City, John Ahouse attended Columbia University, with a major in German. The decade following was spent
for the most part in Berlin, as a student, with the US military, and then as translator for a German pharmaceuticals firm.
Masters degrees in linguistics (Univ. of Texas) and librarianship (Univ. of Southern California) brought him to California
State University in Long Beach for a dozen years, where he served as archivist and developed his interest in Upton Sinclair.
Subsequently, as co-head of Special Collections at Doheny Library (University of Southern California), he published his bibliography
of Sinclair in 1993. Since retirement in 2005, Ahouse has been associated with the Wende Museum in Culver City, California.
He has published not only on Sinclair but also on composer Hector Berlioz, novelist Hamlin Garland, and on the postwar division
of Germany.
This collection consists of 400 books, 12 linear feet of archival items and resource material about
Upton Sinclair collected by bibliographer John Ahouse. Included are Upton Sinclair books, pamphlets,
newspaper articles, publications, circular letters, manuscripts, and a few personal letters. Also included
are a wide variety of subject files, scholarly or popular articles about Sinclair, videos, recordings, and
manuscripts for Sinclair biographies. Included are Upton Sinclair’s A Monthly Magazine, EPIC Newspapers and
the Upton Sinclair Quarterly Newsletters.
The book collection contains close to 400 titles by, about or related to Upton Sinclair. The collection also contains a good
number of entire magazine issues with Sinclair materials, but also tear sheets and photocopies of many articles. Manuscript/typescript
of Sinclair’s
Zillions of Dollars and
Doctor Fist: A Drama in Three Acts are included.
Arrangement
Arranged in 4 series:
- Series I. Publications
- Series II. Subject Files
- Series III. Circular Letters/Flyers
- Series IV. Books/Pamphlets
Literature--American
Authors, American –Correspondence
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 -- Bibliography.
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 – Homes and haunts – California
Authors, American – 20th century—Biography
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968. Jungle.
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 -- History and criticism.
Governors -- California -- Election -- History -- 20th century.
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 -- Political activity.
Mass media -- Political aspects -- California -- History -- 20th century.
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 -- Political and social views.
Socialism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Socialism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Investigative reporting -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
Political Science -- Political Process -- General.
Political Science -- Political Process -- Elections.
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968
Sinclair, Mary Craig
Ahouse, John B.
Pasadena, CA
Long Beach, CA
California -- Politics and government -- 1850-1950.
California -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
- The Jungle
- Oil!
- Brass Check
- The Wet Parade
- World’s End
Sinclair (Upton) Oral History Interview, 1963. Recording of interview of Upton Sinclair with Judson Grenier. CSUDH Collection
A 50.