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Charmian London letters to Harvey Taylor
mssHM 82281-82345
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Title: Charmian London letters to Harvey Taylor
Dates: 1930-1932
Collection Number: mssHM 82281-82345
Creator:
London, Charmian
Extent:
65 pieces in 1 box
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract:
The collection consists primarily of letters from California writer Charmian London to literary agent Harvey Taylor, in the
early 1930s, discussing both personal and business subjects.
Taylor was acting as an agent for Charmian and the works of her late husband, writer Jack London, at this time.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
The collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information,
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and
obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item], Charmian London letters to Harvey Taylor, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
This collection was purchased at Butterfield and Butterfield, sale 68312, Nov. 30, 1998.
Charmian London (1873-1955) was an American writer and the second wife of author
Jack London (1876-1916). After her husband's death in 1916, she supported their
Beauty Ranch in Sonoma County, California, with the sales of various rights to Jack's works for publication and adaptation.
The collection consists primarily of letters from Charmian London to literary agent Harvey Taylor, discussing both personal
and business subjects.
Taylor was acting as an agent for Charmian and the works of her late husband, Jack London, at this time. The letters also
seem to
indicate a romantic relationship. Also included are a few letters or fragments from others, including Eliza London Shepard
and Anna Strunsky Walling, chiefly to Charmian London that she appears to
have forwarded to Taylor.
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The letters are arranged alphabetically by author, and then chronologically.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
London, Charmian -- Archives.
London, Jack, 1876-1916.
Taylor, Harvey.
Authors, American, 20th century.
Letters (correspondence) -- 20th century.
Shepard, Eliza London, correspondent.
Taylor, Harvey, correspondent.
Walling, Anna Strunsky, 1879-, correspondent.