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Benson (Jackson J.) The true adventures of John Steinbeck, writer : research materials, 1935-1980
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Series 1. Research files 178775

Box 1

Articles by Steinbeck Accession no. 1984-096178829

Scope and Contents note

Also includes parts of books, forewords, reprintings
Box 2

Reviews of Steinbeck's books Accession no. 1984-096178827

Box 3

Magazine material about Steinbeck (Time, Newsweek, etc.) Accession no. 1984-096178825

Box 4

Reference work articles about Steinbeck (Who's Who, Encyclopedias, Twentieth Century Authors, etc.) Accession no. 1984-096178823

Box 4

Criticism of Steinbeck's works : journal articles and parts of books Accession no. 1984-096178821

Box 5

Criticism of Steinbeck's works : journal articles and parts of books Accession no. 1984-096178819

Box 6

Criticism of Steinbeck's works : journal articles and parts of books Accession no. 1984-096178817

Box 6

Steinbeck articles. In Figaro Accession no. 1984-096178815 1954 Summer

Box 6

Letters to Alicia. Steinbeck articles. In Newsday Accession no. 1984-096178813 1965

Box 7

Letters to Alicia. Steinbeck articles. In Newsday Accession no. 1984-096178811 1965

Box 7

Childhood interviews, college interviews Accession no. 1984-096178809

Box 8

Tahoe interviews, first marriage interviews Accession no. 1984-096178807

Box 9

Second marriage interviews Accession no. 1984-096178805

Box 9

Third marriage interviews Accession no. 1984-096178803

Box 10

Third marriage interviews Accession no. 1984-096178801

Box 10

Childhood materials Accession no. 1984-096178799

Box 11

College materials, Tahoe materials Accession no. 1984-096178797

Box 11

First marriage materials Accession no. 1984-096178795

Box 12

First marriage materials Accession no. 1984-096178793

Box 12

Second marriage materials, third marriage materials Accession no. 1984-096178791

Box 16, folder 1

Deed to other Pacific Grove house – sold Jan. 1938

Box 16, folder 2

Ricketts College Records at Illinois Normal and U. of Chicago

Box 16, folder 3

Letter from JS to Joel Hedgpeth after Ed's death

Box 16, folder 4

Ricketts Unpublished Writings "Zoological Preface"

Box 16, folder 5

Ricketts Unpublished Writings "Suggested Outline for Handbook of Marine Invert. of S.F. Bay"

Box 16, folder 6

Ricketts Unpublished Writings "The Philosophy of 'Breaking Through'"

Box 16, folder 7

Ricketts Unpublished Writings "A Spiritual Morphology of Poetry"

Box 16, folder 8

Ricketts Unpublished Writings "Non-Teleological Thinking"

Box 16, folder 9

Farm Labor Interview James Harkins 3/77

Box 16, folder 10

Ella Winter Correspondence and "Notes on the Question of John Steinbeck"

Box 16, folder 11

Farm Labor Interview Caroline Decker (with Anne Loftis) 2/27/76

Box 16, folder 12

Farm Labor Interview Pat Chambers 7/20/76

Box 16, folder 13

Farm Labor Interview Pat Chambers (with Anne Loftis) 9/6/74

Box 16, folder 14

Farm Labor Interview Ella Winter (with Elaine Berman) 4/25/77

Box 16, folder 15

Farm Labor From Hurley: Portrait of a Decade (From Paul Taylor)

Box 16, folder 16

Farm Labor From From Tobacco Road to Route 66 "Poor Whites"

Box 16, folder 17

Farm Labor "The Farmer and the Communists" Assoc. Farmers Article

Box 16, folder 18

Farm Labor LaFollette Hearings – Cotton Strike

Box 16, folder 19

Tom Collins Correspondence and Inquiries Vital Statistics, Records

Box 16, folder 20

Tom Collins Employment Records

Box 16, folder 21

Tom Collins John Henderson Correspondence

Box 16, folder 22

Tom Collins Esther Wagness Correspondence

Box 16, folder 23

Tom Collins Correspondence with Collins daughters – Mary Alice Johns

Box 16, folder 24

Tom Collins Berthelsen Interviews with Dewey Russell and Okies

Box 16, folder 25

Tom Collins Misc. Notes from Bancroft and from Stein Dissertation

Box 16, folder 26

Tom Collins Laurence I. Hewes. Jr. Corres.

Box 16, folder 27

Tom Collins Institute for Public Service

Box 16, folder 28

Tom Collins F.S.A. Camp Reports from Bancroft and Federal Archives

Box 16, folder 29

Tom Collins Robert S. Hardie Correspondence

Box 16, folder 30

Tom Collins C.B. Baldwin Correspondence

Box 16, folder 31

Tom Collins J. Berthelsen Sac. Bee Article

Box 16, folder 32

Tom Collins Carey McWilliams Correspondence

Box 16, folder 33

Tom Collins Emma L. Packard Correspondence

Box 16, folder 34

Tom Collins Notes on newspapers references

Box 16, folder 35

Tom Collins Jonathan Garst Correspondence

Box 16, folder 36

Tom Collins Notes of Arvin Camp Council Meeting

Box 16, folder 37

Tom Collins Carey McWilliams Interview 7/13/71

Box 16, folder 38

Tom Collins Helen Hosmer Correspondence

Box 16, folder 39

Tom Collins Milan Dempster Interview 6/16/71

Box 16, folder 40

Tom Collins Collins' Daughter Interview 5/27/75

Box 17, folder 1

Unpublished Pieces Written for Courier-Journal on 1957 Trip

Box 17, folder 2

Tom Collins Resettlement Administration and F.S.A. Letters and Reports (DC)

Box 17, folder 3

White House Material 1963 – Dec.

Box 17, folder 4

Clippings – Dust Bowl, Okies, Migrant Camps, Labor Unionization

Box 17, folder 5

Clippings – JS middle life

Box 17, folder 6

Clippings – JS early life

Box 17, folder 7

Clippings – Salinas Valley and East of Eden

Box 17, folder 8

Clippings – Nobel Prize

Box 17, folder 9

Clippings – JS, late life

Box 17, folder 10

Clippings – Obituaries for JS

Box 17, folder 11

Clippings – HMS Puma incident

Box 17, folder 12

Clippings – Tortilla Flat Cannery Row

Box 17, folder 13

Clippings –JS after death

Box 18, folder 1

Tom Collins Material from Collins' Daughter Mary Alice Johns. Gift of Jack Bensow, Dec. 1984

Box 18, folder 2

War Dispatches – Herald Tribune June-Dec. 1943

Box 19, folder 2

Elaine Steinbeck correspondence Accession no. 1998-006178789 1971-1990

Box 19, folder 3

Joel Hedgpeth correspondence Accession no. 1998-006178787 1971-1984

Box 19, folder 4

Mrs. E.G. Beth Ainsworth correspondence Accession no. 1998-006178785 1974-1981, nd

Box 19, folder 5

Carlton "Dook" Sheffield correspondence Accession no. 1998-006178783 1970-1986

Box 19, folder 6

Gwen Steinbeck correspondence Accession no. 1998-006178781 1970-1971

Box 19, folder 7

Carol (Steinbeck) Brown Accession no. 1998-006178779 1970-1974

Box 19, folder 8

Thom Steinbeck harrassment Accession no. 1998-006178777 1980-1984

 

Series 2. Audio materials 178613

Box 13

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Martin Accession no. 1984-096178773

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13

Mrs. Ben Valcani (Tony Jackson) Accession no. 1984-096178771

Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 13

Dr. Denton Cox Accession no. 1984-096178769

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13

Sol Liebner and Dr. Denton Cox Accession no. 1984-096178767

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13

Tom Ginzburg Accession no. 1984-096178765

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13

Willard Bascomb Accession no. 1984-096178763

Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 13

Terrence McNally Accession no. 1984-096178761

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13

Shirley Fisher Accession no. 1984-096178759

Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 13

Robert Wallsten Accession no. 1984-096178757

Container Summary: 3 audiocassettes
Box 13

Mrs. Margaret Gemmell Judah Accession no. 1984-096178755

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13

Burgess Meredith Accession no. 1984-096178753

Container Summary: 3 audiocassettes
Box 13

Dorothy Donahue Accession no. 1984-096178751

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13

Ellwood Graham Accession no. 1984-096178749

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13

Annie Laurie Williams Accession no. 1984-096178747

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13

Carlton Sheffield Accession no. 1984-096178745

Container Summary: 3 audiocassettes
Box 13

Elaine Steinbeck, Jean Boone (Elaine's sister), Thom Steinbeck Accession no. 1984-096178743

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13

Dean Storey Accession no. 1984-096178741

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13

Webster Street Accession no. 1984-096178739

Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 13

Rolf Bolin Accession no. 1984-096178737

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13

Mavis McIntosh Accession no. 1984-096178735

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13

Lewis Milestone Accession no. 1984-096178733

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13

Richard Albee Accession no. 1984-096178731

Container Summary: 3 audiocassettes
Box 13

Mrs. David Kinkaid and Lloyd Shebley Accession no. 1984-096178729

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13

Gwyn (Gwen) Steinbeck Accession no. 1984-096178727

Container Summary: 4 audiocassettes
Box 13

Glen Graves Accession no. 1984-096178725

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13

Lynn Loesser and Xenia Cage Accession no. 1984-096178723

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13

Lynn Loesser Accession no. 1984-096178721

Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 14

Lynn Loesser and Cornell Capa Accession no. 1984-096178719

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Nathaniel Benchley Accession no. 1984-096178717

Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 14

Mrs. Jerome Brody Accession no. 1984-096178715

Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 14

Charles L. McNichols Accession no. 1984-096178713

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Elia Kazan Accession no. 1984-096178711

Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 14

Allen Ludden Accession no. 1984-096178709

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Roger Condon, Delbert West, William Welt Accession no. 1984-096178707

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Robert Cathcart Accession no. 1984-096178705

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Delbert West Accession no. 1984-096178703

Container Summary: 2 reels
Box 14

Barnaby Conrad Accession no. 1984-096178701

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Robert Sears Accession no. 1984-096178699

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Jerry Gilmer Accession no. 1984-096178697

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Peter Bridges Accession no. 1984-096178695

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Sam Gipson Accession no. 1984-096178693

Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 14

Norman Cousins Accession no. 1984-096178691

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Phil Strong Accession no. 1984-096178689

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Polly Teas Accession no. 1984-096178687

Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 14

John Kenneth Galbraith Accession no. 1984-096178685

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Abe Burrows, Budd Schulberg Accession no. 1984-096178683

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Nobel Prize Ceremony -- Swedish Television Accession no. 1984-096178681

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Budd Schulberg Accession no. 1984-096178679

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Frank Lloyd Accession no. 1984-096178677

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

John Hersey, Benchley papers Accession no. 1984-096178675

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Frank Kilkenny Accession no. 1984-096178673

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Joseph Bryan III Accession no. 1984-096178671

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Edward Albee Accession no. 1984-096178669

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

William L. Shirer Accession no. 1984-096178667

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Ebright, Jr. Accession no. 1984-096178665

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Mrs. Virginia Welhelmson Accession no. 1984-096178663

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

James Harkins Accession no. 1984-096178661

Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 14

Notes from Elaine, Xenia Cage Accession no. 1984-096178659

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Gordon Manning, Jack Watson Accession no. 1984-096178657

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Francis Whittaker Accession no. 1984-096178655

Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 14

Dr. Horace Jones, Helen Hosmer Accession no. 1984-096178653

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Helen Hosmer Accession no. 1984-096178651

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14

Jack Calvin Accession no. 1984-096178647

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 15

Burl Ives Accession no. 1984-096178645

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 15

Mrs. Nunnally Johnson Accession no. 1984-096178643

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 15

Sandy Oliver Accession no. 1984-096178641

Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 15

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Accession no. 1984-096178639

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 15

Catherine Hill Accession no. 1984-096178637

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 15

Virginia Scardigli Accession no. 1984-096178635

Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 15

Mrs. Stanley Heuit (Gwyn's mother) Accession no. 1984-096178633

Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 15

John O'Reilly Accession no. 1984-096178631

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 15

Tex Travis Accession no. 1984-096178629

Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 15

Jules Buck Accession no. 1984-096178627

Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 15

Arthur Miller Accession no. 1984-096178625

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 15

Ella Winter Accession no. 1984-096178623

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 15

John Fearnley Accession no. 1984-096178621

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 15

Sag Harbor -- impressions of house and environment Accession no. 1984-096178619

Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 15

Elaine Steinbeck (Series #1, 3 tapes; Series #2, 16 tapes; Series #3, 2 tapes) Accession no. 1984-096178617

Container Summary: 20 audiocassettes
Box 19, folder 1

The Young John Steinbeck : cassette tape set Accession no. 1998-006178615 1975

Container Summary: 2 audiotapes
 

Series 3. Addendum [unknown date]

Box 20, folder 1

Samuel Scoville - The Weltanschauung of Steinbeck and Hemingway 1967

Box 20, folder 2

Roland Bartel - Proportioning in Fiction: "The Pearl" and "Silas Marner" 1967

Box 20, folder 3

Stanley Alexander - The Conflict of Form in "Tortilla Flat" 1968

Box 20, folder 4

R. Baird Shuman - Initiation Rites in Steinbeck's "The Red Pony" 1970

Box 20, folder 5

Richard Astro - Steinbeck's Post-War Trilogy: A Return to Nature and the Natural Man 1970

Box 20, folder 6

Philip J. West - Steinbeck's "The Leader of the People": A Crisis in Style 1970

Box 20, folder 7

Howard Levant - "Tortilla Flat": The Shape of John Steinbeck's Career 1970

Box 20, folder 8

John V. Hogopian & Martin Dolch - Insight I: The Leader of the People circa 1972

Box 20, folder 9

R. Ganapathy - Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men": A Study in Lyricism 1962

Box 20, folder 10

Mark Spilka - Of George and Lennie and Curley's Wife: Sweet Violence in Steinbeck's Eden

Box 20, folder 11

Joseph Henry Jackson - Introduction to "The Short Novels of John Steinbeck" 1963

Box 20, folder 12

Harry Morris - "The Pearl": Realism and Allegory 1963

Box 20, folder 13

Daniel R. Brown - A Monolith of Logic Against Waves of Nonsense 1963

Box 20, folder 14

Walter Rundell Jr. - Steinbeck's Image of the West 1964

Box 20, folder 15

James Woodress - John Steinbeck: Hostage to Fortune 1964

Box 20, folder 16

Ernest E. Karsten - Thematic Structure in "The Pearl" 1965

Box 20, folder 17

Margaret C. Roane - Steinbeck as Spokesman for the Mentally Retarded 1964

Box 20, folder 18

A.L. Goldsmith - Thematic Rhythm in "The Red Pony" 1965

Box 20, folder 19

MODERN FICTION STUDIES issue on Steinbeck 1965

Box 20, folder 20

Joseph Henry Jackson - Introduction to "Of Mice and Men" (Modern Library 1937

Box 20, folder 21

Walter Giersach - Explicator on "The Red Pony" 1946

Box 20, folder 22

James Gray - On Second Thought 1946

Box 20, folder 23

Ward Moore - "Cannery Row" Revisited 1954

Box 20, folder 24

Peter Lisca - Motif and Pattern in "Of Mice and Men" 1956

Box 20, folder 25

Fernand Corin - Steinbeck and Hemingway: A Study in Literary Economy 1958

Box 20, folder 26

W. Dasenbary - The Theme of Loneliness in Modern American Drama 1960

Box 20, folder 27

Charles R. Metzger - Steinbeck's Version of the Pastoral 1960

Box 20, folder 28

Joseph Warren Beach in AMERICAN FICTION 1920-40 - Journeyman Artist 1960

Box 20, folder 29

New York Times - Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" Goes Operatic 1970

Box 20, folder 30

New York Times - Musical of Mice and Men 1958

Box 20, folder 31

Reviews - Short Reign of Pippin

Box 20, folder 32

Reviews - Sweet Thursday

Box 20, folder 33

Reviews & Controversy - Moon is Down

Box 20, folder 34

Reviews - Of Mice and Men (play)

Box 20, folder 35

Reviews - Burning Bright (play)

Box 20, folder 36

Reviews - The Red Pony (movie, book)

Box 20, folder 37

Reviews - The Pearl (movie, book)

Box 20, folder 38

Reviews - The Moon is Down (play, book)

Box 20, folder 39

Reviews - Cannery Row

Box 20, folder 40

San Francisco Examiner - Steinbeck letters reveal his winter of discontent 1985