Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Steinbeck: a life in letters : production materials,
Date (inclusive): 1975
Collection number: Special Collections M0354
Creator:
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
Extent:
1.25 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections.
Abstract: The corrected typescript, galley proofs, some corrected galleys of the book of selected Steinbeck letters edited by Elaine
Steinbeck and Robert Walsten.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights
reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To
obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item] Steinbeck: a life in letters : production materials, M0354, Dept. of Special
Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Elaine Steinbeck and Robert Wallsten, 1977.
Scope and Content
John Steinbeck unknowingly wrote the story of his life in his personal correspondence to his friends and acquaintances. His
wife, Elaine Steinbeck and his friend, Robert Wallsten, combined and edited his letters in chronological order to form the
bulk of the book,
Steinbeck--A Life in Letters, The Viking Press, New York, 1975.
This collection consists of the corrected typescript, galley proofs, and a few corrected proofs of the book.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
American literature--20th century.
Steinbeck, Elaine Anderson, editor.
Wallsten, Robert, editor.