Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Points
Contents
Biography
Correspondents
Material Transferred from the Collection
Descriptive Summary
Title: Jack London Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1893-1977
Box Number: 1034-1037
Collector:
California State Library
Extent: 5 boxes
Repository:
California State Library
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Unrestricted.
Conditions of Use
Please credit California State Library.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State Library as the owner of the
physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by
the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Jack London Collection, California State Library.
Access Points
London, Jack, 1876-1916
London, Charmian
London, Flora Wellman
Chaney, William Henry
Contents
Correspondence, articles, clippings, ephemera, pamphlets, personal records.
Biography
Jack London, popular author and important literary figure, was born in San Francisco January 12, 1876, the son of Flora Wellman
and William Henry Chaney. John London was his stepfather. He married first, Bessie Maddern, and second, Charmian Kittredge.
As a child he lived in San Francisco, near Livermore, and in Oakland. He spent much time on the Oakland waterfront and San
Francisco Bay in various capacities. His first book of short stories,
SON OF THE WOLF, was published in 1900. This was followed by many other works of fiction. Early in his career, he was an ardent socialist and
many of his writings reflect this fact. He built an estate in the Valley of the Moon, Glen Ellen, Sonoma County, and practiced
experimental farming and stock raising. He traveled extensively. He died on November 22, 1916.
Correspondents
Major Correspondents
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London, Jack, 1876-1916
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London, Charmian
Other Correspondents
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Bingham, Robert W.
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Byrne, J.
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Chappell, W. W.
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Clapp, Verner W. (Verner Warren), 1901-1972
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Curry, John A.
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El Dorado County Library
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Farris, L. P.
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Francis, Richard W.
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Gillis, Mabel
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Greene, Charles S.
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Hill, Joseph J.
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Hogan, K. T.
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Holloway, E. S.
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Hopting, Gene.
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Kaiser, John B.
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Laidler, Harry Wellington, 1884-1970.
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Lees, James C.
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Lippincott, B.
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MacArthur, Walter
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Mischall, Alfred
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Morgan, E. W.
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Pipes, Nellie B.
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Shepard, I. Milo (Irving Milo)
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Sibley, Robert
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Taylor, Harvey
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Thomas, Mabel W.
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Torre-Bueno, J. R. de la (Jose Rollin), 1871-
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W., Helen M.
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Yerge, Clyde S.
Material Transferred from the Collection
Photograph
- Portrait Chaney, William Henry