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Inventory of the Joan (London) Miller Papers, 1899-1975, (bulk 1937-1970)

The Huntington Library



San Marino, California

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Descriptive Summary

Administrative Information

Provenance

Access

Publication Rights

Preferred Citation

Biography

Subject matter

• I. Correspondence
  • A. Concerning Jack London
    • 1. Reminiscences written in
      Date: 1937-1938
      in letters to Joan (London) Miller by those who knew him (Upton Sinclair, William James Ghent, Alexander Irvine, etc.).
    • 2. Correspondence, primarily in the
      Date: 1960's and 1970's,
      to and from London scholars and collectors (Tony Bubka, James E. Sisson, Hensley Charles Woodbridge, Alfred Samuel Shivers, George Tweney, Franklin Dickerson Walker, etc.).
  • B. Concerning labor (primarily letters between Joan (London) Miller and Henry P. Anderson, and between Mrs. Miller and such organizations as the California Labor Federation.
  • C. Business correspondence, with publishers and agents, including a few documents (contracts, royalty statements).
  • D. Family correspondence.
• II. Manuscripts
  • A. By Joan (London) Miller
    • 1. Concerning Jack London
      • a. Jack London and his Times: notes and drafts.
      • b. Visiting Rights Only: manuscript and notes.
      • c. Essays, brief studies, and speeches.
    • 2. Concerning William Henry Chaney
      • a. Biography of William Henry Chaney: manuscript and notes.
      • b. W. H. Chaney: A Reappraisal.
    • 3. Concerning labor
      • a. So Shall Ye Reap
      • b. Essays, articles and speeches
    • 4. Miscellaneous and juvenile writings
  • B. By others
    • 1. Jack London scholarship and criticism
    • 2. Reviews of Joan (London) Miller's biography of Jack London, and other writings about Mrs. Miller
    • 3. Miscellaneous (including poems about Jack London, manuscripts by Bart Abbott, etc.)
• III. Scrapbooks - concerning Joan (London) Miller and Jack London
• IV. Photographs, particularly of Joan (London) Miller and Jack London.
• V. Clippings, printed items
  • A. Concerning Jack London (material collected for Mrs. Miller's biography)
  • B. Concerning Joan (London) Miller
  • C. Concerning broken homes, children of famous parents, etc., for Visiting Rights Only.
  • D. Concerning farm workers and labor

Persons represented by 5 or more pieces

Abbott, Bart

2 manuscripts, 8 letters, 1 document,

Date: 1938, 1971, 1969-1971, 1971

Abbott, Helen

7 letters,

Date: 1965-1971

Anderson, Henry P.

23 letters, 1 document,

Date: 1966-1970, 1970

Arthur, Gavin Chester

2 manuscripts, 4 letters,

Date: 1968, 1966-1970

Bubka, Tony

5 manuscripts, 53 letters,

Date: 1966-1968, 1965-1970

Bykov, Vil Matveyevich

3 manuscripts, 32 letters,

Date: 1967-1970, 1964-1972

Clemens, Cyril

5 letters,

Date: 1969-1971

Cole, Ella

11 letters,

Date: 1966-1968

Cortez, Carlos

3 manuscripts, 2 letters,

Date: 1961-1965, 1962-1963

Crowell (Thomas Y.) Co.

66 letters, 1 document,

Date: 1963-1970, 1965

Doubleday, Doran and Co.

36 letters, 21 documents,

Date: 1936-1942, 1937-1942

Freeman, A. Wallace

3 manuscripts, 23 letters,

Date: 1968-1971, 1966-1974

Fujiwara, Sakae

5 letters,

Date: 1969-1972

Galarza, Ernesto

25 letters,

Date: 1962-1971

Howell (John) Books

7 letters, 2 documents,

Date: 1969-1971, 1971

Jones, Leslie S. A.

7 letters,

Date: 1969-1972

Kettler, Ernestine

6 letters,

Date: 1966-1971

Kingman, Russell

2 manuscripts, 4 letters,

Date: 1969, 1968-1976

Kuntschev, Boschidar

11 letters,

Date: 1967-1969

London, Charmian (Kittredge)

6 letters,

Date: 1909-1940

London, Jack

54 letters (copies),

Date: 1900-1916

Macmillan Co.

6 letters,

Date: 1939-1964

Maddern, Merle

9 letters,

Date: 1964-1971

Malamuth, Charles

1 manuscript, 8 letters,

Date: 1965 1964-1965

Miller, Joan (London)

100 manuscripts, 186 letters, 5 documents,

Date: 1917-1971 1931-1970 1938-1971

Nelson, Eugene

11 letters,

Date: 1967-1971

North, Richard

7 letters,

Date: 1965-1971

Oittinen, Anna

6 letters,

Date: 1969-1971

Paul (Warren) Associates

10 letters,

Date: 1963-1965

Random House, Inc.

5 letters,

Date: 1965-1967

Seltz, Julie Anne (Abbott)

5 letters,

Date: 1970-1971

Shipley, Miriam

14 letters,

Date: 1962-1970

Shivers, Alfred Samuel

19 letters,

Date: 1962-1969

Sisson, James E.

2 manuscripts, 23 letters,

Date: 1971 and n.d. 1967-1970

Turner, Ethel (Duffy)

7 letters,

Date: 1968-1969

Tweney, George H.

1 manuscript, 33 letters,

Date: 1968 1966-1971

Untermann, Ernest

6 letters,

Date: 1938-1941

Walker, Dale L.

49 letters,

Date: 1966-1971

Washington. University. Press

26 letters, 3 documents,

Date: 1967-1970 1967-1969

Weiderman, Richard

5 letters,

Date: 1968-1970

Wing, Willis Kingsley

5 letters,

Date: 1951

Woodbridge, Hensley Charles

2 manuscripts, 121 letters,

Date: 1966-1968, 1962-1971

Important or interesting items

• Chavez, Cesar E. - letter
  Date: (1967, Oct. 6)
  to Joan (London) Miller briefly mentioning Jack London and a matter relating to farm workers. MI 223.
• Doubleday, Doran and Co. - correspondence (36 pieces,
  Date: 1936-1942)
  to Joan (London) Miller concerning Jack London and his Times. Mention is made of Irving Stone's biography being written at the same time, and of Charmian (Kittredge) London's response regarding rights and access to papers. MI 342-377.
• Ghent, William James - correspondence (4 pieces,
  Date: 1937)
  to Joan (London) Miller, mentioning Jack London, Upton Sinclair, Henry Gaylord Wilshire, and the Socialist Party. MI 471-474.
• London, Jack - copies of correspondence (40 pieces,
  Date: 1899-[1916])
  to Anna (Strunsky) Walling, two of them containing brief annotations by Mrs. Walling. MI 601-640.
• Miller, Joan (London) - unpublished biography of William Henry Chaney [Jack London's father], and notes. MI 681-683.
• Miller, Joan (London) - Visiting Rights Only: the Story of Jack London's Relationship with his Daughters; an unpublished manuscript. MI 771 (1-3).
• Miller, Joan (London) - correspondence with Henry P. Anderson and the Thomas Y Crowell Co. concerning So Shall Ye Reap, a good series between collaborating authors and their publishers:
  • Anderson to Crowell: 7 letters
    Date: (1970).
    MI 44-50.
  • Anderson to Miller: 16 letters
    Date: (1966-1970).
    MI 51-66.
  • Crowell to Anderson: 16 letters
    Date: (1964-1970).
    MI 268-283.
  • Crowell to Miller: 49 letters
    Date: (1963-1970.
    MI 284-332.
  • Crowell to Miller and Anderson: 1 letter
    Date: (1967, Aug. 29).
    MI 333.
  • Miller to Anderson: 17 letters
    Date: (1966-1969).
    MI 777-793.
  • Miller to Crowell: 31 letters
    Date: (1963-1970).
    MI 816-846.
  • Miller and Anderson to Crowell: 5 letters
    Date: (1966).
    MI 960-964.
• Miller, Joan (London) - letter
  Date: (1967, Nov. 9)
  to Robert Eugene Burke containing much autobiographical information. MI 807.
• Miller, Joan (London) - letter
  Date: (1966, Sep. 27)
  to James H. Greene containing list of descendants of Jack London. MI 864.
• Miller, Joan (London) - correspondence (5 pieces,
  Date: 1964-1969)
  to Alfred Samuel Shivers re Jack London, particularly his death. MI 913-916, 918.
• Miller, Joan (London) - correspondence (4 pieces,
  Date: 1937)
  to Lev Trotskii [Leon Trotsky] re Jack London. MI 924-927.
• Miller, Joan (London) - scrapbook
  Date: (1938-1940)
  of clippings about Jack London and Joan (London) Miller. MI 1472.
• Miller, Joan (London) - scrapbook
  Date: (1926-1927)
  of serialized novel, Sylvia Coventry, in the Oakland Tribune. MI 1473.
• Miller, Joan (London) - scrapbook
  Date: (1902-1965)
  of miscellanea, including clippings about Jack London and other writers. MI 1474.
• North, Richard - correspondence (6 pieces,
  Date: 1965-1966)
  to Joan (London) Miller regarding the discovery of the Jack London cabin in Yukon Territory. MI 984-989.
• Sinclair, Upton Beall - correspondence (3 pieces,
  Date: 1937)
  to Joan (London) Miller concerning memories of Jack London. MI 1106-1108.
• Sterling, George - letter of reference
  Date: (1925, Mar. 5)
  for Joan (London) Miller. MI 1141.
• Untermann, Ernest - correspondence (6 pieces,
  Date: 1938-1941)
  to Joan (London) Miller concerning Jack London and socialism in the early days of the century. MI 1201-1206.
• Walling, Anna (Strunsky) - letter
  Date: (1940, Nov. 8)
  to Joan (London) Miller expressing her reaction to Jack London and his Times. MI 1271.

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Arrangement of the Collection