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1897 - 1916
Special Collections M0077
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Title: Jack London Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1897 - 1916
Collection number: Special Collections M0077
Creator:
London, Jack, 1876 - 1916
Extent:
1.25 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
None.
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.
Purchase, 1940; gift of Felton Elkins, 1942; gift of Christian deGuigne, 1964; and gift of Arnold G. Applegarth, 1986.
[Identification of item] Jack London Papers, M0077, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Jack London was born in San Francisco January 12, 1876. He led an adventurous life, only beginning his career as an author
in the 1890s. He wrote short stories, serials, essays, articles, verse and novels. He died November 22, 1916 in Sonoma County,
CA.
Chiefly letters by London to Mabel and Edward M. Applegarth; to his English literary agent, James B. Pinker; and to his daughters.
Also includes manuscripts of two longer works and nine poems by London, five poems by Edward Applegarth, several letters and
postcards by Charmian London, and photographs. There is an ink wash painting by Maynard Dixon done for London's SON OF WOLF.
Applegarth, Edward M.
Applegarth, J.H.
Applegarth, Mabel.
Dixon, Maynard.
London, Charmian.
London, Jack, 1876-1916.
Pinker, James B.
Porter, W.S.
American literature--20th century.
Authors, American--20th century.
London, Jack, 1876-1916--Photographs.
Photoprints.