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  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Title: Jack London Papers
    Identifier/Call Number: M0077
    Physical Description: 1.25 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
    Date (inclusive): 1897 - 1916

    Conditions Governing Access

    Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Purchase, 1940; gift of Felton Elkins, 1942; gift of Christian deGuigne, 1964; and gift of Arnold G. Applegarth, 1986.

    Biographical / Historical

    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, California.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item] Jack London Papers, M0077, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Scope and Contents

    Chiefly letters by London to Mabel and Edward M. Applegarth; to his English literary agent, James B. Pinker; and to his daughters (mostly brief postcards). 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 a framed ink wash painting by Maynard Dixon done for London's Son of Wolf in 1899.

    Conditions Governing Use

    While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    American literature -- 20th century.
    Authors, American -- 20th century.
    Applegarth, J.H.
    London, Charmian
    Applegarth, Mabel.
    Pinker, James B.
    Applegarth, Edward M.
    Porter, W.S.