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Series 1. Correspondence, 1897 - 1940

box 1, folder 1

London, Jack to Edward Applegarth

 

2 pp. 1897, June 22,

 

15pp. 1898, Sept. 13,

 

2pp. 1898, Nov. 14,

 

2pp. 1898, Dec. 6,

 

4pp. 1898, Dec. 31,

 

1pg. 1899, Mar. 15,

 

1pg. 1901, Mar. 19,

box 1, folder 2

London, Jack to J.H. "Bert" Applegarth

 

4pp., with envelope 1906, Nov.28,

box 1, folder 3

London, Jack to Mabel Applegarth

 

2pp. 1897, Aug. 8,

 

1pg. 1898, Nov. 16,

 

1pg. 1905, Mar. 2,

 

6pp. 1905, Sept. 12,

box 1, folder 4

London, Jack to Mrs. Applegarth undated

Scope and Contents

Brief note on scrap of paper, probably sent with letter to Mabel.
box 1, folder 5

London, Jack to daughter, Bess London

 

16 postcards 1906 - 1908

Scope and Contents

Very little text on postcards other than address and signature "Daddy" or "Daddy Boy". Two cards depict London's Glen Ellen ranch, the rest chronicle his world travels.
box 1, folder 6

London, Jack, to daughter, Bess London

 

2pp. 1908, Oct. 28

Scope and Contents

Sent from Solomon Islands.
box 1, folder 7

London, Jack, to daughter, Joan London

 

9 postcards 1906 - 1909

Scope and Contents

Very little text on postcards other than address and signature "Daddy." Images on cards chronicle his world travels.
box 1, volume 8

Letters of Jack London to James B. Pinker, Volume 1. 85 letters 1902, Oct 28 - 1906, Nov. 19

Scope and Contents

Bound volume. Also includes letters to Mr. Pinker referring to Jack London.
 

Shurmer Sibthorp to Pinker 1904, Jan. 26

 

R.S. Garnett to Pinker 1906, Mar. 13

 

A. Hutchinson to Pinker 1906, Dec. 18

 

J. Pinker to J. London 1904, Sept. 27

 

Stuart Reid to J. London 1906, May 4

box 1, volume 9

Letters of Jack London to James B. Pinker Volume 2. 54 letters 1907, Jan. 25 - 1913, Dec. 5

Scope and Contents

Bound volume. Also includes letters to Mr. Pinker referring to Jack London and/or his estate.
 

George D. Brett, President of Macmillian Co., to Pinker 1907, Oct. 16

 

Ninetta Eames, attorney in fact for Jack London, to Pinker,

 

1907, Nov. 30

 

1908, Jan. 2

 

1908, Feb. 27

 

1908, Apr. 3

 

1908, Apr. 21

 

R. Sommerville, Manager of Cassell's General Press, to Pinker 1908, Oct. 28

 

Hodder & Stroughton to Pinker 1909, Oct. 19

 

T. Werner Laurie LTD. to Pinker. Includes a copy of an authorization by Jack London for Mr. Hughes Hessie 1913, Aug. 30

 

A. Byrne, Secretary of Jack London, to Pinker 1916, July 24

 

Eliza Shepard, Executor of Jack London's estate, to Pinker, 1921, May 25

 

Eliza London Shepard to Pinker 1927, Dec. 20

 

James B. Pinker & Sons to Mrs. Jack London, (written on the lower part of this letter is a letter from Mrs. Eloiza London Shepard to Pinker, n.d.) 1929, June 26

 

Jack London's letter to Pinker includes a copy of his article defending himself against a charge of plagiarism by a Mr. Frank Harris 1909, July 1

box 1, folder 10

London, Jack to "Comrades [Socialist Party]," typed copy signed, 1 pg. 1916, Mar. 7

box 1, folder 11

London, Jack to unknown

Scope and Contents

Third and final page of a letter with London's signature ; 3 inner pages of a small letter
box 1, folder 12

London, Jack, 2 facsimile letters 1900, Jan. 31

Scope and Contents

One letter is a reproduction of a letter from London to Houghton, Mifflin dated January 31, 1900 created by Paul Elder & Co. in 1938. The second letter is a photocopy of a letter from London to [John Myers] O'Hara dated October 6, 1909. Annotation reads "Original in copy of Martin Eden in Robbins collection."
box 1, folder 13

London, Charmian, outgoing correspondence

 

To Dr. W.S. Porter, envelope, postmarked 1914, Mar. 2

 

To Dr. W.S. Porter, postcard 1919, Dec. 20

 

To Jeanette M. Hitchcock, postcard 1940, Oct. 30

Scope and Contents

In 1940 Hitchcock was "Keeper of Rare Books" at Stanford University Libraries.
 

To Jeanette M. Hitchcock, postcard 1940, Nov. 4

 

To Dr. Porter, note, in an envelope labeled "Jack London's "The Son and the Wolf", frontispiece by Maynard Dixon undated

 

To unknown

Scope and Contents

Second and final page of a note. Was enclosed in The Book of Jack London by Charmian London.
box 1, folder 14

Unknown to Charmian London, typed letter, 6 pp. 1947, Apr. 29

Scope and Contents

Letter refers to enclosed copies of Jack London poems which are housed in Box 2 Folder 13.
 

Series 2. Literary Manuscripts 1900 - 1901

box 2, folder 1

London, Jack; Nine Poems 1901

 

"The Lover's Liturgy," 3 pp.

 

"At Daybreak," 1pg.

 

"The Worker's Tribute to the Tramp (Villanelle)," 1pg.

 

"Gold," 2 pp.

 

"The Socialist's Dream," 2pp.

 

"Je Ris en Espair," 1pg.

 

"Hors de Saison," 2pp.

 

"Ballad of the False Lover," 1 pp.

 

"The Return of Ulysses--A Modern Version," 7 pp.

box 2, folder 2-6

London, Jack; manuscript, "The Jacket," (later called "The Star Roamer,")

box 2, folder 7-12

London, Jack; manuscript, "The Little Lady of the Big House"

box 2, folder 13

London, Jack, 5 carbon typescripts of poems,

 

"Cupid's Deal," 2pp.

 

"A Heart," 4pp.

 

"My Little Palmist," 3pp.

 

"Triolets," 2pp.

 

"Triolets," 1pg. partial copy

box 2, folder 14

Applegarth, Edward M., 5 poems

 

"This is the Day of Days--The Day of Death--," (copy as sent to Mr. Clures), 1pg.

 

"The White Silence of the North," 1pg.

 

"Living," 1 pg.

 

"Parting," 1 pg.

 

"Lilith," 1 pg.

box 2, folder 15

Series 3. London family ephemera 1908-1916

 

Joan London's list of class grades, 1908 June 5

 

Jack London, cancelled check to Consolidated Soda Water Works, Co. for $1.20, 1916, Jan. 8

 

Unused picture postcard "Peche Au Harpon, Tahiti"

box 2, folder 16

Series 4. Photographs 1898, 1907, and undated

 

Jack London (2)

 

Jack London, Aunt Louise Applegarth, John Dewey, "Pop Bert" Applegarth, "Chinese Cook",and Mabel Applegarth in Yosemite Park 1898

Scope and Contents

With copy negative. Original print returned to donor 1987.
 

Jack London, Bess Madden, Mabel Applegarth, and dogs: Yosemite and Pug

Scope and Contents

With copy negative. Original print returned to donor 1987.
 

Jack London and second wife Charmian Kittredge London, taken in 1907 in Honolulu during the sojourn of the "Snark," on her maiden voyage

Immediate Source of Acquisition

"Property of Julius Rodman togther with 4 page letter of Jack London's written from Guadacanal on Nov. 1, 1908 [not in collection]." Purchased by Samuel Stark 1962.
 

Jack London promotional portrait 1951

Scope and Contents

"Last Portrait of Jack London, Whose Books Metro Will Screen"
box 3

Series 5. Maynard Dixon's charcoal with ink wash painting for the frontispiece of London's "The Son of Wolf" 1899

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Mrs. Jack London.