Guide to the Jack London Papers M0077
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Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1998 ; revised 2022
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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.
Series 1. Correspondence, 1897 - 1940
box 1, folder 1
London, Jack to Edward Applegarth
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
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,
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.
"The Worker's Tribute to the Tramp (Villanelle)," 1pg.
"The Socialist's Dream," 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,
"My Little Palmist," 3pp.
"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.
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, 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.