Guide to the James E. Sisson Papers, 1950-1986
Guide to the James E. Sisson Papers, 1950-1986
Collection number: BANC MSS 87/167 c
The Bancroft LibraryUniversity of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
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- Processed by:
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- Date Completed:
- August 1996
- Encoded by:
- Hernán Cortés
Microfilm copies of 27 volumes of Jack London scrapbooks, 1899-1942.
Materials Cataloged Separately
- Printed materials have been transferred to the book collection of The Bancroft Library.
- Photographs have been transferred to Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1950-1986
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
INCOMING, 1950-1986
From Individual Scholars
Beilke, Marlan, 1940- 1972-85
Costaz, Gilles 1975-76
Fleming, Becky London 1968-86
Hart, James David, 1911- 1966-84
Hensley, Dennis E., 1948- 1976-82
Hoey, Henry P. 1974-76
Kingman, Russ 1972-86
Labor, Earle, 1928- 1971-85
Lacassin, Francis 1974-77
Lachtmann, Howard 1971-75
Leitz, Robert C., 1944- 1981-85
London, Joan 1952-70
Schlottman, David 1970-73
Sherman, Joan R. 1975-79
Walker, Dale L. 1969-73
Weiderman, Richard 1971-76
Woodbridge, Hensley Charles, 1923- 1968-72
A-B miscellaneous, including: 1964-82
Bates, D. Michael
Berghe, Robert Vanden
Bubka, Tony
C-F miscellaneous, including: 1970-86
Champion, Thomas
G-H miscellaneous, including: 1961-76
Glancy, Donald R.
Hildebrand, George Herbert
Hughes, Kent P.
J-L miscellaneous, including: 1971-83
Johnston, Carolyn
Kroll, Keith
Lampson, Robin, 1900-
M-R miscellaneous, including: 1966-85
Mortensen, James K.
Noto, Sal
Rather, Lois, 1905-
S miscellaneous, including: 1972-85
Shebl, James M.
Shepard, I. Milo (Irving Milo)
Skoda, Jaroslav
Starr, Kevin
T-Z miscellaneous, including: 1963-84
Tweney, George H.
Woodward, Robert Hanson, 1925-
Unsigned or incomplete [n.d.]
From Institutions
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery 1969-72
Library of Congress 1967
A-D miscellaneous institutions: 1963-86
Alaska Historical Library and Museum
The American Jersey Cattle Club
Auburn University
Auburn University
Baylor University
Bettmann, Otto L.
Bibliography of American Literature
Bowdoin College
Brooklyn Public Library
Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
California State Library
California State University, Chico
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Sacramento
Chicago Historical Society
Chicago Public Library
City of Los Angeles
Columbia University
DeArmond, R. N.
E-J miscellaneous institutions: 1968-79
El Paso Public Library
Fordham University Library
Goetz, Fred
Harvard University Library
Hawaiian Historical Society
Howard University
Jack London Museum
L-P miscellaneous institutions: 1963-81
Louisiana State University
Mills College Library
Minneapolis Public Library
Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
Neiburg, Jack
The New York Public Library
Oakland Public Library
Ohio State University
Ohio Wesleyan University
Pattersonn Irrigator
The Public Library of Cincinnati
The Pueblo Chieftain
R-W miscellaneous institutions: 1967-86
Roosevelt University, Chicago
Saint Louis University
San Francisco Public Library
San Jose State University
Sonoma County Historical Society
Silas Bronson Library
Stanford University Archives
The State Library of Victoria
State University of New York, Brockport
Texas Woman's University
University of Illinois at Urbana
University of Iowa
University of Kentucky Libraries
University of Maine, Orono
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of Otago
University of South Carolina
The University of Texas, El Paso
University of Washington Libraries
University of Wisconsin
Utah State University
Washington State University, Pullman
West Virginia University Library
Williams College
The Writer
From Publishers
Greenwood Press, San Francisco, Calif. 1978-82
Library of Congress
Texas Western Press 1972
Miscellaneous copyright information 1967-84
Acknowledgments of gifts 1963-86
Auburn University
The Bancroft Library
A-Z miscellaneous
From Dealers
Book dealer lists, A-Z 1950-80
U.S. Book sellers, A-Z 1970
English Book sellers, A-Z 1973
OUTGOING, 1965-1986
To Individual Scholars
Beilke, Marlan, 1940- 1972-83
Labor, Earle, 1928- 1971-86
Lacassin, Francis 1976-84
Leitz, Robert C., 1944- 1982-85
Postif, Louis 1978-85
Stickney, Arthur 1978-80
Walker, Dale L. 1969-71
Weiderman, Richard 1971-82
A-D miscellaneous, including: 1970-84
Bates, D. Michael
Butterworth, Keen
Chou, Prudence
Costaz, Gilles
E-L miscellaneous, including: 1965-85
Etulain, Richard W.
Fleming, Becky London
Hensley, Dennis E., 1948-
Heron, Herbert
Hildebrand, George Herbert
Johnston, Carolyn
Kroll, Keith
Lampson, Robin, 1900-
London, Joan
M-Z miscellaneous, including: 1969-82
Malloy, Rita A.
Meese, Edwin
Servin, Manuel P., 1920-
Shear, Walter Lewis
Shepard, I. Milo (Irving Milo)
Sherman, Joan R.
Starr, Kevin
Woodbridge, Hensley Charles, 1923-
Unsigned or incomplete n.d.
To Institutions
Auburn University 1978-86
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery 1969-70
Stanford University Libraries 1977-86
A-H miscellaneous, including: 1970-86
Alaska Historical Library and Museum
Boston Public Library
California State Library
Columbia University
Duke University Library
I-R miscellaneous, including: 1966-83
Library of Congress
Louisiana State University Library
New York Public Library
New York University Libraries
Roosevelt University, Chicago
S-W miscellaneous, including: 1970-86
Saint Louis University
State University of Iowa
NEITHER TO NOR FROM
To Tony Bubka from David Kherdian
To Tony Bubka from miscellaneous scholars
Miscellaneous
SERIES 2: WRITINGS, ca. 1970-1986
Scope and Content Note
PUBLISHED MONOGRAPHS, ca. 1970-1986
The Fiction of Jack London
Bound copy
Drafts, versions 1-3
"The Birth Mark"
"Bones of Kahekili"
"Burning Daylight"
"Captain of the Susan Drew"
"Celle qu'on attendait"
"Chased by the Trail"
"Damascus Road"
"Engraved Oarblade"
"Flush of Gold" with index notes
"Frisco Kid"
"Gold" (short story)
"Gold" (play with notes)
"Law of Life" (proof copy)
"Make Westing"
"Morgason's Finish"
"An Old Soldier's Story"
"Passing of Marcus O'Brien"
"Salt of the Earth"
"The Son of the Wolf"
"The Test: A Klondyke Wooing"
"A Thousand Deaths"
"Trust" (with index notes)
"The Turning Point"
"Turtles of Tasman"
"Two Gold Bricks"
"War"
"A Wicked Woman"
"Wit of Porportule"
Miscellaneous short fiction
Jack London First Editions
Text and notes, versions 1-5
Foreword
Introduction
Correction sheet
Book jackets
Jack London: Stories and Poems in the [Oakland] High School Aegis
Draft copies
Proof copies
UNPUBLISHED MONOGRAPHS, ca. 1970-1986
The Nonfiction of Jack London
Essays & ephemera, version 1, 2, 3
Appendices A-C, version 1, 2
Appendices B-C, version 3
Essays 95-365, version 4
Essays 292-308, version 4
Essays 396-451, version 4
Essays, appendices, version 5
Notebook 1, galleys and notes
Notebook 1, galleys and notes
Notebook 2, galleys and appendices
Miscellaneous
"Early Writings of Jack London 1893-1900
versions 1 and 2"
Clippings:
"Goodbye, Jack"
"In Extravagance of Adornment"
"A Northland Miracle"
"Stranger than Fiction"
"The Terrible and Tragic in Fiction"
"True Stories: A Klondyke Adventure"
Preface to Scwarz, Osias: "General Types of Superior Men"
London articles from Australian Star, Sydney
London articles from Home Magazine
Fight coverage
Labor writings - Jack London
Socialist writings - Jack London
Correspondence about "A Good Soldier"
Song lyrics
Miscellaneous
Tear sheets, reprints and copies of London articles
The Correspondence of Jack London
Jack London letters and notes, 1898-1914
Scope and Content Note
Jack London letters and notes, 1915-1916
Scope and Content Note
"Babylonia"
Anna Strunsky
Copies of originals at Boston State University
Copies of originals at Henry E. Huntington Library
Copies of originals at Stanford
Copies of originals at Utah State University
Miscellaneous locations
Chapter Notes:
Chapter 1 (alphabetical with one addenda)
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Ninetta Eames Payne
Eliza Shepard
Jack Byrne
Business papers
Ranch papers
Law Suits
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
"Manuscripts by others"
Notebooks of photographs
Ephemera
Kittredge addenda
Manuscript of Jack London Books
Addenda
Poetic Tributes to Jack London
"Jack London: Poet Manque"
"Poems about Jack London"
Scope and Content Note
Typescripts
Notebooks
Copies of originals at Henry E. Huntington Library
Copies of originals at Jack London State Park
Copies of originals at Utah State University
Copies of originals from miscellaneous locations
From periodicals
Copies, original source unknown
Jack London's Poems of Social Concern
Galleys and notes
Scope and Content Note
Notebook
London poems: originals at Stanford
ARTICLES AND PAPERS
"The Unpublished Writings of James E. Sisson III"
"Comments on Jacob Blanck's 'Jack London' section in the BAL"
"Introduction to Jack London's Klondike Trio"
"Jack London and The Daughter of the Rich"
"Jack London and Lieutenant-Colonel Vlachislov Petrovsky..."
"Jack London as Dramatist"
"Jack London Parodies"
"Jack London's First Post-Klondike Home"
"Jack London's `Lost Stories'"
"Jack London's Use of Nietzsche"
"Joan London: A Warrior for Labor," with
"A Chronological Bibliography of Writings by Joan London"
"A Letter from Jack London to Miss Blanche Partington"
"Memories of Becky London Fleming"
"The Trail of the Serpent"
"World Premiere of Gold"
"World Premiere of Scorn of Women"
Partial or incomplete articles and papers
INDEXES
Of Proper Names and Adjectives
Adventure
South Sea Tales
White Fang
To Scrapbooks at the Henry E. Huntington Library
To Scrapbooks 1-2, 1899-1903
To Scrapbooks 2-4, 1903-1904
To Scrapbooks 4-6, 1903-1905
To Scrapbooks 6-7, 1905-1906
To Scrapbooks 7-10, 1905-1911 July
To Scrapbooks [9]-22, 1907-1915
To Scrapbooks 22-25, 1913-1942, and illustrations, n.d.
"A-Z through A4-M4"
"O4-Z4 through A7-Z7", and subject files
Miscellaneous reviews, and notes
Miscellaneous index notes
SERIES 3: RESEARCH FILES ON JACK LONDON, ca. 1970-1986
Scope and Content Note
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
General
Lists by genre, excluding short stories
Scope and Content Note
Bibliography of Jack London books
Scope and Content Note
Lists by place
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous entries by year from binder
Michael, Brother of Jerry and the Jack London Club:
"A Chronological Bibliography"
Lists by genre
Scope and Content Note
Lists of short stories
Scope and Content Note
Bibliography of Jack London works by William Henry Chaney
"Periodicals in which Jack London's Works were Published"
Master's theses
Doctoral dissertations
Jack London illustrators, 1895-1978
Jack London illustrators, 1895-1984
Miscellaneous bibliographic entries from notebook
Miscellaneous bibliographies and research notes from notebook
Jack London collections available at major research libraries
Jack London books in the Uppsala, Sweden Library
Partial and incomplete bibliographies
Bibliographies published in other sources
Miscellaneous printed bibliographies
Lists of articles by Sisson
Book announcements, books about London
Announcements of London's works
REVIEWS
"Reviews of" Jack London writings, A-Z
The Abysmal Brute
"The Acorn-Planter"
Adventure
The Assassination Bureau, Ltd
"Babylonia"
"Before Adam"
"Billy the Kid"
Burning Daylight
The Call of the Wild
Children of the Frost (collected stories)
The Cruise of the Dazzler
The Cruise of the Snark
A Daughter of the Snows
Daughters of the Rich
Dutch Courage and Other Stories
"The Faith of Men"
"The First Poet"
The Game
"The God of His Fathers"
"Gold"
"The Great Interrogation"
Hearts of Three
"The House of Pride"
The Human Drift
The Iron Heel
The Jacket
John Barleycorn
The Kempton - Wace Letters
The Little Lady of the Big House
Lost Face (collected stories)
Love of Life and Other Stories
Martin Eden
Moon Face and Other Stories (collected stories)
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
"The Night Born"
"An Odyssey of the North"
The People of the Abyss
Revolution (Sociological Essays and Others)
The Road (Tramping Experiences)
"The Scab"
The Scarlet Plague
"The Scorn of Women"
The Sea Wolf
Smoke Bellew
A Son of the Sun
The Son of the Wolf
South Seas Tales (collected stories)
The Star Rover
"The Strength of the Strong"
Tales of the Fish Patrol (juvenile)
"Theft"
The Turtles of Tasman (collected stories)
The Valley of the Moon
War Correspondence
War of the Classes
"When God Laughs"
White Fang
"A Wicked Woman"
CHRONOLOGIES
1897-1973
Chronological by publication titles
Chronology of Jack London in Hawaii in The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, and working notes
Biographical chronology of Jack London
A Partial List of Important Dates in the Literary Career of Jack London
WORKS BY OTHERS
Bean, Walton
Jack London lecture notes
Bubka, Tony
"The Poems of Jack London"
Gilbert, Hilda
"The Daughters of the Rich"
Glancy, Donald
London Essays
Hearn, Anne
Bibliography of Jack London's Writings
Hendricks, King
"On Jack London's Death"
Henkels, Annie E.
"Notes on the Kindness Club"
Henry, W. G.
"The Iron Heel: A Dramatization"
Hensley, Dennis E., 1948-, including:
"The Alaskan Folklore Heritage"
"Jack London Masterplots"
Jensen, Emil
"Jack London at Stewart River"
Kavalaris, John
"Jack London and the Literature of Exposure"
Kimball, David
"The God of His Fathers: A Dramatization"
Kirschner, Richard
Burglars
Labor, Earle, 1928-
Jack London (Sisson annotations)
Littel, Katherine Mather
"The Nietschean and the Individualist in Jack London's Socialist Writings"
London, Joan
Jack London and His Times, typescript with Sisson
Martens, Robert W.
Star Rover House, pilot script
McClintock, James I., 1939-
"White Logic", Sisson annotations
McDevitt, Wm. (William)
"Jack London as Poet and Platform Man"
O'Connor, Richard, 1915-1975
Errata for Jack London: A Biography
Price, Diane
Character and Name Index of Jack London Short Stories
Robinson, David E.
The Life and Works of Jack London
Weiderman, Richard
"Jack London as Wester Writer"
Wilcox, Bruce
"Jack London"
Winsor, William T.
Nature and Naturalism in the Stories of Jack London
The Jack London Amateur Press Club
The Snark
Unidentified, including:
Wolf: The Story of Jack London
"Theatrical Creativity and an Unknown Play by Jack London"
"The Jack London Club Update"
Editorial notes on A Jack London Biographical Dictionary
CLIPPINGS
Relating to London Family and Friends
Bunn, Charles
Chaney, William Henry, 1821-1903
Fleming, Becky London
Ford, Alexander Hume, 1868-
Frolich, Finn
Heron, Herbert, 1881-1968
Holm, John
Johns, Cloudesley
Lampson, Robin, 1900-
London, Charmian
London, Joan
London, Sybil
Miller, John
Sekine, Tokinosuke
Shepard, I. Milo (Irving Milo)
Sterling, George, 1869-1926
Walling, Anna Strunsky, 1879-
Miscellaneous
Relating to Jack London Homes, Parks, and Societies
Beauty Ranch, Valley of the Moon, Wolf House
Cabin
Club
Festivals and Events
Lodge and Village, Glen Ellen, California
Restaurants
Room, Oakland Public Library
Square, Oakland
Stamp
State Park
Land grants
Other Homes
Relating to Jack London Scholars
Beilke, Marlan, 1940-
Kingman, Russ
Labor, Earle, 1928-
Sinclair, Andrew
Starr, Kevin
Stone, Irving, 1903-
Walker, Dale L.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Biographical
Foreign Language articles
From periodicals
From books and journals
About London plays
About plays about London
By London contemporaries
Miscellaneous
MISCELLANEOUS
Magazine articles (draft)
Magazine sales from 1898 to May 1900
Magazine sales no. 4
Research notes
Research notes for Index
Lists of gift copies, review copies, prospective buyers, and miscellaneous relating to royalties and expenses
Reviews and clippings
"Gold" premiere script
General ephemera