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Emil Jensen papers, 1873-1967 (bulk 1926-1939).
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Emil Jensen papers, 1873-1967 (bulk 1926-1939)Creator/Contributor:
Jensen, Emil, 1859 or 1860-1949, creatorCreator/Contributor:
London, Jack, 1876-1916Creator/Contributor:
London, Charmian.Abstract:
Contains manuscripts, correspondence, a diary, legal documents, ships logs, news clippings and other memorabilia. Topics of
manuscripts include San Francisco, the Yukon, the outdoors and Jack London. Correspondence includes 6 letters from Jack London,
6 letters from Charmain London after Jack's death and letters and postcards from family and friends including many from the
1870's and 1880's in Danish. Diary is of travel to the Klondike in the late nineteenth century. Ships logs are from the 1870s.
Legal documents include land documents and marriage and death records. News clippings include published article by Jensen
on Jack London following his death. Also includes family documents and correspondence relating to the Olsen family.
Date:
1926 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-ak -- n-cn-ykDanish Americans -- California
Américains d'origine danoise -- Californie
Danish Americans
Travel
Alaska -- Description and travel
Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Description and travel
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel
Alaska -- Descriptions et voyages
Klondike, Vallée du (Yukon) -- Descriptions et voyages
Alaska
California
California -- San Francisco
Yukon -- Klondike River Valley
Jensen, Emil -- 1859 or 1860-1949 -- Archives
London, Charmian -- Correspondence
London, Jack -- 1876-1916 -- Correspondence
London, Jack -- 1876-1916
London, Jack -- 1876-1916
Olson family -- Correspondence
London, Charmian
London, Jack -- 1876-1916
Olson family
Note:
Diary (volume 1): Also available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM 3354.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Books transferred to the Book Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Born Christian Emil Jensen in Denmark either in 1859 or 1860, Emil Jensen emigrated to San Francisco sometime in the 1870's.
Emil Jensen also spent time in the Klondike where he met Jack London. London used Jensen as a model for his character Malemute
Kid in, "The Son of the Wolf." Jensen was married to Annie Caroline Olsen in 1906 and then married her sister Ida A. Olsen
in 1910. Emil Jensen died in 1949.
In English. Some materials in Danish.
Preferred citation: Emil Jensen papers, BANC MSS 2003/185 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
manuscripts for publication.ships' logs.
Archives.
Personal correspondence.
Clippings.
Diaries.
Physical Description:
print
7 boxes, 2 oversize folders, and 1 volumes (2.75 linear ft.)
1 microfilm reel : negative and positive.
Language:
English
dan