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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Joan London papers
Identifier/Call Number: M0319
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
(6 manuscript boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1962-1970
Collection is open for research. Materials must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Correspondence, book draft for
So Shall Ye Reap, newsletters and statements, and newsclippings and publications relating to the agricultural labor movement in California.
Joan London (1901-1971) was the librarian for the California Labor Federation from the 1940s until her retirement in 1962.
Afterwards, continued to be active in workers' movements and was a member of the Citizens for Farm Labor. She collaborated
with Henry Pope Anderson and wrote
So Shall Ye Reap: The Story of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers' Movement.
She was the elder child of author Jack London and was active in workers and leftist movements for much of her life.
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. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish
[identification of item], Joan London papers (M0319). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ernesto Galarza, 1971.