Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hoffman, Elwyn Irving
- Abstract:
- Papers belonging to California writer Elwyn Irving Hoffman.
- Extent:
- 4.68 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Elwyn Irving Hoffman papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of some literary papers and correspondence of Elwyn Irving Hoffman. Of note in the collection are letters from Jack and Charmian London and related materials which include fifty photographs of the voyage of "The Snark," the Londons, and their ranch at Glen Ellen. Other correspondents represented in the collection include: Mary Hunter Austin, Temple Bailey, Maynard Dixon, Lyndon Dodge, Dudley Kinsell, Charles Fletcher Lummis, Joaquin Miller, and Israel Zangwill. There are also some notebooks kept by Hoffman and sheet music.
- Biographical / historical:
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Elwyn Irving Hoffman (approximately 1870-approximately 1949) was a California writer, poet and journalist.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Marion Stuart, February 1951.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Huntington Library staff. In 2021, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.
- Arrangement:
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Organized in the following manner: Jack London related material; Other correspondence; Notebooks, publications, letters regarding pension, photographs, and sheet music.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence
Women authors, American -- California -- Correspondence
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 20th century
Notebooks -- United States -- 19th century
Notebooks -- United States -- 20th century
Photographs -- United States -- 19th century
Photographs -- United States -- 20th century
Sheet music -- United States -- 19th century
Sheet music -- United States -- 20th century - Names:
- Snark (Ship) -- Photographs
Austin, Mary, 1868-1934
Bailey, Temple, 1869-1953
Dixon, Maynard, 1875-1946
Dodge, Lyndon
Kinsell, Dudley
Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913
Zangwill, Israel, 1864-1926
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Terms of access:
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Elwyn Irving Hoffman papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191