Guide to the Jackson J. Benson's The true adventures of John Steinbeck, writer : research materials M0522
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Title: Jackson J. Benson, The true adventures of John Steinbeck, writer : research materials
source:
Benson, Jackson J.
Identifier/Call Number: M0522
Identifier/Call Number: 579
Physical Description:
9 Linear Feet
(20 manuscript boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1935-1980
Abstract: Research materials for Jackson Benson's biography of John Steinbeck, consisting of interviews, correspondence, articles, book
reviews and other papers.
Preferred Citation
Jackson J. Benson's The True Adventures of John Steinbeck, Writer : research materials. M0522. Dept. of Special Collections,
Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Jackson Benson, 1984-1986.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
American literature -- 20th century.
Benson, Jackson J.
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
Series 1. Research files 178775
Box 1
Articles by Steinbeck Accession no. 1984-096178829
Scope and Contents note
Also includes parts of books, forewords, reprintings
Box 2
Reviews of Steinbeck's books Accession no. 1984-096178827
Box 3
Magazine material about Steinbeck (Time, Newsweek, etc.) Accession no. 1984-096178825
Box 4
Reference work articles about Steinbeck (Who's Who, Encyclopedias, Twentieth Century Authors, etc.) Accession no. 1984-096178823
Box 4
Criticism of Steinbeck's works : journal articles and parts of books Accession no. 1984-096178821
Box 5
Criticism of Steinbeck's works : journal articles and parts of books Accession no. 1984-096178819
Box 6
Criticism of Steinbeck's works : journal articles and parts of books Accession no. 1984-096178817
Box 6
Steinbeck articles. In Figaro Accession no. 1984-096178815
1954 Summer
Box 6
Letters to Alicia. Steinbeck articles. In Newsday Accession no. 1984-096178813
1965
Box 7
Letters to Alicia. Steinbeck articles. In Newsday Accession no. 1984-096178811
1965
Box 7
Childhood interviews, college interviews Accession no. 1984-096178809
Box 8
Tahoe interviews, first marriage interviews Accession no. 1984-096178807
Box 9
Second marriage interviews Accession no. 1984-096178805
Box 9
Third marriage interviews Accession no. 1984-096178803
Box 10
Third marriage interviews Accession no. 1984-096178801
Box 10
Childhood materials Accession no. 1984-096178799
Box 11
College materials, Tahoe materials Accession no. 1984-096178797
Box 11
First marriage materials Accession no. 1984-096178795
Box 12
First marriage materials Accession no. 1984-096178793
Box 12
Second marriage materials, third marriage materials Accession no. 1984-096178791
Box 16, folder 1
Deed to other Pacific Grove house – sold Jan. 1938
Box 16, folder 2
Ricketts College Records at Illinois Normal and U. of Chicago
Box 16, folder 3
Letter from JS to Joel Hedgpeth after Ed's death
Box 16, folder 4
Ricketts Unpublished Writings "Zoological Preface"
Box 16, folder 5
Ricketts Unpublished Writings "Suggested Outline for Handbook of Marine Invert. of S.F. Bay"
Box 16, folder 6
Ricketts Unpublished Writings "The Philosophy of 'Breaking Through'"
Box 16, folder 7
Ricketts Unpublished Writings "A Spiritual Morphology of Poetry"
Box 16, folder 8
Ricketts Unpublished Writings "Non-Teleological Thinking"
Box 16, folder 9
Farm Labor Interview James Harkins 3/77
Box 16, folder 10
Ella Winter Correspondence and "Notes on the Question of John Steinbeck"
Box 16, folder 11
Farm Labor Interview Caroline Decker (with Anne Loftis) 2/27/76
Box 16, folder 12
Farm Labor Interview Pat Chambers 7/20/76
Box 16, folder 13
Farm Labor Interview Pat Chambers (with Anne Loftis) 9/6/74
Box 16, folder 14
Farm Labor Interview Ella Winter (with Elaine Berman) 4/25/77
Box 16, folder 15
Farm Labor From Hurley: Portrait of a Decade (From Paul Taylor)
Box 16, folder 16
Farm Labor From From Tobacco Road to Route 66 "Poor Whites"
Box 16, folder 17
Farm Labor "The Farmer and the Communists" Assoc. Farmers Article
Box 16, folder 18
Farm Labor LaFollette Hearings – Cotton Strike
Box 16, folder 19
Tom Collins Correspondence and Inquiries Vital Statistics, Records
Box 16, folder 20
Tom Collins Employment Records
Box 16, folder 21
Tom Collins John Henderson Correspondence
Box 16, folder 22
Tom Collins Esther Wagness Correspondence
Box 16, folder 23
Tom Collins Correspondence with Collins daughters – Mary Alice Johns
Box 16, folder 24
Tom Collins Berthelsen Interviews with Dewey Russell and Okies
Box 16, folder 25
Tom Collins Misc. Notes from Bancroft and from Stein Dissertation
Box 16, folder 26
Tom Collins Laurence I. Hewes. Jr. Corres.
Box 16, folder 27
Tom Collins Institute for Public Service
Box 16, folder 28
Tom Collins F.S.A. Camp Reports from Bancroft and Federal Archives
Box 16, folder 29
Tom Collins Robert S. Hardie Correspondence
Box 16, folder 30
Tom Collins C.B. Baldwin Correspondence
Box 16, folder 31
Tom Collins J. Berthelsen Sac. Bee Article
Box 16, folder 32
Tom Collins Carey McWilliams Correspondence
Box 16, folder 33
Tom Collins Emma L. Packard Correspondence
Box 16, folder 34
Tom Collins Notes on newspapers references
Box 16, folder 35
Tom Collins Jonathan Garst Correspondence
Box 16, folder 36
Tom Collins Notes of Arvin Camp Council Meeting
Box 16, folder 37
Tom Collins Carey McWilliams Interview 7/13/71
Box 16, folder 38
Tom Collins Helen Hosmer Correspondence
Box 16, folder 39
Tom Collins Milan Dempster Interview 6/16/71
Box 16, folder 40
Tom Collins Collins' Daughter Interview 5/27/75
Box 17, folder 1
Unpublished Pieces Written for Courier-Journal on 1957 Trip
Box 17, folder 2
Tom Collins Resettlement Administration and F.S.A. Letters and Reports (DC)
Box 17, folder 3
White House Material 1963 – Dec.
Box 17, folder 4
Clippings – Dust Bowl, Okies, Migrant Camps, Labor Unionization
Box 17, folder 5
Clippings – JS middle life
Box 17, folder 6
Clippings – JS early life
Box 17, folder 7
Clippings – Salinas Valley and East of Eden
Box 17, folder 9
Clippings – JS, late life
Box 17, folder 10
Clippings – Obituaries for JS
Box 17, folder 11
Clippings – HMS Puma incident
Box 17, folder 12
Clippings – Tortilla Flat Cannery Row
Box 17, folder 13
Clippings –JS after death
Box 18, folder 1
Tom Collins Material from Collins' Daughter Mary Alice Johns. Gift of Jack Bensow, Dec. 1984
Box 18, folder 2
War Dispatches – Herald Tribune June-Dec. 1943
Box 19, folder 2
Elaine Steinbeck correspondence Accession no. 1998-006178789
1971-1990
Box 19, folder 3
Joel Hedgpeth correspondence Accession no. 1998-006178787
1971-1984
Box 19, folder 4
Mrs. E.G. Beth Ainsworth correspondence Accession no. 1998-006178785
1974-1981, nd
Box 19, folder 5
Carlton "Dook" Sheffield correspondence Accession no. 1998-006178783
1970-1986
Box 19, folder 6
Gwen Steinbeck correspondence Accession no. 1998-006178781
1970-1971
Box 19, folder 7
Carol (Steinbeck) Brown Accession no. 1998-006178779
1970-1974
Box 19, folder 8
Thom Steinbeck harrassment Accession no. 1998-006178777
1980-1984
Series 2. Audio materials 178613
Box 13
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Martin Accession no. 1984-096178773
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13
Mrs. Ben Valcani (Tony Jackson) Accession no. 1984-096178771
Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 13
Dr. Denton Cox Accession no. 1984-096178769
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13
Sol Liebner and Dr. Denton Cox Accession no. 1984-096178767
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13
Tom Ginzburg Accession no. 1984-096178765
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13
Willard Bascomb Accession no. 1984-096178763
Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 13
Terrence McNally Accession no. 1984-096178761
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13
Shirley Fisher Accession no. 1984-096178759
Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 13
Robert Wallsten Accession no. 1984-096178757
Container Summary: 3 audiocassettes
Box 13
Mrs. Margaret Gemmell Judah Accession no. 1984-096178755
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13
Burgess Meredith Accession no. 1984-096178753
Container Summary: 3 audiocassettes
Box 13
Dorothy Donahue Accession no. 1984-096178751
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13
Ellwood Graham Accession no. 1984-096178749
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13
Annie Laurie Williams Accession no. 1984-096178747
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13
Carlton Sheffield Accession no. 1984-096178745
Container Summary: 3 audiocassettes
Box 13
Elaine Steinbeck, Jean Boone (Elaine's sister), Thom Steinbeck Accession no. 1984-096178743
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13
Dean Storey Accession no. 1984-096178741
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13
Webster Street Accession no. 1984-096178739
Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 13
Rolf Bolin Accession no. 1984-096178737
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13
Mavis McIntosh Accession no. 1984-096178735
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13
Lewis Milestone Accession no. 1984-096178733
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13
Richard Albee Accession no. 1984-096178731
Container Summary: 3 audiocassettes
Box 13
Mrs. David Kinkaid and Lloyd Shebley Accession no. 1984-096178729
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13
Gwyn (Gwen) Steinbeck Accession no. 1984-096178727
Container Summary: 4 audiocassettes
Box 13
Glen Graves Accession no. 1984-096178725
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13
Lynn Loesser and Xenia Cage Accession no. 1984-096178723
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 13
Lynn Loesser Accession no. 1984-096178721
Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 14
Lynn Loesser and Cornell Capa Accession no. 1984-096178719
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Nathaniel Benchley Accession no. 1984-096178717
Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 14
Mrs. Jerome Brody Accession no. 1984-096178715
Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 14
Charles L. McNichols Accession no. 1984-096178713
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Elia Kazan Accession no. 1984-096178711
Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 14
Allen Ludden Accession no. 1984-096178709
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Roger Condon, Delbert West, William Welt Accession no. 1984-096178707
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Robert Cathcart Accession no. 1984-096178705
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Delbert West Accession no. 1984-096178703
Container Summary: 2 reels
Box 14
Barnaby Conrad Accession no. 1984-096178701
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Robert Sears Accession no. 1984-096178699
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Jerry Gilmer Accession no. 1984-096178697
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Peter Bridges Accession no. 1984-096178695
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Sam Gipson Accession no. 1984-096178693
Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 14
Norman Cousins Accession no. 1984-096178691
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Phil Strong Accession no. 1984-096178689
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Polly Teas Accession no. 1984-096178687
Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 14
John Kenneth Galbraith Accession no. 1984-096178685
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Abe Burrows, Budd Schulberg Accession no. 1984-096178683
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Nobel Prize Ceremony -- Swedish Television Accession no. 1984-096178681
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Budd Schulberg Accession no. 1984-096178679
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Frank Lloyd Accession no. 1984-096178677
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
John Hersey, Benchley papers Accession no. 1984-096178675
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Frank Kilkenny Accession no. 1984-096178673
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Joseph Bryan III Accession no. 1984-096178671
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Edward Albee Accession no. 1984-096178669
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
William L. Shirer Accession no. 1984-096178667
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Ebright, Jr. Accession no. 1984-096178665
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Mrs. Virginia Welhelmson Accession no. 1984-096178663
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
James Harkins Accession no. 1984-096178661
Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 14
Notes from Elaine, Xenia Cage Accession no. 1984-096178659
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Gordon Manning, Jack Watson Accession no. 1984-096178657
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Francis Whittaker Accession no. 1984-096178655
Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 14
Dr. Horace Jones, Helen Hosmer Accession no. 1984-096178653
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Helen Hosmer Accession no. 1984-096178651
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 14
Jack Calvin Accession no. 1984-096178647
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 15
Burl Ives Accession no. 1984-096178645
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 15
Mrs. Nunnally Johnson Accession no. 1984-096178643
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 15
Sandy Oliver Accession no. 1984-096178641
Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 15
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Accession no. 1984-096178639
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 15
Catherine Hill Accession no. 1984-096178637
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 15
Virginia Scardigli Accession no. 1984-096178635
Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 15
Mrs. Stanley Heuit (Gwyn's mother) Accession no. 1984-096178633
Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 15
John O'Reilly Accession no. 1984-096178631
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 15
Tex Travis Accession no. 1984-096178629
Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 15
Jules Buck Accession no. 1984-096178627
Container Summary: 2 audiocassettes
Box 15
Arthur Miller Accession no. 1984-096178625
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 15
Ella Winter Accession no. 1984-096178623
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 15
John Fearnley Accession no. 1984-096178621
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 15
Sag Harbor -- impressions of house and environment Accession no. 1984-096178619
Container Summary: 1 audiocassette
Box 15
Elaine Steinbeck (Series #1, 3 tapes; Series #2, 16 tapes; Series #3, 2 tapes) Accession no. 1984-096178617
Container Summary: 20 audiocassettes
Box 19, folder 1
The Young John Steinbeck : cassette tape set Accession no. 1998-006178615
1975
Container Summary: 2 audiotapes
Series 3. Addendum [unknown date]
Box 20, folder 1
Samuel Scoville - The Weltanschauung of Steinbeck and Hemingway
1967
Box 20, folder 2
Roland Bartel - Proportioning in Fiction: "The Pearl" and "Silas Marner"
1967
Box 20, folder 3
Stanley Alexander - The Conflict of Form in "Tortilla Flat"
1968
Box 20, folder 4
R. Baird Shuman - Initiation Rites in Steinbeck's "The Red Pony"
1970
Box 20, folder 5
Richard Astro - Steinbeck's Post-War Trilogy: A Return to Nature and the Natural Man
1970
Box 20, folder 6
Philip J. West - Steinbeck's "The Leader of the People": A Crisis in Style
1970
Box 20, folder 7
Howard Levant - "Tortilla Flat": The Shape of John Steinbeck's Career
1970
Box 20, folder 8
John V. Hogopian & Martin Dolch - Insight I: The Leader of the People
circa 1972
Box 20, folder 9
R. Ganapathy - Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men": A Study in Lyricism
1962
Box 20, folder 10
Mark Spilka - Of George and Lennie and Curley's Wife: Sweet Violence in Steinbeck's Eden
Box 20, folder 11
Joseph Henry Jackson - Introduction to "The Short Novels of John Steinbeck"
1963
Box 20, folder 12
Harry Morris - "The Pearl": Realism and Allegory
1963
Box 20, folder 13
Daniel R. Brown - A Monolith of Logic Against Waves of Nonsense
1963
Box 20, folder 14
Walter Rundell Jr. - Steinbeck's Image of the West
1964
Box 20, folder 15
James Woodress - John Steinbeck: Hostage to Fortune
1964
Box 20, folder 16
Ernest E. Karsten - Thematic Structure in "The Pearl"
1965
Box 20, folder 17
Margaret C. Roane - Steinbeck as Spokesman for the Mentally Retarded
1964
Box 20, folder 18
A.L. Goldsmith - Thematic Rhythm in "The Red Pony"
1965
Box 20, folder 19
MODERN FICTION STUDIES issue on Steinbeck
1965
Box 20, folder 20
Joseph Henry Jackson - Introduction to "Of Mice and Men" (Modern Library
1937
Box 20, folder 21
Walter Giersach - Explicator on "The Red Pony"
1946
Box 20, folder 22
James Gray - On Second Thought
1946
Box 20, folder 23
Ward Moore - "Cannery Row" Revisited
1954
Box 20, folder 24
Peter Lisca - Motif and Pattern in "Of Mice and Men"
1956
Box 20, folder 25
Fernand Corin - Steinbeck and Hemingway: A Study in Literary Economy
1958
Box 20, folder 26
W. Dasenbary - The Theme of Loneliness in Modern American Drama
1960
Box 20, folder 27
Charles R. Metzger - Steinbeck's Version of the Pastoral
1960
Box 20, folder 28
Joseph Warren Beach in AMERICAN FICTION 1920-40 - Journeyman Artist
1960
Box 20, folder 29
New York Times - Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" Goes Operatic
1970
Box 20, folder 30
New York Times - Musical of Mice and Men
1958
Box 20, folder 31
Reviews - Short Reign of Pippin
Box 20, folder 33
Reviews & Controversy - Moon is Down
Box 20, folder 34
Reviews - Of Mice and Men (play)
Box 20, folder 35
Reviews - Burning Bright (play)
Box 20, folder 36
Reviews - The Red Pony (movie, book)
Box 20, folder 37
Reviews - The Pearl (movie, book)
Box 20, folder 38
Reviews - The Moon is Down (play, book)
Box 20, folder 40
San Francisco Examiner - Steinbeck letters reveal his winter of discontent
1985