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Guide to the Carlton Sheffield John Steinbeck collection,
1933-1984
Special Collections M0824
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Title: Carlton Sheffield's John Steinbeck collection,
Date (inclusive): 1933-1984
Collection number: Special Collections M0824
Creator:
Sheffield, Carlton.
Extent:
.75 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
None.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Gift of Carlton Sheffield, 1984.
[Identification of item] Carlton Sheffield John Steinbeck collection, M0824, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Carlton Sheffield was a friend and Stanford roommate of the late author, John Steinbeck. He continued his friendship with
Steinbeck after their college years and throughout his writing career through correspondence with Steinbeck and his wife.
Sheffield also amassed a collection of clippings, fliers, and articles both about and by Steinbeck, which constitutes the
source of this collection.
Sheffield also interacted with and collected information about several foundations and organizations concerning Steinbeck.
Most notable in this collection are the Steinbeck Library in Salinas and the Steinbeck Festival, the John Steinbeck Society
of America, and the Steinbeck Center Foundation, of which Sheffield was an Honorary Director.
Included in the collection are carbon copies of Sheffield's correspondence with John and Elaine Steinbeck through the years
1944-1971. There are also copies of Sheffield's correspondence with Peter Lisca, another friend of Steinbeck. The clippings
Sheffield collected are also included, covering Steinbeck's books, articles, Nobel Prize, exchanges with Communist writers,
tour in Vietnam, and death. Clippings concerning several biographies of Steinbeck and a few related topics (i.e. Steinbeck
Country and Cannery Row, and the "Oakies") are also included. Additionally, Sheffield collected clippings of almost any mention
of Steinbeck in the newspaper, which we have arranged by date.
The collection also contains a typed carbon manuscript, "The Man in the Shining Silk Hat," by Carol Steinbeck, ca. 1933.
Lisca, Peter.
Sheffield, Carlton.
Steinbeck, Carol.
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
American literature--20th century.