Guide to the Carlton Sheffield John Steinbeck collection,
1933-1984
Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Steven Mandeville-Gamble
Department of Special Collections
Green Library
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305-6004
Phone: (650) 725-1022
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
© 1999
The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Guide to the Carlton Sheffield John Steinbeck collection,
1933-1984
Collection number: M0824
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
- URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
- Processed by:
- Special Collections staff
- Date Completed:
- 1987
- Encoded by:
- Steven Mandeville-Gamble
© 1999 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
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.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
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.
Provenance
Gift of Carlton Sheffield, 1984.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] Carlton Sheffield John Steinbeck collection, M0824, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biography
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Access Terms
Lisca, Peter.
Sheffield, Carlton.
Steinbeck, Carol.
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
American literature--20th century.
Series I: Sheffield's Correspondence,
1945 - 1971
Box 1, Folder 1
Correspondence from Sheffield to Steinbeck
(1945-59)
Box 1, Folder 2
Correspondence from Sheffield to Mr. and Mrs. Steinbeck
(1961-68)
Box 1, Folder 3
Correspondence from Sheffield to Elaine Steinbeck
(1968-71)
Box 1, Folder 4
Correspondence between Sheffield and Peter Lisca
(1959)
Box 1, Folder 5
"The Man in the Shiny Silk Hat": carbon typescript, by Carol Steinbeck
(1933)
Series II: Steinbeck's works (clippings)
Box 1, Folder 7
Flight
Scope and Content Note
(clippings and commemorative edition publishing info.)
Box 1, Folder 10
"Viva Zapata" (film directed by Eliza Kazan)
Box 1, Folder 12
Sweet Thursday and musical adaptation, "Pipe Dream"
Box 1, Folder 13
The Short Reign of Pippin IV
Box 1, Folder 14
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
Box 1, Folder 15
The Winter of Our Discontent
Box 1, Folder 16
Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
Box 1, Folder 17
Steinbeck's articles (in Playboy, Esquire, etc.)
Box 1, Folder 19
Adaptations of "Of Mice and Men"
Box 1, Folder 20
Adaptations of "Cannery Row"
Box 1, Folder 21
quotes by and about Steinbeck
Series III: Newspaper Clippings by Date, 1937 - 1984
Series IV: Steinbeck's Personal Occasions and Connections
Box 1, Folder 31
Steinbeck and "the Communists"
Scope and Content Note
(clippings)
Box 1, Folder 32
1962 Nobel Prize in Literature
Scope and Content Note
(clippings)
Box 1, Folder 33
Steinbeck in Vietnam
Scope and Content Note
(articles by Steinbeck, clippings)
Box 1, Folder 34
Steinbeck's Death (clippings)
Box 1, Folder 35
Commemorative Stamp and Coin
Scope and Content Note
(clippings, fliers)
Box 1, Folder 36
Steinbeck and Sheffield
Scope and Content Note
(clippings, article, marriage certificate, etc.)
Box 1, Folder 37
Steinbeck and Covici
Scope and Content Note
(clippings)
Box 1, Folder 38
Steinbeck and Stanford
Scope and Content Note
(clippings and fliers)
Series V: Biographies of Steinbeck
Box 1, Folder 39
Steinbeck: A Life in Letters by Elaine Steinbeck
Scope and Content Note
(clippings)
Box 1, Folder 40
Steinbeck: The Errant Knight by Nelson Valjean
Scope and Content Note
(clippings)
Box 1, Folder 41
Friends of John Steinbeck collection of biographical vignettes
Scope and Content Note
(publicity)
Box 1, Folder 42
In Search of Steinbeck by Anne-Marie Schmitz
Scope and Content Note
(clippings)
Box 1, Folder 43
The Intricate Music by Thomas Kiernan
Scope and Content Note
(clippings)
Box 2, Folder 1
The True Adventures of John Steinbeck by Jonathan Benson
Scope and Content Note
(clippings)
Series VI: Libraries, Memorials, Foundations, and Centers in memory of Steinbeck
Box 2, Folder 2
Steinbeck Library and Festival
Scope and Content Note
(fliers, clippings)
Box 2, Folder 3
John Steinbeck Foundation
Scope and Content Note
(letters, clippings)
Box 2, Folder 4
Steinbeck House and Memorial
Scope and Content Note
(fliers, clippings)
Box 2, Folder 5
Steinbeck Center Foundation
Scope and Content Note
(letters, clippings)
Box 2, Folder 6
John Steinbeck Society of America
Scope and Content Note
(newsletters, fliers)
Box 2, Folder 7
Steinbeck Research Center - SJSU
Scope and Content Note
(fliers, clippings)
Box 2, Folder 8
California Historical Society
Scope and Content Note
(newsletters)
Series VII: Remembering Steinbeck
Box 2, Folder 9
KQED Documentary
Scope and Content Note
(fliers, clippings, invitation)
Box 2, Folder 10
College courses on Steinbeck - various schools
Scope and Content Note
(fliers, clippings)
Box 2, Folder 11
Steinbeckiana
Scope and Content Note
(fliers, pamphlets)
Series VIII: Related Subjects
Box 2, Folder 12
Steinbeck Country and Cannery Row
