Manuscripts

Harvey Taylor File

Description

The Harvey Taylor File documents the relationship between Harvey Taylor (who for a time was bibliographer, then supposed agent for the London estate) and Charmian London. The two-box file consists entirely of letters, mostly between Charmian Kittredge London and Harvey Taylor. A few letters from Eliza Shepard are also included.

At the request of the Jack London estate, the Harvey Taylor files (Boxes 435-436) were restricted until the death of Harvey Taylor; they were opened for research on March 30, 1993.

Type

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Production date

1866-1977.

Call number

mssJL

Creator

London, Jack (1876-1916)(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Charmian London letters to Harvey Taylor

Manuscripts

The collection consists primarily of letters from Charmian London to literary agent Harvey Taylor, discussing both personal and business subjects. Taylor was acting as an agent for Charmian and the works of her late husband, Jack London, at this time. The letters also seem to indicate a romantic relationship. Also included are a few letters or fragments from others, including Eliza London Shepard and Anna Strunsky Walling, chiefly to Charmian London that she appears to have forwarded to Taylor.

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Irving Stone File

Manuscripts

This file consists of over 100 letters to and from Irving Stone and Charmian London. Also included are a few contracts, a short manuscript, and a few letters from other persons, including Eliza Shepard. The file documents the relationship between Stone and London, and its eventual deterioration as publication of Sailor on Horseback became imminent. The Irving Stone File (Box 434) was restricted until Irving Stone's death at the bequest of the Jack London estate and opened for research on March 30, 1993.

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Taylor, Harvey. To Charmian London

Manuscripts

L.S. (typewritten: 1p.) Also: written on the above, Charmian London autograph reply to Harvey Taylor.

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Charmian London letters to Harvey Taylor

Manuscripts

The collection consists primarily of letters from Charmian London to Harvey Taylor, discussing both personal and business subjects. Taylor was acting as an agent for Charmian and the works of her late husband, Jack London, at this time. The letters also seem to indicate a romantic relationship. Also included are a few letters or fragments from others to Charmian London that she appears to have forwarded to Taylor.

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People

Manuscripts

Articles about celebrities or people Jack London knew. Included are Gertrude Atherton, Rex Beach, Hobart Bosworth, William Chaney, Samuel Clemens, Ina Coolbrith, William Ellsworth, Anatole France, Henry Frick, Finn Frolich, Hilda Gilbert, Emma Goldman, Wilfred Gribble, George Heinold, Johnny Heinold, James Hopper, Martin Johnson, Charmian Jeanne London, Elizabeth Maddern London, Sybil London, Joan London Miller, Joseph Noel, Jake Oppenheimer, Herbert Heron Peet, Charles Piper, Eliza Shepard, James Shepard, Upton Sinclair, Ninetta Springer, George Sterling, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Ernest Untermann.

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Kittredge File

Manuscripts

The Kittredge File consists of manuscripts, letters, documents, and genealogical material pertaining to Charmian Kittredge London's family. The six-box file is rich in material documenting Charmian Kittredge (and Ninetta Wiley Eames Payne Springer's) heritage. Among the more interesting pieces in the file are: Dayelle Wiley Kittredge's "Diary of a Trip from Oshkosh, Wisconsin," her seven letters to her sister, Ninetta Wiley Eames Payne Springer and mother, Catherine Growall Wiley, and the letters from them. All the correspondence in the Kittredge File is filed in the Manuscripts Catalog and is designated by the call number "JLK."

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