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Jack London, Charmian (Kittredge) London, and Roscoe Eames observing the building of the Snark

Description
The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera pertaining to the life and work of Joan London. Since much of London's work focused on her father, many items in the collection specifically relate to the life and writings of Jack London. The collection contains correspondence between Joan and individuals who knew, or were interested in, her father, the notes and drafts used by London in writing her father's biography, and several copies of letters written by Jack London himself. Joan was also interested in the life of her paternal grandfather, William Henry Chaney, and the collection contains both manuscripts and notes relating to him. Joan London's unpublished work, Visiting rights only, is one of several manuscripts in the collection, and it specifically addresses Joan's feelings towards her father and her thoughts on her childhood within a single-parent family.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
[approximately 1907]
Call number
mssMI 1-1474
Creator
London, Joan(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from Ronald Randall, July 28, 1983.
Associated people
Abbott, Bart. (1913-2008.)
Abbott, Helen, (1901-1972.)
Anderson, Henry P. (1927-1993.)
Arthur, Chester Alan, (1902-1999.)
Bubka, Tony. (1921-)
Bykov, Vilʹ. (1905-1984.)
Chavez, Cesar, (1866-1942.)
Clemens, Cyril, (1896-)
Cole, Ella. (1876-1916.)
Cortés, Carlos. (1899-1965.)
Freeman, A. W., (1929-)
Fujiwara, Sakae. (active 1965-1971.)
Galarza, Ernesto, (1878-1968.)
Ghent, William J. (1869-1926.)
Jones, Leslie S. A. (1879-1940,)
Kettler, Ernestine Hara, (1885-1969.)
Kingman, Russ. (1877 or 1879-1964.)
Kuntschev, Boschidar. (active 1968-1970.)
London, Charmian. (1899-1985.)
London, Jack, (1923-2001.)
Maddern, Merle.
Malamuth, Charles,
Nelson, Eugene,
North, Richard,
Oittinen, Anna.
Seltz, Julie Ann Abbott.
Shipley, Miriam.
Shivers, Alfred.
Sinclair, Upton,
Sisson, James E.
Sterling, George,
Trotsky, Leon,
Turner, Ethel Duffy,
Tweney, George H.
Untermann, Ernest.
Walker, Dale L.
Walling, Anna Strunsky,
Weiderman, Richard,
Wing, Willis Kingsley,
Woodbridge, Hensley Charles,
Associated organizations
Doubleday, Doran & Company.
John Howell Books (San Francisco, Calif.)
Macmillan Company.
Paul Warren Associates.
Random House (Firm)
Thomas Y. Crowell Company.
University of Washington Press.
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