Manuscripts

Visitors examining exhibits at a meeting commemorating the fortieth anniversary of Jack London's death, held at the USSR State Library of Foreign Literature, Moscow

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 Joan London's unpublished work, Visiting rights only, is one of several manuscripts in the collection, and it specifically addresses Joan's feelings towards her father and her thoughts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: [1956]
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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Meeting commemorating the fortieth anniversary of Jack London's death, held at the USSR State Library of Foreign Literature, Moscow
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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.
mssMI 1-1474
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Leo Huberman writing in the visitors' book at a meeting commemorating the fortieth anniversary of Jack London's death, held at the USSR State Library of Foreign Literature
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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.
mssMI 1-1474
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Leo Huberman speaking at the meeting commemorating the fortieth anniversary of Jack London's death, held at the USSR State Library of Foreign Literature
Manuscripts
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.
mssMI 1-1474
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Leo Huberman talking with people attending a meeting commemorating the fortieth anniversary of Jack London's death, held at the USSR State Library of Foreign Literature
Manuscripts
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.
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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.
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Jack London, taken by E. J. Baker, Honolulu
Manuscripts
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.
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