Guide to the Jack London Papers, 1897 - 1916
Guide to the Jack London Papers, 1897 - 1916
Collection number: M0077
Department of Special Collections and University ArchivesStanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.edu
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- Processed by:
- Susan McLaughlin
- Date Completed:
- 1987, July
- Encoded by:
- C. Del Anderson
Container List
Series I: Correspondence, 1897 - 1940, and n.d.
London, Jack to Edward Applegarth
1897, June 22,2 pp.
1898, Sept. 13,15pp.
1898, Nov. 14,2pp.
1898, Dec. 6,2pp.
1898, Dec. 31,4pp.
1899, Mar. 15,1pg.
1901, Mar. 19,1pg.
London, Jack to J.H. "Bert" Applegarth
1906, Nov.28,4pp., with envelope
London, Jack to Mabel Applegarth
1897, Aug. 8,2pp.
1898, Nov. 16,1pg.
1905, Mar. 2,1pg.
1905, Sept. 12,6pp.
London, Jack to Mabel Applegarth, with note n.d.
London, Jack to daughter, Bess London
1906 - 190816 postcards
London, Jack, to daughter, Bess London
1908, Oct. 28,2pp.
London, Jack, to daughter, Joan London
1906 - 19099 postcards
Pressbook, "Letters of Jack London to James B. Pinker," volume 1, J. London to J. Pinker, 85 letters. Also includes letters to Mr. Pinker referring to Jack London. 1902, Oct 28 - 1906, Nov. 19
Shurmer Sibthorp to Pinker, 1904, Jan. 26
R.S. Garnett to Pinker, 1906, Mar. 13
A. Hutchinson to Pinker, 1906, Dec. 18
J. Pinker to J. London, 1904, Sept. 27
Stuart Reid to J. London, 1906, May 4
Pressbook, "Letters of Jack London to James B. Pinker," volume 2, J. London to J. Pinker, 54 letters. Also includes letters to Mr. Pinker referring to Jack London and/or his estate. 1907, Jan. 25 - 1913, Dec. 5
George D. Brett, President of Macmillian Co., to Pinker, 1907, Oct. 16
Ninetta Eames, attorney in fact for Jack London, to Pinker,
1907, Nov. 30
1908, Jan. 2
1908, Feb. 27
1908, Apr. 3
1908, Apr. 21
R. Sommerville, Manager of Cassell's General Press, to Pinker, 1908, Oct. 28
Hodder & Stroughton to Pinker, 1909, Oct. 19
T. Werner Laurie LTD. to Pinker. Includes a copy of an authorization by Jack London for Mr. Hughes Hessie. 1913, Aug. 30
A. Byrne, Secretary of and in behalf of Jack London, to Pinker, 1916, July 24
Eliza Shepard, Executor of Jack London's estate, to Pinker, 1921, May 25
Eliza London Shepard to Pinker, 1927, Dec. 20
James B. Pinker & Sons to Mrs. Jack London, (written on the lower part of this letter is a letter from Mrs. Eloiza London Shepard to Pinker, n.d.) 1929, June 26
Jack London's letter to Pinker includes a copy of his article defending himself against a charge of plagiarism by a Mr. Frank Harris, 1909, July 1
London, Jack to "Comrades [Socialist Party]," typed copy signed, 1 pg. 1916, Mar. 7
London, Jack to unknown, third and final page of a letter with London's signature, 3 inner pages of a letter.
London, Jack, 2 facsimilie letters 1900, Jan. 31
London, Charmian, outgoing correspondence
To Dr. W.S. Porter, envelope, postmarked 1914, Mar. 2
To Dr. W.S. Porter, postcard 1919, Dec. 20
To Jeanette M. Hitchcock, postcard, 1940, Oct. 30
To Jeanette M. Hitchcock, postcard, 1940, Nov. 4
To Dr. Porter, note, in an envelope labeled "Jack London's "The Son and the Wolf", frontispiece by Maynard Dixon. n.d.
To an unknown, second and final page of a note (was enclosed in "The Book of Jack London" by Charmian London)
Unknown to Charmian London, typed letter, 6 pp. 1947, Apr. 29
Series II: Literary Manuscripts, 1900 - 1901, n.d.
London, Jack; Nine Poems 1901
"The Lover's Liturgy," 3 pp.
"At Daybreak," 1pg.
"The Worker's Tribute to the Tramp (Villanelle)," 1pg.
"Gold," 2 pp.
"The Socialist's Dream," 2pp.
"Je Ris en Espair," 1pg.
"Hors de Saison," 2pp.
"Ballad of the False Lover," 1 pp.
"The Return of Ulysses--A Modern Version," 7 pp.
London, Jack; manuscript, "The Jacket," (later called "The Star Roamer,")
pp. 1-49
London, Jack; manuscript, "The Jacket," (later called "The Star Roamer,")
pp. 50-96
London, Jack; manuscript, "The Jacket," (later called "The Star Roamer,")
pp. 97-146
London, Jack; manuscript, "The Jacket," (later called "The Star Roamer,")
pp. 147-193
London, Jack; manuscript, "The Jacket," (later called "The Star Roamer,")
pp. 194-249
London, Jack; manuscript, "The Little Lady of the Big House," titlepage - p.45
London, Jack; manuscript, "The Little Lady of the Big House," pp. 46-91
London, Jack; manuscript, "The Little Lady of the Big House," pp. 92-138
London, Jack; manuscript, "The Little Lady of the Big House," pp. 139-184
London, Jack; manuscript, "The Little Lady of the Big House," pp. 185-229
London, Jack; manuscript, "The Little Lady of the Big House," pp. 230-266
London, Jack, 5 carbon typescripts of poems,
"Cupid's Deal," 2pp.
"A Heart," 4pp.
"My Little Palmist," 3pp.
"Triolets," 2pp.
"Triolets," 1pg. partial copy
Applegarth, Edward M., 5 poems
"This is the Day of Days--The Day of Death--," (copy as sent to Mr. Clures), 1pg.
"The White Silence of the North," 1pg.
"Living," 1 pg.
"Parting," 1 pg.
"Lilith," 1 pg.
Series III: Ephemera, 1908 - 1916
London's family ephemera
Joan London's list of class grades, 1908 June 5
Jack London, cancelled check to Consolidated Soda Water Works, Co. for $1.20, 1916, Jan. 8
Unused picture postcard "Peche Au Harpon, Tahiti"
Series IV: Photographs, 1898, 1907, and n.d.
Photographs of Jack London
Jack London (2)
Jack London, Aunt Louise Applegarth, John Dewey, "Pop Bert" Applegarth, "Chinese Cook",and Mabel Applegarth in Yosemite Park, 1898 (with negative)
Jack London, Bess Madden, Mabel Applegarth, and dogs: Yosemite and Pug, (negative of print also included)
Jack London and second wife Charmian Kittredge London, taken in 1907 in Honolulu during the sojourn of the "Snark," on her maiden voyage.
London
Series V: Painting, ca. 1899
Maynard Dixon's charcoal with ink wash painting for the frontispiece of London's "The Son of Wolf"