Upton Sinclair collection, ca. 1930s

Summary

Abstract:

Clippings, leaflets, broadsides, envelopes, political pamphlets, 1934 issues of Upton Sinclair's Epic News (Los Angeles campaign newspaper), and ephemera of the American novelist and activist.

Extent:

0.2 linear feet (1 half-sized document box)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Upton Sinclair collection. Mss 113. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

Clippings, leaflets, broadsides, envelopes, political pamphlets, 1934 issues of Upton Sinclair's Epic News (Los Angeles campaign newspaper), and ephemera of the American novelist and activist Upton B. Sinclair, Jr. (1878-1968). Materials related mainly to his bid for the governorship of California.

Acquisition information:

Undetermined.

Physical location:

Del Sur.

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Related resources

Related material:

In Special Collections:

• One printed card by American Typewriter Shorthand, using a Sinclair letter as an example for conversion to shorthand, ca. 1930. (SC 278).
• One anti-Sinclair flyer in the shape of a dollar-bill, with slogans such as "One SincLiar Dollar," "Good only in California or Russia," and "A Vote for Sincliar will put California on the bum and the bums on California," printed in response to the Sinclair for Governor campaign on the Democratic ticket, 1934. (SC 831).
• One note (TNS) from American author Upton Sinclair to Dr. Sweet, re receiving Sweet's prior note. Los Angeles, 4 February 1933. Laid in Upton Sinclair, The Jungle (New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1906). (SC 569).

Copies of books by Sinclair can be found by searching the UCSB Library catalog.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Elections -- California.

Names:

End Poverty League.
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968.

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

Upton Sinclair collection. Mss 113. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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