The Papers of Jack and Charmian London

Manuscript Collection 10

Scope and Content

The papers of Jack and Charmian Kittredge London comprise MSS Collection 10 in Utah State University's Division of Special Collections and Archives. The papers—generous gifts from the London Estate—were accessioned into four major groups in 1964, 1966, 1967, and 1971. Largely comprising the correspondence of the London’s and their associates, this collection also contains 6 boxes of manuscript materials including: short stories, articles, diaries, financial records, etc. belonging to Jack London.

Processing Note

For convenience, the papers have been divided into eight sections -- most being either correspondence received of sent by London, Mrs. London, or one of the other principals in their careers. Within each section, whether correspondence or other manuscript form, the items are arranged alphabetically by name and chronologically within each name. The collection thus, unfortunately, lacks date-access* except through name; but it is hoped that complete listing and many "see references" will make this register more useful to researchers in Modern American letters.

The register is marked to indicate the original collection from which copies were made for Utah State University.
     * Huntington Library (San Marino, California).
     # London Ranch (Glen Ellen, California).
     + University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Va.).
     ^ Yale University (New Haven, Conn.).
     XX Wagner College (Staten Island, N.Y.).

In addition, the bulk of the two-way Macmillan Company correspondence was obtained directly from the company. Since then the originals have been deposited with the manuscript collections of the New York Public Library. There are, in addition, some photocopies, the provenence of which cannot be determined at this time. They were deposited with Utah State University by King Hendricks, co-editor of Letters from Jack London (New York, The Odyssey Press, 1965). Their origins, no doubt, may be found in the acknowledgements on pages viii and ix of that book.

A more detailed electronic version of this register is available for download in either Excel or HTML

A more detailed print version of this register is available for purchase from Special Collections

*When using the collection in its Excel format, it should be possible uses to perform a ‘find all’ function for a particular date within the range of the main sections: Letters From Jack London, To Jack London, From Charmain London, and To Charmain London. To perform such a search, hit CTRL+F, type in the name or date in question, and hit ‘Find All’ which should then create a listing of all available dates given.

Letters From Jack London

Box 1: Aaltio, E. – Gyldendalske Boghandel

(20 Folders; 349 Pieces, 106 Items)

Box 2: “H” – “Mc”

(15 Folders; 194 Pieces, 150 Items)

Box 3: Macmillan Company – Payne, Ninetta Wiley Eames

(16 Folders; 297 Pieces,175 Items)

Box 4: Pease Frank – “Z”

(17 Folders; 322 Pieces, 136 Items)

Letters To Jack London

Box 5: “A” – Dole, E.P.

(17 Folders; 460 Pieces, 113 Items)

Box 6: Doubleday, Page And Company – Mc Lean, G.B.

(17 Folders; 275 Pieces, 160 Items)

Box 7: The Macmillan Company, 1901 – The Macmillan Company, Ltd.

(15 Folders; 300 Pieces, 131 Items)

Box 8: Mc Namara, R.E. – Scharff, Justus, Jr.

(17 Folders; 287 Pieces, 175 Items)

Box 9: Schumacher, Karl – Unidentified Letters

(15 Folders; 229, 163 Items)

Letters From Charmain London

Box 10: Abbott, James – Unidentified Letters

(18 Folders; 513 Pieces, 203 Items)

Letters To Charmain London

Box 11: Abbott, James – Eldridge, Paul

(15 Folders; 323 Pieces, 189 Items)

Box 12: Eliot, Frederick M. – Hervey, Charles B.

(15 Folders; 234 Pieces, 191 Items)

Box 13: Hervey, John Lewis – Locken, H.J.

(15 Folders; 191 Pieces, 163 Items)

Box 14: London, Beth – Milne, James

(14 Folders; 289 Pieces, 180 Items)

Box 15: Mischall, Alfred – Postif, Louis

(17 Folders; 247 Pieces, 194)

Box 16: Pottawattamie County Historical Society – Von Bergen, Paul

(16 Folders; 252 Piecs, 175 Items)

Box 17: Von Bergen, Ruth – Unidentified Letters

(10 Folders; 179 Pieces, 97 Items)

Miscellaneous Letters

Box 18: Letters From Jack Byrne – Miscellaneous Letters

(12 Folders; 378 Pieces, 76 Items)

Manuscript Materials Of Jack London

Box 19: Record Books And Journals

(7 Folders)

Box 20: Record Books And Journals Continued

(Continued, 9 Folders)

Box 21: Holograph And Typescript Materials Of Jack London

(17 Folders)

Box 22: Holograph And Typescript Materials Of Jack London Continued

(Continued, 44 Folders)

Box 23: Play Scripts And Screenplays, Adapted From Writings Of Jack London

(9 Folders)

Box 24: Notes Of Jack London

(19 Folders)

Published Materials Of Jack London

Box 25: Separately Published Fiction Of Jack London

(51 Folders)

Box 26: Separately Published Fiction Of Jack London

(42 Folders)

Box 27: Separately Published Non-Fiction Of Jack London

(50 Folders)

Box 28: Separately Published Non-Fiction Of Jack London

(21 Folders)

Box 29: Separately Published Articles And Short Stories

(12 Folders)

Box 30: Separately Published Articles And Short Stories

(26 Folders)

Miscellaneous Collection Materials

Box 31: Miscellaneous Jack London Materials

(Continued, 17 Folders)

Box 32: Miscellaneous Materials About Jack London

(11 Folders)

Box 33: Miscellaneous Charmian London Material

(Continued, 10 Folders)

Box 34: Miscellaneous Collection Material

(Continued, 12 Folders)

Box 35: Misc. Notes for Stories, Story with Captain Doran (Moran), etc.

(Continued, 9 Folders)

Box 36: Jack London Letters to Charmain [misc]

(C)

Box 37: Letter to Anna Stransky

(1 Folder)

Box 38: Jack London Wills

(2 Folders)

Box 39: Sinclair Lewis Plots (reviewed by Jack London)

(10 Folders)

Box 40: Miscellaneous Collection Materials on Microfilm

(11 Sections, 8 Reeks)

Box 41: Materials from King Hendricks Relating to Jack London

(24 Folders)

Box 42: Materials from King Hendricks Relating to Jack London

(13 Folders)

For more information: 435/797-2663; Manuscript Librarian.
Special Collections & Archives, Merrill Library, Utah State University Libraries, Utah State University 84322-3000
Last modified on: Thursday, 8 March, 2006 by Andrew Willden