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Creator
London, Jack, 1876-1916
Call number
Berg Coll MSS London
Physical description
168 items
Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

Repository
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
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This is a synthetic collection consisting of correspondence, and financial and legal documents.

Biographical/historical information

Jack London was an American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and journalist.

Scope and arrangement

This is a synthetic collection consisting of correspondence, and financial and legal documents. The correspondence includes letters from the author, dating from 1900 to 1913, to William Griffith, Robert Underwood Johnson, J. Ray Peck, the literary agent James B. Pinker, and the literary agency of A. P. Watt and Son, as well as letters relating to the author, dating from 1904 to 1948, between various correspondents, including Jacob Blanck, Ralph Chaplin, Ninetta Eames Payne, Clement King Shorter, and the literary agency James B. Pinker and Son.

The Jack London collection of papers are arranged in two series:

Administrative information

Custodial history

Previous owners include W. T. H. Howe and the American Play Company.

Source of acquisition

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Processing information

Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.

Using the collection

Location

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 320

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.