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Title
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Jack London at Utah State University
Description
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Jack London, legendary author of adventure classics such as Call of the Wild and White Fang, came from blue-collar beginnings and was largely self-taught. He based many of his exciting literary yarns on his hard-scrabble life experiences which included poaching oysters, laboring at a cannery, jute mill, and coal power plant, and panning for gold in the Alaskan Klondike. Broken by personal despair, two unsuccessful attempts to have children with second wife Charmian, the destruction of his California dream home, and slow kidney failure from years of alcohol abuse, London died on November 22, 1916, at age forty. This selective small digital collection highlights his will, letters, and book inscriptions that offer insights into his complex relationships with the important women in his life: first wife Bessie, second wife Charmian, daughters Joan and Bess, mother Flora, “mammy” Jennie, and friend/collaborator Anna Strunsky. Other items in the digital collection include photographs and book covers. For more details about London’s life as well as a full inventory of USU’s larger print collection of Jack and Charmian London materials, see <a href="http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv27206">http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv27206</a>. Merrill-Cazier Library's Special Collections and Archives houses one of the largest Jack London manuscript collections in the world, second only to the prestigious Huntington Library in San Marino, California. This acquisition was a result of the close personal and professional relationship between Irving Shepard, Jack London's nephew and executor of his literary estate, and King Hendricks, a prominent London scholar and English professor at USU. Thanks to a series of purchases and donations from the London estate made between 1964 and 1971, USU is now proud to provide online access to selected material from the collection.
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Coverage
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San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.); California; United States;
Creator
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Sprague, Gordon Harry;
Date
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1916-10-12
Description
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Letter from Carrie Sterling to Jack London, dated October 12, 1916.
1
San :ose 10/12/16
3ood Friend. After reading "John Barleycorn" I thin*
it the cost toaperance argument I ever read.Hot any
sane,decent citien can vote to keep the saloon ai-
>r reading It,is unquestionable .Ton nights in a
;&rroon Is more sontirent&l, but as for o real,hard
indlcnent,rational punch against the saloon,your
ssre^d knocks tbea all out.Inuf sod.
Yours for sanity
Gorden Harry Sprague
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503983 Bytes
Identifier
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Mss10Bx9Fd3010_Letter 9.jpg
<a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/jacklondon/id/256">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/jacklondon/id/256</a>
Language
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eng;
Publisher
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Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Relation
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Jack and Charmian London Correspondence and Papers, 1894-1953
For more information about this collection, please see the finding aid at : <a href="http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv27206">http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv27206</a>
Jack London Digital Collection
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Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Libraries Manuscript Curator, phone (435) 797-0891.
Source
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The original of this item is located at Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, COLL MSS 10 Box 9 Folder 3.
Subject
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London, Jack, 1876-1916--Correspondence; Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence;
Title
A name given to the resource
Letter from Gordon Harry Sprague to Jack London, dated October 12, 1916
Type
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Text;
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Jack London at Utah State University
Description
An account of the resource
Jack London, legendary author of adventure classics such as Call of the Wild and White Fang, came from blue-collar beginnings and was largely self-taught. He based many of his exciting literary yarns on his hard-scrabble life experiences which included poaching oysters, laboring at a cannery, jute mill, and coal power plant, and panning for gold in the Alaskan Klondike. Broken by personal despair, two unsuccessful attempts to have children with second wife Charmian, the destruction of his California dream home, and slow kidney failure from years of alcohol abuse, London died on November 22, 1916, at age forty. This selective small digital collection highlights his will, letters, and book inscriptions that offer insights into his complex relationships with the important women in his life: first wife Bessie, second wife Charmian, daughters Joan and Bess, mother Flora, “mammy” Jennie, and friend/collaborator Anna Strunsky. Other items in the digital collection include photographs and book covers. For more details about London’s life as well as a full inventory of USU’s larger print collection of Jack and Charmian London materials, see <a href="http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv27206">http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv27206</a>. Merrill-Cazier Library's Special Collections and Archives houses one of the largest Jack London manuscript collections in the world, second only to the prestigious Huntington Library in San Marino, California. This acquisition was a result of the close personal and professional relationship between Irving Shepard, Jack London's nephew and executor of his literary estate, and King Hendricks, a prominent London scholar and English professor at USU. Thanks to a series of purchases and donations from the London estate made between 1964 and 1971, USU is now proud to provide online access to selected material from the collection.
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Coverage
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Portland (Oregon); Multnomah County (Oregon); Oregon; United States;
Creator
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Sprague, Gordon Harry;
Date
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1911-07-28
Description
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Letter from Gordon Harry Sprague to Jack London, dated July 28, 1911.
Hotel Hood Portland,
Ay Good Friend In the finest city on the
London,Social 1st, north '.vest coast,
tfoveltest,writer juiy 28/1911.
jewing notoriety
follows.
3ooa morning.
jote you from the Portland Labor ores-.
No nan can fall lower than a soldier,
It is a depth beneath which re cannot eo".
I ta;e it for .--ranted I have quoted you
aright,and if so, permit me to gently criticise your remarks.
Takeing your remark in a broad and general sense in wnioh
it will be generaly looked upon by readers who possess moderate intelligence,
it to me,appears as the you had lowered your r anhood, love of country, respect
for the goverment which protects your home, property, family and all ycu posses^,
simply, to give expression to a paragraph which will bring only notoriety.
oone minds ima- tne that notoriety is fame, that notoriety but
builds one a monucent in the hearts of our citizens,that a notorious e; rres-
sion,made in prejudice,hatred and bigotry...against thoes who freely give all
for their countrys good and future welfare.. ..will,rebound to their fane
ar.d social and national credit. .j?8. .,
Now permit^to sweetly say unto you as a
friend,older, than you, that no sane citizen of trie .United States or' America,
directly insults the Intel lib ence of the citizens who are loyal to our gover-
nent,without suffering sooialy,moraly,in business and in p;enemi estimation
of v;hat has bean his orevious stand in life.
Some oeor,lo -i ht alle & that you thot nore of a white slaver.. ..drunken pimns....thugs who lay in wait for to throttle women,...thiefs
who break into one's house. ...blackmailers who besmirch °A|t^ good name....
a airty bar tender doseinc-. out noisen to his fellow ,Tian,or^any <?ood virteous
mother of children....any sweet woman in society.... any clean minded can...
all that was for the uplifting of all that is orood,cure and lovable in life,
is oelow what your level of thot was ween you wrote that vile onra'-r-irh insisting every clean minded man md woman. I regret it,you are a larpre loser,
a black Barn will stand against you, tiie will not cover it with weeds,nor
flowers#nor sunshin? to era-;e it's hurt to you,to all,for the citizens remember one not tn »-ity,but with soorn and contempt.
indly receive my felicitations to and for a higher.no1 lev
Ideals of Hf:.> t>hivia me to be a sincere,! indly friend.
:' raoiousl / yc ■ rr.
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Identifier
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<a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/jacklondon/id/248">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/jacklondon/id/248</a>
Language
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eng;
Publisher
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Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Relation
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Jack and Charmian London Correspondence and Papers, 1894-1953
For more information about this collection, please see the finding aid at : <a href="http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv27206">http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv27206</a>
Jack London Digital Collection
Rights
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Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Libraries Manuscript Curator, phone (435) 797-0891.
Source
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The original of this item is located at Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, COLL MSS 10 Box 9 Folder 3.
Subject
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London, Jack, 1876-1916--Correspondence; Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence;
Title
A name given to the resource
Letter from Gordon Harry Sprague to Jack London, dated July 28, 1911
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text;
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Jack London at Utah State University
Description
An account of the resource
Jack London, legendary author of adventure classics such as Call of the Wild and White Fang, came from blue-collar beginnings and was largely self-taught. He based many of his exciting literary yarns on his hard-scrabble life experiences which included poaching oysters, laboring at a cannery, jute mill, and coal power plant, and panning for gold in the Alaskan Klondike. Broken by personal despair, two unsuccessful attempts to have children with second wife Charmian, the destruction of his California dream home, and slow kidney failure from years of alcohol abuse, London died on November 22, 1916, at age forty. This selective small digital collection highlights his will, letters, and book inscriptions that offer insights into his complex relationships with the important women in his life: first wife Bessie, second wife Charmian, daughters Joan and Bess, mother Flora, “mammy” Jennie, and friend/collaborator Anna Strunsky. Other items in the digital collection include photographs and book covers. For more details about London’s life as well as a full inventory of USU’s larger print collection of Jack and Charmian London materials, see <a href="http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv27206">http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv27206</a>. Merrill-Cazier Library's Special Collections and Archives houses one of the largest Jack London manuscript collections in the world, second only to the prestigious Huntington Library in San Marino, California. This acquisition was a result of the close personal and professional relationship between Irving Shepard, Jack London's nephew and executor of his literary estate, and King Hendricks, a prominent London scholar and English professor at USU. Thanks to a series of purchases and donations from the London estate made between 1964 and 1971, USU is now proud to provide online access to selected material from the collection.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.); California; United States;
Creator
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Sprague, Gordon Harry;
Date
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1916-07-21
Description
An account of the resource
Letter from Gordon Harry Sprague to Jack London, dated July 21, 1916.
San Jose July 21/15
67 N One Street.
My good friend
Jock London
Somewhere In
California,
ireeting and good aorniag to you.
■riz£Ac£&^~~0a Ju^' 28*h 1911»'rom Portland Oregon,I wrote you
a letter therein I said
"I quote fron the Portland Laoor ?r6S3,as follows.
"So san can fall lower than a
soldier,It Is a depth beneath
which we cannot go".
The quotation, coast wide and long,has been attributed to you,it has boon puollshod a good *any times
in the Press,I believed it to b* trug untill a few
days ago I saw an item wheroln you stated
"I never wrote it".
If your denial holds good it behoves se to beg your
pardon for ray scathiag epistle bearing date of July
28th 1911, which was hot shot ,full of thistles.
I an; human 11 ko the average citizen, I am anxious to
wipe off un; wrong I nay have uawltingly eosnited,
hence,good friend I era e pardon for henioui offence,
"■ordialy your well wisher and friend.
&\A-<f/"T °S ^^
-E^oRDori l-/4R&t/~ 5/
Format
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image/jpeg;
615992 Bytes
Identifier
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Mss10Bx9Fd3009_Letter 8.jpg
<a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/jacklondon/id/246">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/jacklondon/id/246</a>
Language
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eng;
Publisher
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Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Relation
A related resource
Jack and Charmian London Correspondence and Papers, 1894-1953
For more information about this collection, please see the finding aid at : <a href="http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv27206">http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv27206</a>
Jack London Digital Collection
Rights
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Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Libraries Manuscript Curator, phone (435) 797-0891.
Source
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The original of this item is located at Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, COLL MSS 10 Box 9 Folder 3.
Subject
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London, Jack, 1876-1916--Correspondence; Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence;
Title
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Letter from Gordon Harry Sprague to Jack London, dated July 21, 1916
Type
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Text;