1 50 1 https://exhibits.usu.edu/files/original/0263ed4d7b7975daa682f626d9bb9565.jpg 46bd920b062b270ac622e6f37f72cbd5 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, &ldquo;mammy&rdquo; Jennie, and friend/collaborator Anna Strunsky. Other items in the digital collection include photographs and book covers. For more details about London&rsquo;s life as well as a full inventory of USU&rsquo;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 Glen Ellen (Calif.); Sonoma County (Calif.); California; United States; Chicago (Ill.); Cook County (Ill.); Illinois; Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Stamp, Roy Leon; Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1914-04-09 Description An account of the resource Letter from Roy Leon Stamp to Jack London, dated April 9, 1914. GENERAL STEEL PRODUCTS CO. MANUFACTURERS OF MONAD STEEL SASH 431 S DEARBORN ST. CHICAGO. April 9, 1914. LIr. Jack London, Glen Ellen, Calif. Dear Sir: Your letter by Mrs. London, received this morning and was indeed surprised that you did not receive the former manuscript, sent you some time ago. However, I am sending you today, by parcel post, another copy of the play and trust you will examine it at your earliest convenience. You will note that I have placed a romance in the plot that does not exist in the book. I did this, owing to the fact that last year, while in Hew York, I had Elizabeth Karbury, the play broker examine the play and she informed me -very frankly- that unless there ?/as a romance injected that would continue through the entire play, it would be impossible to get a producer. She also stated th&t the plot does not contain a strong plausible reason for Smoke going to Alaska. I later corrected it and submitted it to the Frohman Company and the manuscript was held for about six weeks and then returned with the comment that they were not in the market for any dramatizations. After coming to Chioago, I submitted it to Kr. Davis, manager of the Illinois Theatre. He is favorably impressed, but of course, is powerless to produce it. I feel if it looks good to you, in the shape it stands, we will have no trouble to get a producer. However, I want you to be perfectly frank with me. Thanking you for your past co-operation, and assuring you of my intention of trying until I got an acceptable dramatization, I am Yours very \^^7j 9 V3% — 409 E. 40th St. Chicago - If ft si o r*& Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg; 1037782 Bytes Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Mss10Bx9Fd3023_Letter 19.jpg <a href="http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/jacklondon/id/259">http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/jacklondon/id/259</a> Language A language of the resource eng; Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available 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 Information about rights held in and over the resource 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 A related resource from which the described resource is derived 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 The topic of the resource London, Jack, 1876-1916--Correspondence; Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence; Title A name given to the resource Letter from Roy Leon Stamp to Jack London, dated April 9, 1914 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text;