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Jack London: A Private Collection
1:00 PM PT - Sep 18th, 2008

 

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Archive of Jack London Research Materials

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Title: Archive of material relating to Jack London, including letters from his daughter Becky London Fleming, scholarly studies, newsclippings, video tapes, and other research materials
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Description: Includes: Approx. 120 A.L.s. from Becky London Fleming to Mark Zaman, with envelopes, written during the 1980's. * Large envelope of research material on Jack London's death, including photocopies, letters, etc., some investigating the possibility of suicide. * Masters thesis by Judith Allen on The Life and Writings of Nora May French. 1963. * 10 video tapes of movies and television treatment of Jack London stories. * Plus magazines, newspaper clippings, issues of the Jack London Foundation Newsletter, etc. The collection housed in two file boxes.Interesting collection most valuable for the original correspondence between Becky London Fleming and collector/scholar Mark Zamen, with whom she had a close relationsip. Becky London, 1902-1992, the second of two daughter's born to Jack London, outlived her sister Joan by more than twenty years, and these letters contain valuable information about London family matters over the decades, deserving of study.
Heading: (London, Jack)Place Published: Various places
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