Correspondence

Series I is arranged into files alphabetically by the name of the correspondent writing to or receiving a letter from John Steinbeck. Within each file, letters are arranged chronologically, with enclosures or explanatory letters following the item to which it corresponds.

Adzubei, Alexi: August 6, 1964 (Copy TL)
Abrahmson, Ben: March 4, 1935 (Transcript); n.d. (Jul 1936?) (Transcript); October 16, 1935 (Transcript); n.d. (Transcript); 1935 (Transcript); February 1936 (Transcript); n.d. (April 1936) (Transcript)
Adair, Mr. [Fred]: May 8, 1959 (Copy ALS)
Ainsworth, Beth: June 26, 1961 (Copy ALS); June 30 1961 (Copy ALS)
Albee, Richard [See Bolin, Dr. Ralf]: November 6, 1962 (ALS); August 24, 1964 (ALS)
Ashe, Geoffrey: July 11, 1966 (Copy TLS); December 15, 1967 (Copy ALS); December 16, 1967 (Copy TLS); December 16, 1967 (Copy TLS)
Bailey, Elizabeth: June 6, 1935 (Copy ALS); June 6, 1935 (Copy ALS); July 2, 1941 (Copy ALS); December 17, 1942 (Copy ALS); December 1944 (Copy ALS); December 1944 (Copy ALS); March 19, 1949 (Copy ALS); October (?) 1962 (Copy TL)
Best, Marshall: n.d (Tuesday) (Copy ALS); August 6, 1964 (enclosed Copy TLS)
Bivins, John (Jr.): March 16, 1964 (Copy TLS)
Blakey, Mrs: August 7, 1957 (Copy TLS); January 10, 1961 (Copy TLS)
Blotner, John: February 19, 1965 (Copy TL); February 25, 1965 (ALS); July 27, 1965 (Copy TL); August 2, 1965 (TLS)
Bolin, Dr. Ralf [See Albee, Richard]: November 6, 1962 (ALS)
Caen, Herb: 1961 (Copy, handwritten list of 64 epigrams)
Caldwell, David: May 4, 1966 (Copy TL); May 9, 1966 (Copy ALS); May 25, 1966 (Copy TL); June 1, 1966 (Copy ALS); June 3, 1966 (Copy TL)
Caswell, Paul; Bloomfield, Harry; Kopp, Arthur; Welch, Richard: November 19, 1947 (TL); January 2, 1948 (TLS); January 14, 1948 (TL); February 22, 1948 (TLS); February 25, 1948 (TLS); March 16, 1948 (TLS); March 16, 1948 (TL); March 18, 1948 (TL); May 3, 1948 (TLS); May 20, 1948 (TLS); May 27, 1948 (TLS); March 26, 1951 (ALS); June 1948 (?) (ALS)
Ciardi, John: n.d. (Copy ALS)
Collins, Thomas: September 6, 1939 (ALS)
Conger, Gwyn [See Steinbeck, Gwyn]: May 20, 1942 (Copy ALS); May 31, 1942 (Copy ALS); Friday Night 1942 (Copy ALS)
Cooper, Ignatius: November 8, 1962 (TLS)
Cothran, Warren R.: November 6, 1966 (ALS, with explanatory information)
Covici, Pascal: n.d. (ALS); September 15, 1948 (TLS); October 6, 1948 (TLS); October 25, 1948 (TLS); October 27, 1948 (TLS); November 15, 1948 (TLS); November 17, 1948 (TLS); December 8, 1948 (TLS); December 21, 1948 (TLS); January 6, 1949 (TLS); January 12, 1949 (TLS); January 24, 1949 (TLS); February 21, 1949 (TLS); Marcy 4, 1949 (TLS); April 1, 1949 (TLS); April 22, 1949 (TLS); May 5, 1949 (TLS); May 24, 1949 (TLS); June 9, 1949 (TLS); 1951 (ALS); April 6, 1959 (TLS); May 20, 1959 (TLS); June 11, 1959 (TLS); July 16, 1959 (TLS)
Dare, Maire Anne: October 17, 1935 (ALS); February 1, 1937 (ALS); February 7, 1937 (ALS)
Dixon, Maynard: n.d., note written inside a book (Copy ALS)
Dreiser, Theodore: January 24, 1940 (Copy TLS); February 3, 1940 (Copy ALS)
Donohue, Dorothy: December 26, 1955 (TLS)
Downie, Harry: August 12, 1963 (Copy ALS)
Folsom: 1938 (Carbon TL)
Gage, William: December 1, 1936 (Copy ALS, with explanatory letters)
Garlick, Karen: April 30, 1964 (Copy TLS)
Gordon, Max: June 4, 1951 (Copy ALS); August 5, 1951 (Copy ALS); September 10, 1951 (Copy ALS)
Goss, Robert E. (Ensign): October 25, 1943 (ALS)
Gossage, Howard: January 14, 1963 (Copy ALS, includes information regarding possible sale/donation of the letter)
Hartnell College English Department: October 25, 1962 (Telegram); November 6, 1962 (ALS)
Hammarskjöld, Dag: June 8, 1953; July 8, 1953; July 27, 1953; August 7, 1953; n.d (1953); April 13, 1955; February 20, 1957; March 16, 1957; August 7, 1957; August 8; 1957; February 13, 1957; February 17, 1957; February 8, 1958; February 13, 1958; February 18, 1958; November 5, 1959; November 9, 1959; December 12, 1959; December 15, 1959; October 5, 1960; October 10, 1960; February 20, 1961; February 28, 1961; May 20, 1961; June 1, 1961; August 17, 1961; August 19, 1961; September 5, 1961; September 7, 1961 (Transcriptions of letters, published in The Journal of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation)
Hebel, Mrs. Arthur L. (Ynez?): November 12, 1962 (TLS)
Henning, Wilbur H.: July 25, 1938 (Copy TLS)
Howell, John: December 13, 1960 (Copy TL); December 17, 1960 (TLS)
Hudspeth, Leo: January 5, 1953 (Copy TL); January 17, 1953 (Copy TLS); February 2, 1953 (Copy TL); February 16, 1953 (Copy TLS)
Iverson, H.P “Holger”: December 13, 1962 (ALS); December 28, 1962 (ALS)
Kampf, Avram: November 6, 1966 (ALS, with later letters discussing Kampf’s correspondence with Steinbeck
L’allemand, Gordon: January 1938 (Copy ALS)
Lavin, Ralph: August 28, 1939 (Notice of sale, with quotations from letter)
Libby, Mrs. Willard F.: November 12, 1962 (TLS)
Lindhardt, Otto & Lindhardt, Otto & Helga: September 26, 1962 (ALS); November 6, 1962 (ALS); November 27, 1965 (ALS)
Lovejoy, Ritch & Tal: May 27, 1948 (Transcript)
Lyons, Leonard & Silvia: February 17, 1956 (ALS), January 5, 1951 (ALS)
MacKean, H.R.: April 14, 1949 (ALS)
Martin, Helen: December 16, 1952 (Copy TLS)
McKiddy, Cecil: May 3, 1937 (Copy ALS)
Miller, Hugh: 1934 (ALS)
Moore, Harry T.: March 26, 1939 (Copy of an auction listing, letter quoted)
Moore, Harry T.: June 6, 1935 (Copy ALS)
Morris, Michael: December 8, 1964 (Copy TLS); n.d. (Copy ALS)
Mors, George (Col.): February 25, 1964 (ALS)
Mr.—–, April 21, 1938 (Copy TL, Transcript?)
Murphy, Dennis: September 21, 1956 (Copy ALS); June 23, 1959 (Copy ALS); July 15, 1959 (Copy AL); September 1, 1956 (Copy ALS); November 4, 1957 (Copy ALS); December 16, 1957 (Copy ALS); February 1957 (Copy ALS); July 10, 1957 (Copy TLS); May 26, 1956 (Copy TLS); related letter: Joseph Henry Jackson Award February 20, 1957 (Copy TL). [See Dennis Murphy interview]
Murphy, John: May 1, 1956 (Copy TL); May 23, 1956 (Copy TL); July 6, 1956 (Copy TL); February 21, 1957 (ALS); March 1, 1957 (Telegram); May 10, 1961 (Copy TL); June 12, 1961 (ALS)
Neyman, Mr.: November 19, 1956 (Copy TLS)
No Last Name, Marge [See Studdart, Marjorie]: February 26 (ALS on two bar napkins); n.d. (ALS on bar napkin)
Northumberland, Lord Duke: December 20, 1965 (Copy ALS); January 26 1966 (Copy ALS), January 28, 1966 (Copy ALS); January 28, 1966 (Copy ALS)
Osborne, Frances: August 23, 1956 (Copy ALS); associated letters regarding sale/purchase of original.
Otis, Elizabeth: n.d. (ALS)
Pelaine, Madelon: April 1939 (Copy of auction listing)
Richards: 1920 (?) (ALS)
Ricketts, Edward: November 7, 1941 (Copy TLS); n.d. (Copy TL, references a letter from March 14); April 9, 1946 (Copy TLS); April 14, 1946 (Copy TL); September 22, 1947 (Copy TLS)
Ridley, Miss: September 25, 1953 (Copy ALS)
Robinson, George: January 2, 1952 (ALS); March 16, 1955 (ALS); April 13, 1955 (ALS); December 10, 1962 (TLS); August 8, 1966 (TLS)
Rodgers, Esther: October 18, 1943 (Telegram); November 6 (ALS)
Salinas Californian; Radcliffe, Donnie; Patton, John: December 11, 1957 (TLS); December 20, 1957 (Copy TLS); July 25, 1963 (TLS); August, 28, 1963 (ALS)
Sag Harbor: Romaine: n.d. (ALS), September 14 (ALS); Ernie and [Feuer], Cy: September 14, 1953 (ALS), [Otis], Elizabeth: September 14, 1953 (ALS), September 16, 1953 (ALS), September 25, 1953 (ALS); Ed and Val: September 16 (ALS); [Covici], Pat: September 16 (ALS); Paul: September 16, 1953 (ALS); Mel: September 25, 1953 (ALS); Howard: September 25 (ALS); Gorgio: n.d. (ALS); Cohen, Mr.: n.d. (ALS, draft?). This series of letters is stored with the Sweet Thursday Collection. Note: No last names are indicated in this collection; last names listed here are inferred
Smith, Lowell & Dorothy: October 4, 1935 (ALS); December 19, 1934 (ALS)
Smithback, John: April 10, 1960 (TL); April 12, 1960 (TLS); September 21 1960 (Copy TL); included in file a copy of a grant application, discussed in the letters.
Steinbeck, Gwyn [See Conger, Gwyn]: February 20, 1949 (Copy AL)
Steinbeck, Thom: n.d. (Copy ALS); July 3, 1956 (Copy ALS); n.d. (Copy AL); August 2, 1956 (Copy TLS); May 24, 1960 (Copy AL, incomplete)
Street, Webster: n.d. (Copy ALS); January 31, 1951 (Copy TLS)
Streitfeld, Mrs. Shirley: October 8, 1968 (Copy ALS)
Studdert, Marjorie L. [See No last name, Marge]: May 1930 (TLS)
Taminelli, Florence: January 7, 1923 (ALS); January 12, 1923 (ALS)
Tavernetti, Isabel: August 24, 1959 (Copy ALS); June 1959 (Copy TL); June 26, 1959 (Copy TL)
Tavernetti, Roland: June 29, 1964 (TLS)
Tranchine, Mrs. Norvele: March 7, 1963 (Copy TLS); March 14, 1963 (Copy TLS)
Wallstein, Robert: June 23 (ALS)
Ward, John: November 16, 1962 (Copy TLS); November 21, 1963 (Copy TLS)
Weaver, Chester: n.d. (Copy TLS, includes explanatory letter from March 9, 1978)
Weston, Edward: n.d. (Copy ALS); n.d. (TLS)
Wickes, Mr.: January 16, 1957 (Copy ALS)
Wilhelmson, Carl: 1924/25 (Copy TL)
Wilhelmson, Carl: 1933 (Copy TL)
Williams, Annie Laurie (?): June 1, 1960 (Copy TL, unsigned, unaddressed)
Wood, Avery: February 20, 1962 (ALS)