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A Guide to the Upton Sinclair Collection Sinclair, Upton. 6777-b

A Guide to the Upton Sinclair Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 6777-b


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Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Processed by: Margret Groschel

Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
6777-b
Title
Upton Sinclair Collection 1910-1919
Extent
6 items
Creator
Location
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Upton Sinclair Collection, Accession 6777-b, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Purchase [ 15 Mar 1965 ] 12 May 1965

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Georg Fr. Nicolai
  • H. Van Brugh
  • Jack London
  • John Dewitt Warmer
  • Romain Rolland
  • Ryan Walker
  • Upton Sinclair
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Colorado
  • Russia
  • Switzerland
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Item Listing

Manuscript
  • " Declaration of d'Independence de l'Esprit " by Romain Rolland
    1919 Mar
    AMsS, 2 p.

    [To Upton Sinclair , in French with typed translation.]

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Letters
  • John Dewitt Warmer to Upton Sinclair
    1910 Dec 2
    TLS, 1 p.

    [Gives his opinion on the "Warren case," the "Taylor episode," the Colorado kidnapping of labor leaders, etc.]

  • Upton Sinclair to Jack London
    ca. 1910
    ANS, 1 p.

    [Includes AN by Jack London , on same page, 1910 Dec 12; asks London to sign [a letter]; London agrees.]

  • Romain Rolland to Upton Sinclair
    1919 Mar 20
    ALS, 4 p.

    [Acknowledges receipt of Sinclair's book and diary; compliments him; recounts meeting with Professor Georg Fr. Nicolai , a war hero; admires Nicolai because of his great personal courage; says he wrote several articles on the works of Nicolai, including Biologie de la Guerre and his memoirs; asks him to assist the American translator, Madame H. Van Brugh , in publishing the articles; discusses her talent; says he has shown Nicolai " Declarations de l' Independence d'Esprit " and approved it; asks him to sign a copy.] (In French with typed translation)

  • [Soviet Ambassador to Switzerland ] to Upton Sinclair
    1919 May 15
    APCS

    [Requests copies of Profits of Religion and Debs' Speech in his Defense ; says he will send the money for the books through an American socialist woman.]

  • Ryan Walker to Upton Sinclair
    n.y. Dec 26
    zAL, 1 p.

    [Says he has drawn a diagram of Sinclair at work; mentions concern about J. H.; worries that the reading public will lose interest in his novel after the war; urges him to take "Jimmie" to Russia and to bring him back a Bolshevik; includes ink cartoon on side.]

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