Upton Sinclair Collection 1937-1938

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred citation:

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

Summary

Creator:
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

[Says he will contact his agent to help him with his manuscripts; complains that his last novel has been rejected by Farrar & Rinehart, because his other books sold poorly; says that he is currently writing a novel about the C. I. O., which he believes to be "the most important and hopeful development in our affairs in a longtime"; designates the A. F. L.as an anachronism.]

[Agrees to read the galley proofs of Harte's book; wonders how he can be interested in Sinclair's work and write for the American Mercury, a magazine Sinclair considers the organ of incipient fascism; gives his ideas on "industrial democracy"; says he is convinced that workers ought to be members of a democratically controlled organization.]

[Sends him an unpublished article that might be helpful in his biography; says he working on Little Steal; promises that the plot will be gayer than his other labor novels; mentions reviews of The Flivver Kingin The Nationand no article in Liberty. ]

[Hopes Harte's praise for Our Ladyis deserved; mentions that Common Sensehas never paid him for an article; calls Harte's praise of Our Ladytoo extreme; discusses religious themes in Our Lady; requests that the last sentence be modified.]

[Congratulates him on his success; says he will not write an introduction to a biography of himself; suggests Theodore Dreiseror John Haynes Holmes; gives a suggestion of his own on how to make the introduction.]

Acquisition information:
Purchase [ 27 Sep 1965 ] 18 Nov 1965
Processing information:

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

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Physical description:
5 items