http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8cn764d No online items INVENTORY OF THE JOHN AHOUSE-UPTON SINCLAIR COLLECTION, 1895-2014, Finding aid prepared by Greg Williams California State University, Dominguez Hills Archives & Special Collections University Library, Room 5039 1000 E. Victoria Street Carson, California 90747 Phone: (310) 243-3895 URL: http://www.csudh.edu/archives/csudh/index.html ©2014 INVENTORY OF THE JOHN "Consult repository." 1 AHOUSE-UPTON SINCLAIR COLLECTION, 1895-2014, Descriptive Summary Title: John Ahouse-Upton Sinclair Collection Dates: 1895-2014 Collection Number: "Consult repository." Collector: Ahouse, John B. Extent: 12 linear feet, 400 books Repository: California State University, Dominguez Hills Archives and Special Collections Archives & Special Collection University Library, Room 5039 1000 E. Victoria Street Carson, California 90747 Phone: (310) 243-3013 URL: http://www.csudh.edu/archives/csudh/index.html Abstract: This collection consists of 400 books, 12 linear feet of archival items and resource material about Upton Sinclair collected by bibliographer John Ahouse, author of Upton Sinclair, A Descriptive Annotated Bibliography . Included are Upton Sinclair books, pamphlets, newspaper articles, publications, circular letters, manuscripts, and a few personal letters. Also included are a wide variety of subject files, scholarly or popular articles about Sinclair, videos, recordings, and manuscripts for Sinclair biographies. Included are Upton Sinclair’s A Monthly Magazine, EPIC Newspapers and the Upton Sinclair Quarterly Newsletters. Language: Collection material is primarily in English Access There are no access restrictions on this collection. Publication Rights All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. Preferred Citation [Title of item], Inventory of John Ahouse Upton Sinclair Collection, Courtesy of the Department of Archives and Special Collections. University Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills Acquisition Information This collection was donated by John Ahouse to the Archives and Special Collections at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) in 2013 and 2014. Processing Information Materials were processed and arranged by Greg Williams in 2013-2014. Biography Upton Beall Sinclair (September 20, 1878-November 25, 1968) is best known for his “muckraking” novel, The Jungle, but he wrote close to 100 books in his lifetime and scores of articles in a variety of genres. These included novels, non-fiction journalism, poetry, plays and others. His topics ranged from the meat-packing industry to journalism, from telepathy to the Spanish Civil War. A famous socialist, Sinclair appeared in the news often and was part of protests against Rockefeller Mines in Colorado in 1913, the protest on Liberty Hill in San Pedro in 1923 that led to his arrest and the founding of the ACLU in Southern California, and his 1934 run for governor of California. Born 1935 in New York City, John Ahouse attended Columbia University, with a major in German. The decade following was spent for the most part in Berlin, as a student, with the US military, and then as translator for a German pharmaceuticals firm. Masters degrees in linguistics (Univ. of Texas) and librarianship (Univ. of Southern California) brought him to California State University in Long Beach for a dozen years, where he served as archivist and developed his interest in Upton Sinclair. Subsequently, as co-head of Special Collections at Doheny Library (University of Southern California), he published his bibliography of Sinclair in 1993. Since retirement in 2005, Ahouse has been associated with the Wende Museum in Culver City, California. He has published not only on Sinclair but also on composer Hector Berlioz, novelist Hamlin Garland, and on the postwar division of Germany. Scope and Content INVENTORY OF THE JOHN "Consult repository." 2 AHOUSE-UPTON SINCLAIR COLLECTION, 1895-2014, This collection consists of 400 books, 12 linear feet of archival items and resource material about Upton Sinclair collected by bibliographer John Ahouse. Included are Upton Sinclair books, pamphlets, newspaper articles, publications, circular letters, manuscripts, and a few personal letters. Also included are a wide variety of subject files, scholarly or popular articles about Sinclair, videos, recordings, and manuscripts for Sinclair biographies. Included are Upton Sinclair’s A Monthly Magazine, EPIC Newspapers and the Upton Sinclair Quarterly Newsletters. The book collection contains close to 400 titles by, about or related to Upton Sinclair. The collection also contains a good number of entire magazine issues with Sinclair materials, but also tear sheets and photocopies of many articles. Manuscript/typescript of Sinclair’s Zillions of Dollars and Doctor Fist: A Drama in Three Acts are included. Arrangement Arranged in 4 series: 1. Series I. Publications 2. Series II. Subject Files 3. Series III. Circular Letters/Flyers 4. Series IV. Books/Pamphlets Subjects Literature--American Authors, American –Correspondence Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 -- Bibliography. Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 – Homes and haunts – California Authors, American – 20th century—Biography Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968. Jungle. Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 -- History and criticism. Governors -- California -- Election -- History -- 20th century. Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 -- Political activity. Mass media -- Political aspects -- California -- History -- 20th century. Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 -- Political and social views. Socialism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Socialism -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Investigative reporting -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography. Social reformers -- United States -- Biography. Political Science -- Political Process -- General. Political Science -- Political Process -- Elections. Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography. Personal Names Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 Sinclair, Mary Craig Ahouse, John B. Geographic Terms Pasadena, CA Long Beach, CA California -- Politics and government -- 1850-1950. California -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. The Jungle Oil! Brass Check The Wet Parade World’s End INVENTORY OF THE JOHN "Consult repository." 3 AHOUSE-UPTON SINCLAIR COLLECTION, 1895-2014, Related Material Sinclair (Upton) Oral History Interview, 1963. Recording of interview of Upton Sinclair with Judson Grenier. CSUDH Collection A 50. Series 1. Publications, 1897-2008 Physical Description: 4 linear feet [8 boxes] Scope and Content Note Manuscripts, periodicals, news clippings. Includes Army and Navy Weekly (1897), Winston Churchill’s review of the Jungle (photocopy), Sinclair Players broadside, articles from Physical Culture (1910-1914), “The Convict,” from the Labor Leader, Upton Sinclair’s A Monthly Magazine, various E. Haldeman-Julius publications, various literary and political assessments of Sinclair, Liberty Hill, the 1934 EPIC gubernatorial election, Sinclair on cover of Time, manuscript for Zillions of Dollars and Doctor Fist . Also includes various scholarly articles on Sinclair’s political and literary contributions, as well as his personal life. Box 1, Folder 1:1 True Blue Weekly (tear sheet), July 16, 1898 Box 1, Folder 1:2 Army and Navy Weekly (entire issue), July 31, 1897 Box 1, Folder 1:3 “In the Days of Decatur, “ by Upton Sinclair Jr., The Argosy (entire issue), January 1901 Box 1, Folder 1:4 “The Chicago Scandals, The Novel Which is Making History,” by Winston Churchill, M.P. P.T.O, June 23, 1906 Box 1, Folder 1:5 “The Sinclair Players—Results of the Opening Performance,” The Sinclair Bureau, Countryman Building, San Francisco.(broadside>, ca. February 1909 Box 1, Folder 1:6 “Bibliographies of Modern Authors. 6.—Upton Sinclair,” The New Age, (tear sheet), February 3, 1910 Box 1, Folder 1:7 “Fasting—the Foe of Sickness,” Upton Sinclair, Cosmopolitan, plus an advertisement re Sinclair and fasting (tear sheet), May 1910 Box 1, Folder 1:8 “The Ethics of Jesus.” Discussion with Upton Sinclair and others. The Outlook, (tear sheet), July 23, 1910 Box 1, Folder 1:9 “The Truth About Fasting,” Upton Sinclair, Physical Culture (tear sheet), August 1910 Box 1, Folder 1:10 “My Golden Rule of Health,” Upton Sinclair, Physical Culture, (tear sheet), December 1910 Box 1, Folder 1:11 “Bewilderment,” Upton Sinclair, Wilshire’s Magazine, (photocopy). January, 1911 Note Also, “Jim Faraday,” Drame en I acte par Upton Sinclair. Excerpt of play in French. From Les Temps Nouveaux, January 21, 1911 Box 1, Folder 1:12 “The Gospel of Efficiency. The Principles of Scientific Management,” A Criticism by Upton Sinclair and an Answer by Frederick W. Taylor, The American Magazine, (photocopy) June 1911 Box 1, Folder 1:13 “Divorce and Public Health,” Upton Sinclair, Physical Culture, December 1911. Box 1, Folder 1:14 The International League. A Program. An International Peach Tribunal of Labor, (leaflet) ca. April 1912 Box 1, Folder 1:15 “The Convict,” Upton Sinclair, The Labor Leader (U.K). November 7, 1912 Note This folder contains a typescript and photocopy of the first excerpt of “The Convict.” The story was serialized between November 7,