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Title
Gwyndolen Steinbeck interview
Creator
Brown, Douglas
Steinbeck, Gwyndolyn Conger, 1919-1975
Date Created and/or Issued
[1971-03-30,1971-04-06,1971-05-28]
Contributing Institution
Salinas Public Library
Collection
California Revealed from Salinas Public Library
Rights Information
Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Salinas Public Library. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that all owed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gif t or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Description
Gwyndolen Conger Steinbeck was the second wife of John Steinbeck and the mother of his two sons. Twice a Pulitzer Prize-winner (Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden) and the recipient of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature award, John Steinbeck was born in Salinas (California) in 1902. Conger Steinbeck agreed to speak about her ex-husband after his death in 1968. These interviews with Gwyndolen Conger Steinbeck by Douglas Brown informed a memoir titled My Life with Steinbeck (2018).Additional Descriptive Notes: Tapes 1-2 recorded 1971-03-30; tapes 3-5 recorded 1971-04-06; tapes 6-12 recorded 1971-05-28.
Type
sound
Format
Original
Mono
1/4 inch audio tape
Form/Genre
Oral histories
Extent
12 Tapes of 12
Identifier
csal_000018_t01; csal_000018_t02; csal_000018_t03; csal_000018_t04; csal_000018_t05; csal_000018_t06; csal_000018_t07; csal_000018_t08; csal_000018_t09; csal_000018_t10; csal_000018_t11; csal_000018_t12
Language
English
Subject
Writing
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
Place
Salinas (Calif.)
Provenance
Salinas Public Library
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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