Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of John Steinbeck, author, were given to the Library of Congress by Viking Press in 1943 and transferred to the Manuscript Division from the Rare Book and Special Collections Division in 1964. Additional material was purchased from 2001 to 2022.
Processing History
The papers of John Steinbeck were housed and listed circa 1965. The papers were revised and expanded in 2007 by Karen Linn Femia and in 2022 by Pang H. Xiong.
Other Repositories
Other papers of John Steinbeck and the Steinbeck family can be found in the Wells Fargo Steinbeck Collection at the Department of Special Collections in the Cecil H. Green Library at Stanford University.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, John Steinbeck Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.