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Gwyndolen Steinbeck interview

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User Advisory
Due to original recording and/or condition when digitized: distortion throughout, occasional static, part 5 and 6 have speed fluctuation, high background noise, part 18 has high feedback at end of recording, part 23 has silence from 00:00:37 - 00:02:43.
Title
Gwyndolen Steinbeck interview
Date Created
March 30th, 1971
April 6th, 1971
May 28th, 1971
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.
Creators and Contributors
Creator: Brown, Douglas
Interviewer: Brown, Douglas
Interviewee: Steinbeck, Gwyndolyn Conger, 1919-1975
Subject Topic
Writing
Subject Entity
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
Genre
Oral histories
Place(s)
Salinas (Calif.)
Language
English

Media type
Sound
Format
1/4 inch audio tape
Extent
12 Tapes
Generation
Original
Stock manufacturer
Ampex; Sony
Copyright Statement
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Country of Creation
United States
Source Institution
Salinas Public Library
Link to Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/csal_000018
Additional Technical Notes for item
Tape 1: Unknown Stock Manufacturer; Tape 2: Ampex; Tapes 3-12: Sony.