John Steinbeck

A typescript of 25 love poems written to John Steinbeck's wife Gwendolyn Conger Steinbeck.

• John Steinbeck (American).
• Transcribed by Gwendolyn Conger Steinbeck.
• Bound with a cover Typed Letter Signed, 10/30/69, from Shirley McCurry's secretarial service, to Burgess Meredith, saying: "Dear Mr. Meredith, Gwyn [Steinbeck] asked that we forward the enclosed poems to you. She will send the material to fill in the blanks as soon as she is able to decipher it ... "

These are Gwyn's own transcriptions of the love poems written to her by Steinbeck, sent to their good friend Burgess Meredith. It is not clear whether the manuscripts have survived, although Jackson Benson (p. 57) states of the little poetry which Steinbeck wrote, "there is a series of love poems written to his second wife, Gwyn, which has also survived."