McDevitt, Wm. (William)—Archives

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Socialist, bookseller, author. Principal areas of interest included: McDevitt's simplified spelling and shorthand systems; the antiquarian book trade; socialism and the Socialist Party in San Francisco; contemporary literary figures including Jack London, Upton Sinclair, Father Tabb, and George Sterling. For additional biographical information see: Roos, Robert de, "An interview with William McDevitt, LL.M." (The Book Club of California Quarterly Newsletter, Vol. XIX, No. 4, Fall 1954.)

From the guide to the Wm. (William) McDevitt Papers, 1892-1959, (The Bancroft Library)

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associatedWith Jackson, Joseph Henry, 1894-1955 person
associatedWith London, Charmian person
associatedWith Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 person
associatedWith Meredith, William John person
associatedWith Mooney, Thomas J., 1882-1942 person
associatedWith Panama-Pacific International Exposition, (1915: San Francisco, Calif.) corporateBody
associatedWith Sexton, Veronica J. person
associatedWith Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 person
associatedWith Tabb, John B. (John Banister), 1845-1909 person
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