Jack London’s resignation letter sent to members of the Socialist Party
Date: March 7, 1916
File contains a copy of a resignation letter sent by Jack London to members of the Socialist Party. The letter was written from his ranch in Glen Ellen, California and reveals his dissatisfaction with the trends of socialism in the United States. It also announces the resignation of London’s wife, Charmian K. London. The letter is part of the Roscoe Fillmore fonds. Fillmore was a key organizer of the Socialist Party of Canada who joined the Communist Party in the early 1920s. He helped reorganize the party as the Labour-Progressive Party of Canada after the Communist Party of Canada was banned in 1940.