San Jose State University Has The Grapes of Wrath Covered for 75th Anniversary

Since 1938, The Grapes of Wrath has been translated into more than 25 languages. In February, San Jose State University kicked off the novel’s 75th anniversary with an exhibit of 15 colorful covers selected from foreign editions of The Grapes of Wrath housed at San Jose State University’s Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies. Each cover is featured on a different poster designed specifically for the exhibit; each poster includes a quotation from The Grapes of Wrath or from Working Days, Steinbeck scholar Robert DeMott’s edition of journal entries made by Steinbeck during the writing and controversial aftermath of the novel and movie starring Jane Darwell and Henry Fonda (shown here). Unfortunately for collectors, the posters are one-of-a-kind items destined for the Center’s extensive archive of Grapes of Wrath manuscripts and memorabilia. Fortunately, the 75th anniversary Grapes of Wrath exhibit is free and open to the public on the fifth floor of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Library, a joint venture of San Jose State University and the City of San Jose, California.