Manuscripts

Ranch and Barn Scrapbook

Description: A few receipts, drawings, and addresses of persons connected with the building of the Jack London Ranch.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1866-1977.
Call number: mssJL
Creator: London, Jack (1876-1916)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The nucleus of the collection was purchased by Henry Huntington from Charmian London in 1925. Additional groups of material were acquired by both gift and purchase from Mrs. London and later from literary executors Irving Shepard and I. Milo Shepard over many years. Further material has been acquired from other sources; the provenance of these items is noted on the individual folders.

Ranch Notes

Manuscripts

An extremely rich source of material about the construction of the Jack London Ranch, including many notes written by Jack London or Eliza Shepard about the farm, clippings London culled about farming and ranching, a few notes about the Wolf House, and material about London's ill-fated investment in eucalyptus trees.

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Ranch, 1912-1916

Manuscripts

Many of the 110 photographs are of scenes of the Valley of the Moon. There are some pictures of London's Truckee trip, a few pictures of Sonoma Creek, the ranch buildings, and Wolf House. A number of stunning photographs of the building of the twin silos. Very few photographs with people, although those included are Charmian and Jack London, Edgar Larkin, Nakata, and Maude McNerviary, the ranch cook.

JLP 434

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Scrapbooks

Manuscripts

The Jack London scrapbooks were assembled first by Jack and then by Charmian London. Included are most of London's clippings, reviews of his books, and newspaper accounts of his activities. The scrapbooks form the single most important printed source of London's life and literary work, and give an excellent overview of how London was seen in his own time. The scrapbooks have been microfilmed, and copies of articles in the scrapbooks may be made only from this microfilm. The microfilm is in Box 517.

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Ephemera: Ranch and Barn Scrapbook. JLE 2561-2586

Manuscripts

The collection includes literary manuscripts of most of London's works, extensive correspondence files, documents, photographs, ephemera, and scrapbooks.

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Ranch, 1910-1913

Manuscripts

104 photographs. Early scenes of the Jack London Ranch, most featuring livestock. A number of pictures of Charmian or Jack London on horseback. Neuadd Hillside is prominent in a number of the photographs as well. Other horses include Belle, Don Sonoma, and Fleet.

JLP 433

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Irving Stone File

Manuscripts

This file consists of over 100 letters to and from Irving Stone and Charmian London. Also included are a few contracts, a short manuscript, and a few letters from other persons, including Eliza Shepard. The file documents the relationship between Stone and London, and its eventual deterioration as publication of Sailor on Horseback became imminent. The Irving Stone File (Box 434) was restricted until Irving Stone's death at the bequest of the Jack London estate and opened for research on March 30, 1993.

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