Manuscripts

Oahu, 1915

Description: 40 photographs, most of Jack London and Charmian London in Pahoa. A few of Elizabeth Wiley at Beach Walk, and some island scenes.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1866-1977.
Call number: JLP 437
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.

Hawaii Including Molokai, Maui, and Oahu, 1907

Manuscripts

More than 125 photographs. Scenes include the Fourth of July parade on Molokai, coastal scenes on Molokai, a rodeo on Maui, Pearl Harbor, and the Haleakala crater. Jack and Charmian London are featured in many of the photographs.

JLP 428

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People and Places

Manuscripts

67 photographs, including some of George Sterling, Charmian London, Anna Strunsky Walling, Ninetta Wiley Eames Payne Springer, and Edward Biron Payne. Also a number of views of the Jack London Ranch, some Mexican scenes, and a few photographs of the Bohemian Russian River Grove.

JLP 420

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Photographic Prints

Manuscripts

The photographs are all original (either contemporary prints made prior to 1917 or later prints made from the original negative). Each print is individually numbered with a "JLP" prefix and filed in its own envelope. Included in this section are a number of photographs of Elizabeth Wiley Baxter; Marshall and Louis Bond; Romaine Fielding; Hawaiian scenes (such as Diamond Head); Jack London Ranch scenes (including the cottage where the Londons lived, the dam and lake, eucalyptus fields, Jack London's gravesite, and the vineyards); George Wharton James; Martin Johnson; Dayelle and Willard Kittredge; Charmian London (over 31 photographs from 1879-1940); Elizabeth May Maddern London; Flora Wellman London; Jack London (over 54 photographs from 1896-1916); John London; Joan London Miller; New York, New York; Edward Biron Payne; Virginia Prentiss; Ninetta Wiley Eames Payne Springer; Louis Edwin Stevens; Vallejo, California; Venice, Italy; Vera Cruz, Mexico; Wake Robin Lodge (in Glen Ellen, California); Anna Strunsky Walling; and Jack London's Wolf House, as well as an array of South Sea Island photographs, some featuring Jack London's yacht Snark.

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Monterey - Jamaica, 1905-1906

Manuscripts

69 photographs. The Jamaica scenes were taken by Jack London while on his honeymoon in 1905. Included are photographs of Kingston Harbor and country scenes. The Monterey photographs include a number of coastal scenes and the Carmel Mission. Only Jack and Charmian London are featured in the photographs, although a few unidentified people appear in some of the Jamaican scenes.

JLP 426

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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

Maui - Oahu - Hawaii

Manuscripts

Bound in black faux animal skin. A fleur de lis graphic element is embossed on the center of the cover, and below that the title, "Maui - Oahu - Hawaii." The number "52" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Album contains photos of Jack and Charmian London's travels through Hawaii in 1907, including volcanoes, plantations, and Hawaiian people they met along the way.

JLP 490

Oahu, 1915

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