Manuscripts

Roamer Trips, 1910-1914

Description: 115 photographs. Most of the photographs were taken in Oakland or along the Sacramento River delta and feature Jack London, Charmian London, Ernest Matthews, Nakata, French Frank, Edward Payne, and Ninetta Springer.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1866-1977.
Call number: JLP 432
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.

Roamer October 1910

Manuscripts

Bound in textured black leather. The title, "Roamer October 1910" is embossed in gold lettering in the lower right corner. The number "69" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Images of are Jack and Charmian London with their Japanese servants, Nakata and Yamamoto, as crew on the yacht, Roamer on a trip down the Sacramento River and back.

JLP 507

Roamer 1911 - 1912 - 1913

Manuscripts

Bound in textured black material. The title, "Roamer 1911 - 1912 - 1913" is embossed in the center of cover in gold lettering. Images are of Jack and Charmian London, Nakata, their Japanese servant, and other crew on the Roamer as they sail the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers.

JLP 508

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Yosemite, 1890

Manuscripts

27 photographs of a trip Charmian made to Yosemite in 1890. Featured are scenic snapshots and a few photographs of Charmian London, Ninetta Springer, and Roscoe Eames.

JLP 416

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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

Roamer and Truckee 1914-15

Manuscripts

Bound in textured black material. The title, "Roamer and Truckee 1914-15" is embossed in center of cover in gold lettering. The number "86" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Photos are of Jack and Charmian London on a trip aboard the yacht Roamer through the south San Francisco Bay to Napa. Also includes images of a side trip to Truckee, California where they ski and ride on dog sleds.

JLP 524

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Articles and Fiction

Manuscripts

These boxes contain newspaper and magazine articles written by or about Jack London. Boxes 519-521 consist entirely of articles and stories written by Jack London. Many of the articles in the first box were written by Charmian London. Other authors include Frederick Irons Bamford, Frederick O'Brien, May Sinclair, Ninetta Springer, and George Sterling.

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Roamer Trips, 1910-1914

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