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Samoa and Fiji

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Description: Bound in textured brown material. The title, "Samoa and Fiji" is embossed in gold lettering in the center of cover. Opening pages contain a handful of images of Jack and Charmian London on the Snark. Images on following pages are souvenir portraits of Fijians and Samoans in staged settings, and landscape views of the sea and islands.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1890-1908
Call number: JLP 546
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.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.; NOT AVAILABLE: Albums 1-92 and Large albums 1-30: Do not circulate. Use digital reproductions in the Huntington Digital Library.; RESTRICTED: Boxes 283, 284, 287, 433, 591, 592, 594, 624 and Volumes 1-30: Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.; RESTRICTED: Boxes 595, 596, 623: housed in cold storage; extended retrieval and delivery time required.
Associated people: London, Charmian.; Shepard, Eliza London.
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