OPEN TODAY: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.

Tickets

Manuscripts

In this our world

1 of 105
Description
Album is bound in textured, dark brown leather. The title, "In This Our World," is embossed on the cover in gold lettering. The number "17" is affixed to the top of the spine with glue. This album contains only a handful of photographs. The majority of images are clippings from magazines, mementos, and a few original pen-and-ink drawings of political cartoons signed, "Johnson." Pages 98-100 are blank.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
approximately 1910
Call number
JLP 455
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.
Find out more
View in the Huntington Digital Library(Opens in new tab)
View in the Library catalog(Opens in new tab)

You might also be interested in

  • Over the world

    Over the world

    Manuscripts

    Bound in textured black material. The title "Over the World" is embossed in center of cover in gold lettering. The number "81" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Images are primarily picture postcards and souvenir photographs collected by Charmian London. Also included are a handful of photos of Ernest and Gerhard Untermann taken in Colorado and Utah. Relationship to the Londons unknown.

    JLP 519

  • Pictures

    Pictures

    Manuscripts

    Bound in black textured material. The title "Pictures" is embossed in the center of cover in gold lettering. The number "77" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Images are clippings and reproductions of artworks and illustrations, some postcards, and other mementos.

    JLP 515

  • France and Belgium

    France and Belgium

    Manuscripts

    Album is bound in black textured material. The title "France and Belgium" is handwritten in white ink in the left center of cover. The number "87" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Images are nearly all black-and-white photographic postcards of churches and other historic sites in France and Belgium, collected while Charmian London was in Europe in 1923. There are a handful of photographs of female friends of London's whom she met on the trip.

    JLP 525

  • Persons and places

    Persons and places

    Manuscripts

    Bound in textured black material. A fleur de lis graphic element is embossed in center of cover, and the title "Persons and Places" is embossed in gold lettering below it. The number "38" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Photos are of Jack and Charmian London, friends and family, the Growall home in Menlo Park, clippings, and mementos.

    JLP 476

  • The beauty of the world

    The beauty of the world

    Manuscripts

    Bound in textured black material. The title "The Beauty of the World" is embossed in gold lettering in the center of cover. The number "14" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Contents are primarily clippings and print memorabilia collected by Charmian London after Jack London's death.

    JLP 545

  • Very earliest photographs

    Very earliest photographs

    Manuscripts

    Album is bound in textured dark brown leather. Title, "Very Earliest Photographs," is embossed in the center in gold lettering.

    JLP 452