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Series 1: Photographs 1907-1955 1910-1935

Scope and Contents note

Photographs are mostly 3x5 or smaller, but range in size and format, including oversize prints, panoramic images, 5x7 prints, and mounted prints.

Arrangement note

The photographs did not appear to be in any specific order when processing began. About two-thirds of them were kept by Bunn in individual envelopes, often labeled by subject or date. These grouped photos appeared to be primarily photos that Bunn had taken himself; apparently each envelope corresponded to a roll of film. In processing this collection, the grouped photographs were kept together in order to reflect their context and respect Bunn's original order of the collection.

About one third of the photographs were loose and not organized by subject or photographer. There were many photos by Bunn in this set, along with photos by many other club members, which suggests that these were chosen by participating club members for sharing with one another. Annotations on the back of some photos support this assumption. For example, some include a list of initials, crossed out, which corresponds with the club's practice of circulating photos among members for feedback. Since these loose photos apparently represent the club's activity (including Bunn's own selections), they were arranged separately from the rest of Bunn's photos.

The loose photographs have been arranged by photographer in alphabetical order, when the photographer could be identified. Photographs by unidentified photographers in Box 3 have been bundled together when related by subject or photographer's handwriting.

Subseries 1.1: Albums Undated, 1917-1921

Scope and Contents note

The club-related albums are three among what was presumably a much larger output, as evinced by their numbering. (Only numbers 6, 20, and 36 are in the collection.) The albums were produced by members of the club and circulated for comments by other contributors. The contributors' notes, in the form of a sewn sheaf of papers, are included in the folder. (See Scope and Content, Series 2.) The Japanese Souvenir Album consists of postcards from an unidentified source.

box 6, folder 2

Pacific Photo Club, Sequoia Album No. 6 1917

box 6, folder 3

Pacific Photo Club, Sequoia Album No. 20 1919

box 6, folder 4

Pacific Photo Club, Sequoia Album No. 36 1921

box 6, folder 5

Japanese Souvenir Album Undated

box 6, folder 6

Alabama Undated

box 6, folder 7

Bunn, George R. Undated

Subseries 1.2: Loose photographs 1908-1955 1910-1920

Scope and Contents note

Note: Color images can be found in Box 2, Folder 6 (P. Benson Oakley) and in Box 5, Folder 5 (oversize prints).

box 1, folder 1

Andrews, J. C. Undated

box 1, folder 2

Baldi, M. Undated

box 1, folder 3

Bastla, C. S. Undated

box 1, folder 43

Bezzi, Pietro [Miller, Oscar W.] Undated, 1912-1913

box 1, folder 4

Biggin, H. M. Undated

box 1, folder 5

Bryer, J. D. Undated

box 4, folder 1

Bunn, George R. (1 of 9) Undated

Arrangement note

Although the majority of these loose photos (Box 6, Folders 1 through 9) are not identified with Bunn's name, the subjects, handwriting, and wording of the descriptions on the back indicate that they are most likely his.

box 4, folder 2

Bunn, George R. (2 of 9) Undated

box 4, folder 3

Bunn, George R. (3 of 9) Undated, 1936

box 4, folder 4

Bunn, George R. (4 of 9) Undated

box 4, folder 5

Bunn, George R. (5 of 9) Undated

box 4, folder 6

Bunn, George R. (6 of 9) Undated

box 5, folder 4

Bunn, George R. (7 of 9) Undated

box 5, folder 7

Bunn, George R. (8 of 9) Undated

box 9

Bunn, George R. (9 of 9) 1900-1955

box 1, folder 7

Carpenter, Harry E. Undated, 1919

box 1, folder 8

Chance, Burr E. Undated

box 1, folder 9

Clamer, G. G. Undated

box 1, folder 11

Clark, William H., Jr. Undated, 1916

box 1, folder 10

Cook, [E.] G. Undated

box 1, folder 12

Doll, J. J. Undated

box 1, folder 13

Doolittle, E. A. Undated, 1913

box 1, folder 14

Eltinge, Arthur Van W. (1 of 2) Undated, 1916

box 5, folder 6

Eltinge, Arthur Van W. (2 of 2) Undated

box 1, folder 15

Farnsworth, Carl Undated, 1912

box 1, folder 16

Fenton Undated, 1914

box 1, folder 17

Ferris, H. C. Undated

box 1, folder 18

Flint, J. C. Undated

box 2, folder 22

G. W. Undated

box 1, folder 19

Gilfillan, Archie Undated, 1918

box 1, folder 20

Grofe, Harvey G. Undated

box 1, folder 21

Hawkins, W. H. Undated, 1912

box 1, folder 22

Heald, C. A. Undated, 1915-1917

box 1, folder 23

Heald, J. L. Undated

box 1, folder 24

Held, George C. Undated, 1913

box 1, folder 25

Holmes, E. Undated

box 1, folder 26

Hoover, C.G. and Thos. B. Undated

box 1, folder 27

Humphrey, R. 1913

box 2, folder 30

Identified photographers with single photos Undated, 1912-1916, 1919

Scope and Content

Includes photographs by Lloyd C. Robinson, L. E. Whitford, Geo. W. Teasdale, W. M. Lyon, A. J. Polaski, Otto H. Granz, James Guy, and Marjorie Hunt, et. al.

box 1, folder 28

Irving, Grace Undated

box 1, folder 29

J. E. B. Undated

box 5, folder 3

James Undated

box 1, folder 30

Jeffers, J. W. Undated

box 1, folder 31

Jessup, Ray [R. H. J.] Undated, 1932

box 1, folder 32

Johnston, H. F. E. Undated, 1912-1913

box 1, folder 33

Kiefer, J. B. Undated

box 1, folder 34

Krinkel, H. N. Undated

box 1, folder 35

Krückemeier, Aug Undated

box 1, folder 6

Leipziger Presse-Büro Undated

box 1, folder 36

Locke, E. L. Undated, 1912-1913

box 1, folder 37

Lowe Undated

box 1, folder 38

M. A. C. Undated

box 1, folder 39

Marsh Undated

box 1, folder 40

Mary Undated, 1909

box 1, folder 41

McClure Undated

box 1, folder 42

Millea, L. E. Undated

box 2, folder 1

Miller, Oscar W. (1 of 2) Undated, 1910-1913

box 2, folder 2

Miller, Oscar W. (2 of 2) Undated, 1906, 1909-1913

box 5, folder 6

Mizuya, Chizu 1913

box 5, folder 8

Mounted Unknown Undated

box 2, folder 4

Munsey Undated

box 2, folder 5

Nicholson, George M. Undated

box 2, folder 6

Oakley, P. Benson (1 of 2) Undated

Scope and Contents note

Box 2 Folder 6 contains color images by Oakley.

box 5, folder 6

Oakley, P. Benson (2 of 2) Undated

box 2, folder 7

Olson, Herbert Undated

box 2, folder 8

Owsley Undated

box 2, folder 9

Pitman, Arthur B. Undated

box 2, folder 10

Preston, A. W. (Mrs.) Undated

box 2, folder 11

Rice, Frank A. Undated, 1910, 1913

box 2, folder 3

Richardson, A. J. 1913, 1915

box 2, folder 12

Sadler, H. [A.] Undated

box 2, folder 13

Seil, [N.] Undated

box 2, folder 14

Shinkle, [G. W.] Undated

box 2, folder 15

Smith, Ralph R. Undated, 1912, 1916

box 2, folder 16

Soderstrum, Arthur Undated, 1898

box 2, folder 17

Speare, Bert Undated

box 2, folder 18

Stradford, M. T. Undated, 1914

box 2, folder 19

Swanson, J. E. Undated

box 2, folder 20

Turner, W. S. Undated

box 2, folder 31

Unidentified photographers (1 of 5) Undated

box 3

Unidentified photographers (2 of 5) Undated, 1907, 1910-1918, 1945

box 5, folder 1

Unidentified photographers (3 of 5) Undated

box 5, folder 2

Unidentified photographers (4 of 5) Undated

box 5, folder 5

Unidentified photographers (5 of 5) Undated

box 2, folder 21

Urkew, J. [R.] Undated

box 2, folder 23

Wahlgreen Undated, 1918-1919

box 2, folder 25

Warrington, A. Undated

box 2, folder 24

Weber, P. Undated, 1912

box 2, folder 26

Wolf, W. H. Undated, 1912, 1915

box 2, folder 27

Wotkyns, Elizabeth Undated

box 2, folder 28

Wright, Harold A. and Karl S. Undated

box 2, folder 29

Zesiger 1917

Subseries 1.3: Grouped photographs 1907-1937

Arrangement note

Grouped photographs represent photos that were housed together, primarily in envelopes, some of which were mailed to Bunn. The vast majority were not mailed, and are presumably Bunn's personal photographs as indicated by dates, subjects, and camera roll numbers. Some other photographers' images were also grouped alongside Bunn's. Those envelopes are labeled with the photographers' names, and have been sorted as dated and undated.

General note

Note: Some color-tinted photos are found in this subseries.

box 7

Undated (1 of 4) Undated

box 8

Undated (2 of 4) Undated

box 9

Undated (3 of 4) Undated

box 10

Undated (4 of 4) Undated

box 9

Dated (1 of 2) 1913-1934

box 11

Dated (2 of 2) 1911-1938

Series 2: Correspondence 1913-1921

Scope and Contents note

Personal and club-related correspondence sent to Bunn. Club correspondence includes the written documentation that accompanied the three annotated group albums the club members produced that are in the collection. Each album was circulated with a notebook in which members commented on each others' work. In addition, letters from the club secretary and other members regarding their joint activities form part of these notebooks.

Also included are letters from club members to Bunn containing photographs, as part of the club's custom of exchanging images. There are two letters from the editor of Camera Craft magazine responding to questions regarding techniques and chemicals for photo development processes.

Personal correspondence consists of holiday greetings, wedding invitations, and a high school graduation invitation.

Subseries 2.1: Personal Correspondence circa 1918-1921

box 12, folder 1

Bunn, George R. 1917-1921

Subseries 2.2: Club-related correspondence circa 1913-1921

box 12, folder 2

Bunn, George R.: Club-related Undated, 1914-1923

box 12, folder 3

Bunn, George R.: Club-related with photos (1 of 2) Undated, 1915-1927

box 12, folder 4

Bunn, George R.: Club-related with photos (2 of 2) Undated, 1919, 1924, 1935

Series 3: Publications 1900-1925

Scope and Contents note

These are early publications from Southern California camera clubs.

box 6, folder 1

Souvenir 1900

Creator: Los Angeles Camera Club

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten note on the cover reads, "1st pub L.A. Camera Club"

box 6, folder 1

Fotonotes 1925

Creator: Southern California Camera Club.

box 6, folder 1

Los Angeles Camera Club News 1901-1903

Creator: Los Angeles Camera Club

Collection Contents

Series 1: Photographs

Subseries 1.1: Albums

Subseries 1.2: Loose photographs

Subseries 1.3: Grouped photographs

Series 2: Correspondence

Subseries 2.1: Personal Correspondence

Subseries 2.2: Club-related correspondence

Series 3: Publications