Bohemian Grove Photographs, 1890-1950

Bohemian Grove, 1908-1918

Containers:
Box 2, Folder 1-11
Dates:
1908-1918
Extent:
1 manuscript box ; 193 gelatin silver photographic prints
Scope and content:

Bohemian Club members identified include: Bresera, Semare, Stillman-Kelly, Godowsky, Sabin, Farwell, Schneider, McCoy, Redding, Chadwick, Burgdorff, Shield, Cadenasso, Fonda, Cahill, Peters, Dickman, Lyon, Simmons, Ian Sweeney, Waldrop, Martinez, W.T. Barton, Finnell, Harrison Fisher, E.H. Hamilton, Haig Patigian, and Frank L. Unger.

Plays that were performed were: “St. Patrick of Tara” (1909), “The Caveman” (1910) “The Green Knight” (1911), “The Atonement of Pan” (1912), “Fall of Ug” (1913), “Nec-Natoma” (1914), “Eddie Duffy in Terpsichorean Interpretation”, “Apollo” (1915), “Gold” (1916), “Land of Happiness” (1917), and “The Twilight of the Kings” (1918).

Other events include annual summer gatherings of members at the Grove Play, play performances with an orchestra, and annual “Midsummer Jinks”. The jinks involve the following Club members: Frank L. Unger, Charles Lee Leonard, Ellis Parrish, Roy Folger, Clarence Ward, Phil Behart, Arthur Wains, E.H. Hamilton, Mackenzie Gordon, W. Young, Haig Patigian, Val Heaton, Frank Mathieu, Louis Sloss, Dr. H. J. Wiel, A.R. Gri,, Bush Finnell, A.P. Redding, Henry Heyman, W.H. Crocker, McClellan, Harry Brady, Les A. Flory, John Landers, Hugh M. Burks, R.H. Fletcher, Sig Steinhart, Sam D. Mayer, Alfred R. Grim, Joe Sloss, E.R. Dimond, C.R. Ward, J.D. Phelan, Willard T. Barton, Dr. J.W. Shiels, T.Bromley, Vanderlyn Stow, “Uncle George” George T. Bromley, James Clarence Harvey, Charles Field, Joseph D. Redding, Richard M. Hotaling, Archie White, Roy M. Rike, Harrison Fisher, Seth Mann, Roth Hyde, Bob Moor, Harry Russell, F.S. Stratton, Justice F.W. Henshaw, John T. Gaffey, A.G. Bradley, Harry Russell, George Lyon, Harrison Fisher, Gordon Ward, C. Dr. Young, Kolb, Parrish, Dickman, Mike Connell, Gov. Gillett, Will Henshaw, John T. Gaffey, Bradley Dunn, Willis Polk, Foster, W.B. Hopkins, Billy Sims, W.T. Barten, Leo Strong, John Scott Wilson, Charles Foster, Alex Hamilton, John Daniel, Dr. A. Weeks, Phil B. Bekeart, Courtney Ford, Frank C. Unger, E. Courtney Ford, Harry Francis, J.A. Folger, Henry Hadley, Joe D. Grant, and David Torrence.

Organized groups include the Jinks Baseball Team, “The Hamiltonians,” with members Elmer H. Depue, W.B. Hopkins, E.H. Hamilton, Allan Dunn, Ed Hardin, Riley Hardin, Ed Duffy, Courtney Ford, and W.T. Barton. The Bohemian Club Drum Corps and Bohemian Club Band are also included. Composers are listed as Clarence Eddy, Edwin Schneider, George Hamlin, Wallace Sabin, Ignace Paderewski, Joseph D. Redding, J. Arthur Weiss, and Humphrey Stewart.

Access and use

Parent restrictions:
The collection is open for research and available for use during San Francisco History Center hours. Photographs are available during Photo Desk hours. This collection must be requested at least 4 business days in advance of visit.
Parent terms of access:
All requests for permission to publish from photographs must be submitted in writing to the Photo Curator. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
Location of this collection:
San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102, US
Contact:
(415) 557-4567