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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Stewart Edward White photograph collection
Creator:
White, Stewart Edward,
1873-1946
Identifier/Call Number: photCL 426
Physical Description:
5.8 Linear Feet
(5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1906-1937
Abstract: Photographs by author Stewart Edward
White primarily documenting his travel experiences in Africa and the United
States.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. Stewart Edward White photograph collection, The Huntington
Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Harwood A. White, 1947.
Stewart Edward White (1873-1946) was an American author and spiritualist. He was born in
Grand Rapids, Michigan and attended the University of Michigan and Columbia Law School. In
1903 he moved to Santa Barbara, California, where his parents lived. A year later, he
married Elizabeth "Betty" Grant of Newport, Rhode Island; they had no children. His first
novel was The Westerners (1901), inspired by his experience in the Black Hills, South
Dakota. In 1902, he wrote a best-selling book, The Blazed Trail. White wrote numerous
essays, short stories, Westerns, adventure and romance novels, as well as works on
metaphysics. He was an avid traveler and outdoorsman, often basing his writings on his own
experiences. He died in Hillsborough, California in 1946.
A collection of approximately 1,800 photographs, almost all taken by Stewart Edward White
during his outdoor recreational travels in Africa, the United States, and Canada. The prints
are primarily 3 x 5 inches or smaller, with a few larger, mounted photographs. Many have
handwritten captions in White's hand on the back, along with chapter or article numbers. The
Africa photographs depict White and others on safari, posing with killed animals, as well as
African men and women and natural scenery. Some of these images were used in the following
books by White: The Land of Footprints (1912), African Camp Fires (1913), The Rediscovered
Country (1915), and Lions in the Path (1926). Other photographs depict White in the army at
Camp Kearny, San Diego; the Bohemian Grove, California and participants; fishing and boating
in the Sierras, and a photograph of Native Americans in Yosemite. The second series consists
of film stills from two movies based on White's novels: Call of the North (1921) and The
Leopard Woman (1920).
Processed by Suzanne Oatey in February 2023.
Organized in two series:
- Series 1. Travel and personal photographs, approximately 1906-1937
- Series 2. Movie stills, 1920-1921
The library also holds manuscript drafts by White (mssHM 34697, 34698, 34907, 34908,
34992), letters, and 80 books.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Africa -- Photographs
Alaska -- Photographs
Boats and boating
Fishing
Hunting
Outdoor recreation
Indians of North America -- California -- Photographs
Military camps -- Photographs
Ranchers -- Arizona
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)--Photographs
World War, 1914-1918 -- California
Film stills
Photographic postcards
Photographs
White, Stewart Edward, 1873-1946
Bohemian Club (San Francisco, Calif.)