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The Jack London story and the Beauty Ranch : oral history transcript / 2001.
BANC MSS 2002/72 c; Phonotape 3318 C:1-10; Phonotape 3422 C:1-2; BANC MSS 2002/72 c
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Title:
The Jack London story and the Beauty Ranch : oral history transcript / 2001Creator/Contributor:
Shepard, I. Milo (Irving Milo), 1925-, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Crawford, Caroline (Caroline Cooley), interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Hodson, Sara S., interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Reesman, Jeanne Campbell, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Jones, Waring, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Tavernier-Courbin, Jacqueline, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
The Jack London family, including grandmother Eliza London Shepard and father Irving Shepard; memories of growing up on the
London "Beauty" Ranch and of Charmian Kittredge London; London daughters Joan Abbot and Becky London; the controversy surrounding
the London estate and London's alleged suicide; London biographers, including Irving Stone and Sailor on Horseback; London
scholarship; history of the Jack London Ranch and London's agrarian dream; development of Jack London State Park; issues of
development and conservation in Sonoma County; running the London vineyards in the 21st century.
Date:
2001 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caLondon, Jack -- 1876-1916
London, Charmian
London family
London, Jack -- 1876-1916 -- Homes and haunts -- California
Stone, Irving -- 1903-1989
Beauty Ranch (Calif.)
Jack London State Historic Park (Calif.)
Note:
Milo Shepard ; with an introduction by Earle Labor. Interviews conducted by Caroline C. Crawford in 2000. Regional Oral History
Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Includes interviews with Sue Hodson, Jeanne Reesman, Waring Jones, and Jacqueline Tavernier-Courbin.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recording of the interviews also available. Shelved as Phonotape 3318 C:1-10.
Also available online.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Volume includes index.
Type:
biographyOral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 v. (v, 210 p.) : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
11 sound cassettes.
Language:
English
Identifier:
http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z1608
BANC MSS 2002/72 c
Phonotape 3318 C:1-10
Phonotape 3422 C:1-2
BANC MSS 2002/72 c
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.