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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the London Family Papers, #2442, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Jack London of Birmingham, Ala., March 1978.

Additions received from Lawrence London of Chapel Hill, N.C., October 1977 and June 2002 (Acc. 99833) and later (Acc. 103126); George London of Raleigh, N.C., April 1981; and John R. London of Rock Hill, S.C., October 1987.

Location of Originals

Original returned to private owner in 1942.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, September 2009: Nancy Kaiser, October 2017 and January 2021.

This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

• Alabama--Biography.
• Americans--Soviet Union--History--19th century.
• Autobiographies--Alabama.
• Birmingham (Ala.)--Social life and customs.
• Breckinridge, J. C. (James Carson), 1877-1942.
• England--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
• England--Description and travel.
• Family--Southern States--Social life and customs.
• Fort Laramie (Wyo.)--Social life and customs.
• London family.
• London, Edith Ward, 1881-1933.
• London, John, 1747-1816.
• London, John, 1848-1935.
• London, Lucy Hall, 1852-1933.
• Merchants--Wyoming--History--19th century.
• Puerto Rico--Description and travel.
• Ranchers--Wyoming--History--19th century.
• Scotland--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
• Scotland--Description and travel.
• Soviet Union--Description and travel.
• Travelers--England--Diaries.
• Travelers--Puerto Rico--Diaries.
• Travelers--Scotland--Diaries.
• Wilmington (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Women--Alabama--Biography.
• Women--England--Diaries.
• Women--Southern States--Social life and customs.

• See also John London Diary (#2446).

Among members of the London family of Wilmington, N.C., are John London (fl. 1873-1921), a lawyer and businessman; his wife, Lucy Hall London; and his brother Alexander T. London. Other London relatives and connections include Edith Ward London and John London (1747-1816).

The collection includes personal and business papers of the London family of Wilmington, N.C., consisting chiefly of letters, 1880s, from John London (fl. 1873-1921) to his family in Wilmington while he was a post trader and rancher at Fort Laramie, Wyo. Also included are his diaries in Puerto Rico, 1877, and England, 1878; family correspondence of his wife, Lucy Hall London, at Birmingham, Ala., after 1888; and the diaries of John London (1747-1816) in England and Scotland, June-July 1776; on the Elbe River and during the return voyage to Philadelphia, Pa., 1794; and in New York and Connecticut, 1800. There is also a framed decorative parchment document, probably acquired by John London while traveling in Scotland (Glasglow) in 1776. Additional volumes are available on microfilm including a travel diary of Lucy Hall London in England, 1925; writings of Edith Ward London, including poetry, prayers, and an autobiography covering her life in Birmingham, Ala., 1881-1933; a volume of typed transcriptions of letters from J. Carson Breckenridge, son of the United States minister to Russia, written from St. Petersburg, Russia, 1894-1895; and genealogical compilations.

• Photographs (PF-2442/1)
• Oversize papers (OPF-2442/1)
• Framed item (FR-2442/1)
• Microfilm (M-2442/1)