W. H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden, 1907-1973
Literary File, Photography Collection
119 items (1 box)
Acquisition: Internal transfers
Access: Open for research
Processed by: Susan McClellan and Mary Foster, 2006
RLIN Record ID: None
Table of Contents
Scope and Contents
The W. H. Auden Literary File consists of 119 pictures, many of which are portraits of Auden and/or Chester Kallman. There are also views of various places, including Auden's residence in Austria. An index at the end of this guide lists photographers whose work is featured in this file. Further descriptions of some items are available in a card catalog in the repository.This file forms a part of the Literary File Collection, which is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally include portraits and images collected by or of those figures.
*Items are located at PH:LF:Auden, W. H., Box, unless otherwise indicated.
Item List
| Container | Accession / P No. | Description |
| * | P1-P3, P5-P14 | Portraits of Auden. |
| * | P15-P34 | Images of Auden with Chester Kallman (P15-P19), Sir Kenneth Clarke (P20), Alan Ansen (P21), and various other people. |
| * | P35-P57 | Portraits of Chester Kallman. |
| * | P58-P79 | Images of Kallman with Alan Ansen (P60-P61), Charles Heileman (P62), and various other people, most of whom are unidentified men. |
| * | P80-P81 | Portraits of Yannis Boras. |
| * | P82 | Portrait of Cyril Conolly. |
| * | P83-P85 | Individual portraits of 3 unidentified men. |
| * | P92 | Roll (20 frames, 18 images) of color 35mm negatives of various, unidentified people and places. |
| * | P93 | Partial roll (4 frames) of color 35mm film of various, unidentified people and places. |
| * | P94 | Roll (20 frames, 17 images) of color 35mm film of various, unidentified people and places. |
| * | P131-P134 | Photographic postcards of Auden's cat, Cenerentulla. |
| * | P135 | View of Auden's summer cottage on Fire Island, New York, 1946. |
| * | P136-P146 | Views of Auden's house and grounds at No. 6, Kirchstetten, Austria (with Chester Kallman in P141 and P143). |
| * | P147 | Photographic postcard view of Forio d'Ischia, Italy. |
| * | P148-P149 | Photographic postcard views of Kirchstetten, Austria. |
| * | P150-P151 | Views of Salzburg, Austria. |
| * | P152-P157 | Commercial 35mm color slides of Salzburg, Austria. |
| * | P158 | Color photomechanical postcard view of Meteores, Greece. |
| * | P159 | View of an unidentified town. |
| * | P160 | Image of a sculpted head of Auden. |
| * | P161 | Color photographic reproduction of a painting of Auden. |
| PH:LF:OV Box, Medium | P4 | Portrait of Auden. |
Index of Photographers
Belgrave Press Bureau--P9
Breicha, Otto--P22-P24, P32
Friedrich, Reinhard, photographer--P161
Henschel, Horst--P160
Lauro, N.--P85
Meyerlist, L.--P72-P73
Sheffield Newspapers--P20
(Last modified: 27 June 2007)
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