Constantine FitzGibbon, 1919-
Literary File, Photography Collection
86 items (1 box)
Acquisition: Internal transfers
Access: Open for research
Processed by: Mary Foster and Susan McClellan, 2006
RLIN Record ID: None
Table of Contents
Scope and Contents
The Constantine FitzGibbon Literary File consists of 86 photographs, the bulk of which were used in of FitzGibbon's books, The Shirt of Nessus and The Blitz. A small number of the images are portraits of FitzGibbon and/or his family, friends, and associates. 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This file forms a part of the Literary File Collection, which is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally include portraits and images collected by or of those figures.
*All items are located at PH:LF:FitzGibbon, C.
Item List
| Accession / P No. | Description |
| P1 | Snapshot of FitzGibbon with his publisher. |
| P2 | Portrait of Ruth Wessel, 1955. |
| P3, P4A-P4B | Portraits of Zeze von Hutten alone (P3) and with her husband and children (P4A-P4B). |
| P5A-P5B | Views of the grave of Robert Francis Dillon FitzGibbon. |
| P6 | Photographic reproduction of a drawing of Dylan Thomas. |
| P7-P9, P10A-P10B, P11A-P11B, P12A-P12B | Views of building rubble and other images pertaining to the blitz in England during World War II. |
| P13 | Portrait of "General Erwin von Witzleben. [of the] resistance movement. " |
| P14 | Portrait of "General Oster, of the resistance movement against Hitler. Hanged in 1945 by the Nazis." |
| P15 | Portrait of General von Treskow of the resistance movement. |
| P16 | Portrait of Colonel Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim. |
| P17 | Portrait of "General of the Infantry v. Stulpnagel, Leader of the Armistice Commission." |
| P18 | Portrait of "Field Marshall General von Kluge during 1939-45 War the newly appointed Chief of Staff for the Western Army during an inspection tour of the Channel coast. He inspected divisions in action there and received reports on the strength of the defence in case of renewed enemy action." |
| P19 | Portrait of "General Hoepner. General in command of a tank division." |
| P20 | Portrait of "Lt. General [Friedrich] Olbricht with the order of the Ritterkreuz during the second world war." |
| P21 | Portrait of "Field Marshall Rommel." |
| P22 | Portrait of Dr. Carl Goerdeler. |
| P23 | Photographic reproduction of a drawing of General Friedrich Fromm. |
| P24 | Image of "Fieldmarshall von Witzleben at the trial before the People's Court." |
| P25 | Image of "The accused Stieff at the Trial. (released 9.8.44)." |
| P26 | Image of "Hitler and Mussolini looking at wreckage caused by Stauffenberg's bomb to Hitler's Headquarters in East Prussia." |
| P27 | Image of "One hour after bomb missed Hitler; with Keitel, Bormann & Goering." |
| P28 | Image of "The place of the attempt on Hitler's life on July 20th, 1944. Arrow shows where Hitler stood when the bomb exploded. (released 24.7.44) ." |
| P29 | Image of a bust sculpture of Count Klaus Schenk von Stauffenberg. |
| P30 | Image of people sleeping on the walkway of Elephant and Castle (underground) Station, London, 11 November 1940. |
| P31 | Image of "Firemen fighting a fire in riverside wharves in London," dated 11 September 1940. |
| P32 | Image of furniture and other belongings of London residents, the morning after a bombing, dated 7 September 1940. |
| P33 | Image of items found in the debris of the Café de Paris (a restaurant in London) after it was bombed, 1941. |
| P34 | View of St. Paul's Cathedral during the Blitz, 1941. |
| P35 | Image of "London's Air Raid Damage. St. Paul's still rises above the ruins of this once again blitzed area," dated 12 May 1941. |
| P36 | Image of "Air Raids on London. The freakish effect of the blast zone bomb which held a stationery bus empty of passengers against the side of an adjoining house so that its radiator rested almost on the second story windows," dated 9 September 1940. |
| P37 | Image of a "Famous London Church Wrecked. All that is left of Chelsea Old Church famous throughout the world which received a direct hit from a heavy bomb and was completely wrecked during the big air raid," dated 18 April 1941. |
| P38-P40 | Aerial views (of London?) with bombers. |
| P41 | Image of women in an air raid shelter. |
| P42 | Image of workers clearing debris inside a building. |
| P43 | Aerial view of a burning city at night (London?). |
| P44 | Image of a building falling down. |
| P45 | View of workers clearing debris from a bombsite in the middle of a major street in London. |
| P46 | View of London on fire. |
| P47 | Duplicate of P45. |
| P48 | Duplicate of P30. |
| P49 | Night view of firefighters and burning buildings (similar to P31). |
| P50-P71 | Photographic reproductions of ink and watercolor drawings by Henry Moore used to illustrate The Blitz (depicting effects of bombing on London and its residents; some duplicates, some similar to photographs described above). |
| P72-P81 | Miscellaneous photographs of FitzGibbon and his family and friends (mostly snapshots 2" x 3" or smaller). |
Index of Photographers
Associated Press of Great Britain--P33
British Information Services--P30
Central Press Photo Ltd.--P32
Daily Mail (London, England)--P11A-P11B, P34
Daily Mirror (London, England)--P43
Fox Photos Ltd.--P10A-P10B, P42
Imperial War Museum (Great Britain)--P7-P8, P38-P41, P44, P46, P48-P49
Keystone Press Agency Ltd.--P22-P23, P26
Limmer, Ingeborg--P29
London News Agency--P45, P47
Mason, H., photographer--P34
Planet News Ltd.--P27
Popper, Paul, photographer--P13-P14, P17-P21, P24-P25, P28
Radio Times Hulton Picture Library--P31, P35-P37
(Last modified: 17 March 2008)
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