Joseph Hergesheimer, 1880-1954
Literary File
179 items (2 boxes)
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 Joseph Hergesheimer Literary File consists of 179 items (123 loose photographic prints and 56 photographic prints in one album), many of which are portraits of Hergesheimer, both alone and with others. An index at the end of this guide lists identified 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This file forms a part of the Literary File Collection, which is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally include portraits and images collected by or of those figures.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:Hergesheimer, J., Box 1, unless otherwise indicated.
Item List
| Container | Accession / P No. | Description |
| * | P1 | Cabinet card portrait of Hergesheimer at age 10, leaning on a rail fence. |
| * | P2 | Mounted portrait of Hergesheimer as a teenager, standing in a country road. |
| * | P3 | Snapshot of Hergesheimer at 25. |
| * | P4 | Cropped photographic postcard of Hergesheimer in Chelsea, N.J., with a cane under his arm, circa 1910. |
| * | P5-P7 | Portraits of Hergesheimer. |
| * | P8-P9 | Portraits of Hergesheimer with a golf iron, at Southern Pines, N.C. |
| * | P10 | Snapshot of Hergesheimer (at Southern Pines, N.C.?). |
| * | P11 | Portrait of Hergesheimer holding a large fish, in Longport, N.J. |
| * | P12-P14 | Portraits of Hergesheimer in Cuba. |
| * | P15 | Portrait of Hergesheimer reflected in the shards of a broken mirror. |
| * | P16-P18, P19A-P19B, P20A-P20C, P21A-P21D | Portraits of Hergesheimer. |
| * | P22 | Snapshot of Hergesheimer from the rear, carrying a backpack, while on a walking trip in Virginia. |
| * | P23-P27 | 5 snapshots of Hergesheimer at Dower House, his residence in West Chester, Penn. |
| * | P28 | Snapshot of Hergesheimer (at Dower House?). |
| * | P29 | Photographic postcard of Hergesheimer seated at a table on the S.S. Bremen (see also P42 and P63). |
| * | P30A-P30B | Portrait of Hergesheimer at home in Palm Beach, seated on the patio with his dog, 1930 (P30B is a sepia tone enlargement of P30A). |
| * | P31-P32 | Portraits of Hergesheimer. |
| * | P33 | Photographic reproduction of a drawing of Hergesheimer. |
| * | P34 | Snapshot of the Hergesheimers on their wedding day; inscribed on the verso: "Dreadful: but it still is our wedding picture." |
| * | P35 | Photographic reproduction of a painting of the Hergesheimers. |
| * | P36 | Photographic postcard of the Hergesheimers, James Arden Harriman, and his doctor in Paris, 1908 (Hergesheimer on right). |
| * | P37 | Mounted portrait of the Hergesheimers and a friend, 1909 (inscription on verso in German). |
| * | P38 | Snapshot of the Hergesheimers and Richard Barthelmess (Hergesheimer on left) in Virginia, during the filming of Tol'able David, circa 1922 (see also P75). |
| * | P39 | Snapshot of the Hergesheimers with Bertha Cone. |
| * | P40 | Faded snapshot of the Hergesheimers, Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, and Frank Cone (Hergesheimer on left, Cone on right). |
| * | P41 | Snapshot of the Hergesheimers, Richard Barthelmess, and Frank Cone (Hergesheimer on right). |
| * | P42 | Photographic postcard of the Hergesheimers with an unidentified man, seated at a table (Hergesheimer on right) on the S.S. Bremen (see also P29 and P63). |
| * | P43-P44 | Photographic prints of the Hergesheimers in Nassau (Bahamas) seated in a boat (P43) and standing on a dock with the boat captain (P44). |
| * | P45 | Snapshot of the Hergesheimers with an unidentified man (Hergesheimer on left) (same as 997:0105:0613). |
| * | P46 | Snapshot of Hergesheimer with Bertha Cone, standing in the yard of Dower House. |
| * | P47 | Snapshot of Hergesheimer with Richard Barthelmess and Frank Cone (Hergesheimer in center). |
| * | P48 | Snapshot of Hergesheimer and Hugh Kahler(?), standing on a porch at Southern Pines, N.C. (Hergesheimer on left). |
| * | P49 | Snapshot of Hergesheimer and Hugh Walpole seated, with Hergesheimer's arm around Walpole's shoulders, taken in West Chester, Pa. |
| * | P50 | Group portrait with Hergesheimer in center behind the cake, taken at a party for him in Hollywood; others identified on verso as: Henry Mencken, John Hemphill, Jim Knirk, May Allinson, Walter Wanger, Helen Cluff, John Emerson, Aileen Pringle, and Anita Loore. |
| * | P51 | Photographic print of Hergesheimer with Jock and Evalyn McLean seated on a bench in New York (Hergesheimer on left). |
| * | P52-P53 | Photographic prints of Hergesheimer and Huntington Cairns at Kitty Hawk, N.C. (P52: Cairns standing and Hergesheimer reclining; P53: on beach with unidentified man, Hergesheimer on right). |
| * | P54 | Matted portrait of Hergesheimer and Lillian Gish at a costume party. |
| * | P55-P56 | Snapshots of Hergesheimer alone (P55) and with Huntington Cairns (P56; same as 997:0105:0615), May 1954. |
| * | P57 | Group portrait of Hergesheimer's boyhood school class. |
| * | P58-P64 | 7 miscellaneous snapshots and portraits of Hergesheimer with unidentified companions. |
| * | P65 | Photographic print of Hergesheimer and Evelyn McLean at "Friendship" banquet in Washington (D.C.?). |
| * | P66 | Carte-de-visite of George Hergesheimer (Hergesheimer's paternal grandfather). |
| * | P67-P68 | Two variant cabinet card portraits of Thomas MacKellar (Hergesheimer's maternal grandfather), each identified on verso. |
| * | P69 | Cabinet card portrait of Joseph Hergesheimer (father of the author). |
| * | P70 | Snapshot of Joseph Hergesheimer (father of the author) with a dog. |
| * | P71 | Photographic print of Samuel Hendrickson (Hergesheimer's best man at his wedding) in a horse-drawn carriage. |
| * | P72 | Portrait of Peter Thys (?), Hollywood, 1945. |
| * | P73 | Group portrait of unidentified men, women, and children on the porch and steps of a house (Hergesheimer's extended family, taken when he was a boy?). |
| * | P74 | Still photograph from the (English?) film production of The Bright Shawl. |
| * | P75A-P75G | 7 snapshots taken in Virginia during the filming of Tol'able David (see also P38). |
| PH:LF:Hergesheimer, J., Box 2 | P77 | Snapshot of a window display of the "original bright shawl" which figures in Hergesheimer's novel The Bright Shawl. |
| PH:LF:Hergesheimer, J., Box 2 | P87-P108 | 22 interior and exterior views of buildings and other photographic prints pertaining to Salem, Mass., used for Hergesheimer's novel Java Head. |
| PH:LF:Hergesheimer, J., Box 2 | P109-P112 | 4 views of "Woodnest," residence of Thomas Mackellar (Hergesheimer's maternal grandfather); includes two cabinet cards (P111-P112). |
| PH:LF:Hergesheimer, J., Box 2 | P113 | Snapshop of the Hergesheimer home in Chelsea, N.J., viewed from the street; unidentified man and woman seated on the front steps. |
| PH:LF:Hergesheimer, J., Box 2 | P114A-P114D | Bust portrait of Hergesheimer as a middle-aged man (4 identical prints). |
| PH:LF:Hergesheimer, J., Box 2 | 997:0105:0613 | Snapshot of the Hergesheimers and an unidentified man (same as P45). |
| PH:LF:Hergesheimer, J., Box 2 | 997:0105:0614 | Portrait of Hergesheimer. |
| PH:LF:Hergesheimer, J., Box 2 | 997:0105:0615 | Snapshot of Hergesheimer with Huntington Cairns (same as P56). |
| PH:LF:Albums:Hergesheimer | [was P114] | Black album containing 56 photographic prints of Dower House, Hergesheimer's residence in West Chester, Penn. |
Index of Photographers
Associated Press--P74
Belt, Joseph W. (West Chester, Pa.)--P114A-P114D
Brooks (Philadelphia, Pa.)--P110
Eddy's Studio--P8-P9
El Morocco (New York, N.Y.)--P51
Freeman, M. D.--P7
Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917--P67-P68
Hinkle, D. (David), fl. 1860s-1890s--P1
Hoppé, E. O. (Emil Otto), 1878-1972--P17
Mitchell, J. S. (John S.), b. 1845--P69
Monarch (Philadelphia, Pa.)--P59
Muray, Nickolas, 1892-1965--P20A-P20C, P21A-P21D
Northend, Mary Harrod, b. 1850--P88, P94, P96-P99, P102, P105, P107
Phyfe, Hal--P18, P19A-P19B, P65; 997:0105:0614
Rehn & Hurn--P66
Webb, Paul, photographer--P44
(Last modified: 22 February 2008)
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