Llewelyn Powys, 1884-1939
Literary File, Photography Collection
570 items
Acquisition: Internal transfers
Access: Open for research
Processed by: Susan McClellan, 2006
RLIN Record ID: None
Table of Contents
Scope and Contents
The Llewelyn Powys Literary File consists of 570 items largely contained in six albums. There are portraits of various people, including Powys and members of his family, as well as views of various places. 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in the repository.This file forms a part of the Literary File Collection, which is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally include portraits and images collected by or of those figures.
Item List
| Container | Accession / P No. | Description |
| PH:LF:Powys, L. | P1-P11 | Images (photographic prints) of Llewelyn Powys alone at Hillsdale (P1-P4), (John Cowper?) Powys with three men (P5), and Llewelyn Powys with Gamel Woolsey (P6); view (photographic print) of a small stone church and graveyard (P7); view (photographic print) of a hillside (P8); views (photographic prints) of Switzerland in or near the mountain village of Sertigtal (P9-P11). |
| PH:LF:Powys, L. | P12-P23 | 12 photographic prints, including several portraits of Powys, a portrait of his sister Marian, a family portrait with his parents and siblings, and a view of the vicarage at Montacute. |
| PH:LF:Albums:Powys, L., 1 | 980:0063:0000 | 151 photographic prints, including some b/w snapshots; handwritten captions for snapshots; 2 items missing (blank spaces above captions); handwritten list identifying 9 photographs (1 leaf, laid in at front). |
| PH:LF:Albums:Powys, L., 2 | 980:0064:0000 | 50 items (49 b/w snapshots, 1 watercolor); chiefly landscapes and views. |
| PH:LF:Albums:Powys, L., 3 | 980:0065:0000 | 38 items (25 photographic prints, 10 photomechanical prints, 2 watercolors, 1 pencil sketch); chiefly landscapes and views. |
| PH:LF:Albums:Powys, L., 4 | 980:0066:0000 | 184 b/w snapshots with handwritten captions; 7 items missing (blank spaces above 6 captions and 1 apparently cut out); also includes 1 newspaper clipping. |
| PH:LF:Albums:Powys, L., 5 | 980:0067:0000 | 112 items (109 photographic prints, 2 photomechanical prints, 1 watercolor) including portraits, landscapes, and views of various places; several items missing (apparently torn or cut out); handwritten captions for some items. |
| PH:LF:OV Albums:Powys, L., 6 | 980:0068:0001-0012 | 12 photographic prints in portfolio; 11 formal group portraits and 1 composition of 10 individual portraits, each signed by the subject; housed in 16 x 20 box. |
Index of Photographers
Marceau (New York, N.Y.)--P20
Meerkamper, E.--P11
Trauffer, J.--P9
(Last modified: 27 April 2007 )
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