Anne Sexton, 1928-1974
Literary File, Photography Collection
256 items (3 boxes)
Acquisition: Internal transfers
Access: Open for research
Processed by: Susan McClellan, 2006
RLIN Record ID: None
Table of Contents
Scope and Contents
The Anne Sexton Literary File consists of 256 items, the majority of which are images of Sexton at various ages, both alone and with others. There are also images of her daughters and other family members, as well as friends and associates. An index at the end of this guide lists photographers whose work is featured in this file.This file forms a part of the Literary File Collection, which is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally include portraits and images collected by or of those figures.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:Sexton, A., Box 1 | 957:0009:0001-0023 | Portraits of Sexton alone and with various people (photographic prints). |
| PH:LF:Sexton, A., Box 1 | 981:0061:0001-0010 | Images of various people (photographic prints) and a transparency of a poem by Robert Bly (981:0061:0006). |
| PH:LF:Sexton, A., Box 1 | 981:0089:0001-0003, 0017, 0019-0050 | Chiefly images of Sexton at various ages and of her family, friends, and associates (photographic prints and negatives). |
| PH:LF:Sexton, A., Box 2 | 981:0089:0004-0016 | Portraits of Sexton as a young woman circa 1950. RESTRICTED ACCESS: Light sensitive material curator's permission required to view these items. |
| PH:LF:Sexton, A., Box 3 | 981:0089:0051-0087, 0089-0124, 0126-0156 | Chiefly images of Sexton at various ages and of her family, friends, and associates (photographic prints and negatives). |
| PH:LF:Sexton, A., Box 3 | 981:0089:0157-0162 | Images of a 1972 production of the opera Transformations (photographic prints). |
| PH:LF:Sexton, A., Box 3 | 981:0089:0165-0166 | Views of various places (photographic prints). |
| PH:LF:Sexton, A., Box 3 | 981:0089:0167-0178 | Views of Chicago (photographic prints). |
| PH:LF:Sexton, A., Box 3 | 981:0089:0179-0181 | Images of a bronze sculpture entitled "Resting in half-lotus" (photographic prints). |
| PH:LF:Sexton, A., Box 3 | 981:0089:0182-0183 | Images of a productions of the play The Wheel Lullaby (photographic prints). |
| PH:LF:Sexton, A., Box 3 | 984:0010:0057 | Portrait of Sexton and a man in uniform (negative; same subjects and occasion as negative 981:0089:0018). |
| PH:LF:Sexton, A., Box 3 | 984:0010:0058-0063 | Snapshots of participants in a poetry reading (photographic prints). |
| PH:LF:Sexton, A., Box 3 | 992:0003:0001; 992:0004:0001 | Portraits of Sexton wearing "psychedelic helmet" (photographic prints). |
| PH:LF:Sexton, A., Box 3 | 995:0008:0001-0026 | 26 transparencies taken by Sands Robart of Anne Sexton on a trip to Europe; they are numbered (1, 2, 3, etc.) to correspond with Robart's handwritten explanation of the images (a copy is with the transparencies). |
| PH:LF:OV Box, Large | 957:0009:0024-0028; 957:0009:0029 (mounted); 957:0009:0030 (mounted, with 0031 on verso); 957:0009:0031 (mounted, with 0030 on recto) | Portraits of Sexton, including one with her daughters as babies (957:0009:0025) and one with her husband and daughters as children (957:0009:0027) (photographic prints). |
| NV:LF Boxes | 981:0089:0003 | Image of Anne with an unidentified man, circa 1950s (nitrate negative; same number as corresponding print). |
| NV:LF Boxes | 981:0089:0018; 984:0010:0057 | Two variant images of Anne with an unidentified man in uniform, circa 1950s (nitrate negatives). |
| NV:LF Boxes | 981:0089:0125 | Image of an unidentified person dressed as Santa (nitrate negative). |
Index of Photographers
Allen, Bill--957:0009:0014
Associated Press--981:0089:0025-0029
Boris (Boston, Mass.)--981:0089:0017, 0019, 0151
Budd Studio--981:0089:0023
Dena (New York, N.Y.)--957:0009:0016-0017
Falk (Boston, Mass.)--981:0089:0139
Hammond, R.--957:0009:0015
Jennett, J.--981:0089:0002
Jet Commercial Photographers--981:0089:0040
Lenscraft Studios--957:0009:0012-0013
Locke, Maryel--992:0003:0001; 992:0004:0001
McKenna, Rosalie Thorne--957:0009:0018; 981:0089:0022, 0050-0051, 0053-0056
Nathans, Rhoda--957:0009:0023; 981:0089:0087
Nenni--981:0089:0110
Ott, Jon E.--957:0009:0001
Page, Sue--981:0089:0141-0142
Phillips, Ann--981:0089:0089-0095
Polumbaum, Ted--957:0009:0009-0011
Purdy (Boston, Mass.)--981:0089:0134, 0144
Robart, Sands--995:0008:0001-0026
Sargent Studio--981:0089:0143
Welsch, Ulrike--981:0089:0046, probably 981:0089:0047
Wilder, Anne--981:0089:0048
(Last modified: 13 June 2007)
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