Call Number:

PH-02637

Collection Name:

Edgar Allan Poe Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

1 box (106 items)

Span Dates:

1843?-1859

Description:

The Edgar Allan Poe Literary File Photography Collection consists of 106 photographs, the majority of which are portraits of Poe and images of places and monuments associated with him. Additional subjects include Poe’s sister Rosalie, Henry Beck Hirst, Elmira Royster Shelton, and Thomas Willis White. Photographers whose work is featured in this collection follow.

Case & Getchell--957:0123:0035;
Foster, W. W. (Walter Washington), 1857-1935--957:0123:0019-0020;
Janvier, Meredith, 1872-1936--957:0123:0002;
Paterson, Robert Hunter--997:0105:0502-0503.

Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the repository.

This collection forms a part of the Literary Files Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally include portraits and images collected by or of those figures.

Access Restrictions:

Advance notice and curatorial approval are required to request 957:0123:0021 and/or 957:0123:0036. To make an appointment, please contact the Curator of Photography.

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01511

Location(s):

Lit File OV Box, Small (957:0123:0001-0002)
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Lit File Cased Items Box 2 (Daguerreotype 997:0043:0013, P48)
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Poe, E.A., Lit File Box (957:0123:0003-0020, 0022-0035; 980:0118:0001-0011; 997:0105:0502-0559)
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Curatorial permission required Lit File Cabinet Storage (Glass negative 957:0123:0036)
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Curatorial permission required Cold Storage Lit File Boxes (Nitrate negative 957:0123:0021)
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Item(s):

See Also:

Daguerreotypes by Unidentified Photographers Photography Collection

Edgar Allan Poe Collection