Call Number:

PH-02721

Collection Name:

John L. Spivak Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

146 items

Span Dates:

1930-1931

Description:

The collection consists of photographic prints (957:0108:0001-0081) and negatives (957:0108:0052-0146) by journalist and author John L. (John Louis) Spivak (American, 1897-1981). The negatives were taken during two trips he made to rural Georgia, the first in the fall of 1930, and the second in the fall of 1931. The images primarily depict black prisoners, their abuse by wardens, and their living conditions. Spivak used the photographs as documentation for and illustrations in his 1932 novel Georgia Nigger (New York: Brewer, Warren and Putnam, 1932).

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This collection forms a part of the Literary Files Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally include portraits and images collected by or of those figures.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

Special permission from the Curator of Photography, plus advance notice, is required to access the negatives, but access prints are available for negatives that were not accompanied by original prints. To make an appointment, please contact Reading and Viewing Room staff.

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01099

Location(s):

Spivak, J.L., Lit File Box (957:0108:0001-0081)
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Curatorial permission required Lit File Nitrate Neg Box (957:0108:0082-0146)
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See Also:

John L. Spivak Papers: Associated manuscript materials, from which these photographs were transferred, are located in the John L. Spivak Papers (MS-03939).