Call Number:

PH-02900

Collection Name:

Wilkie Collins Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

29 items

Span Dates:

circa 1850-1900

Description:

The collection consists of 29 photographs of and related to novelist Wilkie Collins (British, 1824-1889). The items in the collection were transferred from manuscript collections that likely include the Wilkie Collins Collection (MS-00881) and the Robert Lee Wolff Collection of 19th Century Fiction (MS-00881). One photograph (997:0079:0044) was removed from a copy of Collins' book, The Evil Genius: A Domestic Stories, which is from the library of Robert Lee Wolff, located in the Ransom Center library (call no. WOLFF 1350).

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

This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.

Access Restrictions:

Advance notice and curatorial approval are required to access the glass negatives in this collection. To make an appointment, please contact the Curator of Photography.Curator of Photography.

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01391

Location(s):

Collins, W., Lit File (P1, P2-P20; 997:0079:0044; 998:0017:0001)
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Item(s):

See Also:

Wilkie Collins Collection: Related manuscript material, from which some of these photographs were likely transferred, are located in the Wilkie Collins Collection (MS-00881) .

Robert Lee Wolff Collection of 19th Century Fiction: Related manuscript material, from which some of the photographs were likely transferred, are located in the Robert Lee Wolff Collection of 19th Century Fiction (MS-00881).