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Record Detail


Call Number:

PH-02981

Collection Name:

R. A. (Rolfe Arnold) Scott James Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Clarke, J. Palmer

Downer, F. (Frederick)

G. West & Son

Hall, E. C., active circa 1860s

Hills & Saunders (1852 - )

Mocsigay, A.

Scott-James, R. A. (Rolfe Arnold), 1878-1959 (1878 - 1959)

Soame, James

White, H. Roland

White, John, photographer

No. of Items:

185 photographs

Span Dates:

late-19th-20th century

Description:

The collection consists of 185 pictures of and related to the literary critic and biographer R. A. (Rolfe Arnold) Scott James (British, 1878-1959). Included are formal and informal portraits of people who may be his relatives, and scenes of Ireland, some of which were used in his book An Englishman in Ireland.

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This collection forms a part of the Literary Files Photography Collection is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images by, collected by, of, and/or related to those entities.

Access Restrictions:

Negatives and glass-based materials cannot be paged to the Reading and Viewing Room without advance notice and curatorial permission. For additional information, please contact the Curator of Photography.

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01520

Location(s):

Scott-James, R.A., Lit File (P1; 957:0061:0001-0090)
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Curatorial permission required Cabinet Storage (glass negatives 957:0061:0091-0096)
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Curatorial permission required Cold Storage (88 unnumbered nitrate negatives)
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See Also:

R. A. (Rolfe Arnold) Scott-James Collection: Associated manuscript materials can be found in the R. A. (Rolfe Arnold) Scott-James Collection (MS-03759).


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