Call Number:

PH-02985

Collection Name:

John Cowper Powys Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

277 items (2 boxes)

Span Dates:

circa 1900-1957, undated

Description:

The collection consists of 277 photographic prints and negatives related to author and poet John Cowper Powys (British, 1872-1963). Included are images of Powys, his parents, several of his siblings (Albert Reginald, Gertrude, Llewelyn, Philippa, Theodore Francis, and William), and various other people. Over one third of the items are images associated with a 1957 edition of Somerset and Dorset Essays by Llewelyn Powys. There are also images of Llewelyn Powys' death mask and views of his house, as well as photographic prints and negatives removed from his correspondence at the Ransom Center.

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This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.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

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=01512

Location(s):

Powys, J.C., Lit File Box 1 (P1-P17; 957:0059:0005-0012, 0014-0027)
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Powys, J.C., Lit File Box 2 (957:0059:00XX-XXXX; 988:0033:0013)
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Curatorial permission required Cabinet Storage (1 glass negative, 957:0059:00XX)
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Curatorial permission required Lit File Nitrate Negs Boxes (17 negatives 957:0059:00XX-XXXX)
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See Also:

John Cowper Powys Collection: Manuscript materials, from which this collection was removed from, can be found in the John Cowper Powys Collection (MS-03320).