An Inventory of His Literary File Photography Collection at the Harry Ransom
Center
Creator:
Fairfax, J. Griffyth (James
Griffyth)
Title:
J. Griffyth (James Griffyth) Fairfax Literary
File Photography Collection
Dates:
1893, 20th century
Extent:
172 items
Abstract:
The J. Griffyth Fairfax Literary File
consists of 172 pictures pertaining to Fairfax, most of which are either individual
or group
portraits of unidentified people and views of estates in England and Australia.
Call Number:
PH-02831
Language:
English
Access:
Open for research. To make an appointment or to reserve photography materials, please email Visual Materials Reference staff. Researchers must create an online Research Account and agree to the Materials Use Policy before using archival materials.
Use Policies:
Ransom Center collections may contain material with sensitive or confidential information
that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers
are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable
living
individuals represented in the collections without the consent of those individuals
may have
legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy
may
arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be
deemed
highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Ransom Center and The University
of
Texas at Austin assume no responsibility.
Restrictions on Use:
Authorization for publication is given on behalf of the University of Texas as the
owner of
the collection and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright
holder
which must be obtained by the researcher. For more information please see the Ransom
Centers' Open Access and Use Policies.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
J. Griffyth (James Griffyth) Fairfax Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02831).
Harry
Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
The J. Griffyth Fairfax Literary File consists of 172 pictures pertaining to Fairfax,
most
of which are either individual or group portraits of unidentified people (presumably
members
of the Fairfax family). There are also views of various country estates in England
and/or
Australia as well as places in Italy. Further descriptions of some items may be available
in
a card catalog in the repository.
This file 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photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures,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 includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.
Related Material
Associated and related material by and about Fairfax can be found in the Center's
library
and in the James Griffyth Fairfax Collection (MS-01352).
