An Inventory of Its Literary File Photography Collection at the Harry Ransom
Center
Creator:
James F. Drake, Inc.
Title:
James F. Drake, Inc. Literary File
Photography Collection
Dates:
circa 1880-1950, undated
Extent:
35 items
Abstract:
The James F. Drake, Inc. Literary File
Photography Collection consists of 35 photographs from the firm of James F. Drake,
Inc.
Call Number:
PH-02855
Language:
English
Access:
Open for research. Please note: Negatives cannot be accessed without curatorial approval. 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
James F. Drake, Inc. Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02855). Harry Ransom
Center,
The University of Texas at Austin.
The James F. Drake, Inc. Literary File Photography Collection consists of 35 photographs,
including several cabinet cards and cartes de visite, and six diacetate or nitrate
negatives. The firm of James F. Drake, Inc. was established in 1911 by James Frederick
Drake
(1863-1933) for the sale of rare books and manuscripts. The bulk of the images in
the file
are portraits of various people, including John Burroughs, Bret Harte, Henry Irving,
Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, and Mark Twain. An index at the end of
this
guide lists photographers whose work is featured in this file.
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 James F. Drake, Inc. can be found in
the
Center's library and in the James F. Drake, Inc. Collection (MS-02154).
Index Terms
People
Arents, George, 1875-1960.
Barrow, John, 1808-1898.
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921.
Curtius, Ernst, 1814-1896.
Dickman, J. T. (Joseph Theodore),
1857-1927.
Harte, Bret, 1836-1902.
Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893.
Irving, Henry, 1850-.
Longfellow, Henry W. (Henry Wadsworth),
1895-1986.
