The Rudyard Kipling Literary File
Photography Collection consists of 141 items, including portraits and candid snapshots
of
Kipling, views of his homes, snapshots of his parents, and photographs of
memorials.
Call Number:
PH-02929
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.
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living
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may
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deemed
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of
Texas at Austin assume no responsibility.
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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
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Rudyard Kipling Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02929). Harry Ransom Center,
The
University of Texas at Austin.
The Rudyard Kipling Literary File Photography Collection consists of 133 items (47
loose
photographic prints, 45 nitrate negatives, 18 glass negatives, and 31 images in an
album).
The prints are portraits of Rudyard Kipling (some are art reproductions); candid snapshots
of Kipling (on a horse) in India, seated with a group of children, or speaking to
a group of
adults; views of Kipling's house, and of Rudyard Lake Garage; portraits of Kipling's
parents; and snapshots of memorials and/or gravestones for various Kipling family
members.
Several images and most photographers are unidentified. The nitrate negatives are
for
snapshots of graves. The Kipling Album contains images of East Sussex, including "Bateman's"
(Kipling's home from 1902-1936) and the nearby village of Burwash, as well as Herstmonceux,
Beachy Head, and views of Bodiam Castle.
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photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures,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 Kipling can be found in the Center's
library
and in the Rudyard Kipling Collection (MS-02306) and the Rudyard Kipling Art Collection
(AR-00146).
