Edgar Lee Masters: An Inventory of His Literary File Photography Collection at the Harry Ransom Center

Edgar Lee Masters:

	Creator:	Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950
	Title:	Edgar Lee Masters Literary File Photography Collection
	Dates:	late 19th century-1955
	Extent:	1,075 items (7 boxes)
	Abstract:	The Edgar Lee Masters Literary File Photography Collection consists of approximately 1,075 items, including portraits of Masters throughout his life, both alone and with others, and portraits of his family members and friends.
	Call Number:	PH-02886
	Language:	English

	Access:	Open for research. 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.

	Preferred Citation	Edgar Lee Masters Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02886). Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
	Acquisition:	Internal transfers
	Processed by:	Susan McClellan, 2006

Repository:

Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin,

	The Edgar Lee Masters Literary File Photography Collection consists of approximately 1,075 items, including portraits of Masters throughout his life, both alone and with others, as well as portraits of his wives Helen Jenkins and Ellen Coyne, mistresses Tennessee Mitchell and Lillian Wilson, parents, siblings, children, grandchildren, and other family members. There are also portraits of various other people and views of houses and places pertaining to Masters, including Petersburg and Lewistown, IL. An index at the end of this guide lists photographers whose work is featured in this file. 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.

Associated and related material by and about Masters can be found in the Center's library and in the Edgar Lee Masters Collection (MS-02710).

	People
		Anderson, Tennessee Mitchell, 1874-1929.
		Flaccus, Kimball, 1911-1972.
		Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931.
		Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950.
		Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956.
	Subjects
		Literary landmarks--United States--Pictorial works.
		Portraits.
	Places
		Garnett (Kan.)
		Lewistown (Ill.)
		Petersburg (Ill.)
		Vermont.
	Document Types
		Acetate negatives.
		Nitrate negatives.
		Photograph albums.
		Photographic prints.
		Tintypes.