An Inventory of His Literary File Photography Collection at the Harry Ransom
Center
Creator:
Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps),
1865-1947
Title:
M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel Literary File
Photography Collection
Dates:
1870s-1931, undated
Extent:
38 items
Abstract:
The M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel Literary
File Photography Collection consists of 38 images of or pertaining to Shiel, including
portraits of Shiel, family members, and associates.
Call Number:
PH-02915
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
M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02915). Harry
Ransom
Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
The M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel Literary File Photography Collection consists of
38 images
of or pertaining to Shiel, including portraits of his first wife Carolina ("Lina")
Garcia
Gomez, their daughter Lola, his sisters-in-law Mica and Salva, and his illegitimate
daughter
Ada Phipps Seward. Also included are six Cartes de visite of Shiel's acquaintances
on whom
he based various characters in his works (P28A-P28F). 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.
Related Material
Associated and related material by and about Shiel can be found in the Center's library
and
in the M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel Collection (MS-03821) and the John Gawsworth Literary
File Photography Collection (PH-02913).
