John Steinbeck: An Inventory of His Literary File Photography Collection at the Harry Ransom Center

John Steinbeck:

	Creator:	Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
	Title:	John Steinbeck Literary File Photography Collection
	Dates:	1930s-1970s
	Extent:	68 items
	Abstract:	The John Steinbeck Literary File Photography Collection consists of 68 photographic prints, including images of Steinbeck alone and with others, and movie stills.
	Call Number:	PH-02939
	Language:	English

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	Preferred Citation	John Steinbeck Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02939). 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 John Steinbeck Literary File Photography Collection consists of 68 photographic prints, including portraits of Steinbeck alone, with his third wife Elaine in various places, and at the 1962 Nobel Prize festivities in Sweden. There are also movie stills from productions based on Steinbeck's works, including East of Eden and The Grapes of Wrath. 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	This file forms a part of the Literary Files Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.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 Steinbeck can be found in the Center's library and in the John Steinbeck Collection (MS-04002).

	People
		Dunbar, Maurice, 1928-.
		Goldstone, Adrian H. (Adrian Homer), 1897-1977.
		Kazan, Elia.
		Otis, Elizabeth, -1981
		Steinbeck, Elaine A.
		Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
		Valjean, Nelson, 1901-1975.
	Subjects
		East of Eden (Motion picture).
		Grapes of wrath (Motion picture).
		Motion pictures--Production and direction.
		Nobel prizes--1960-1970.
		Portraits.
		Viva Zapata! (Motion picture).
	Places
		Finland.
		Germany.
		Hungary.
		Italy.
		Northern Ireland.
		Poland.
		Sweden.
		Thailand.
	Document Types
		Gelatin silver prints.
		Photographic prints.