Collection Summary
Bax, Clifford, 1886-1962
Clifford Bax Literary File Photography
Collection
circa 1888-1955
Photography Collection PH-02872
66 items
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
The Clifford Bax Literary File consists of
66 pictures (64 photographic prints, 1 photogravure, and 1 drawing), including portraits of
Bax and various other people.
English
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 66 pictures (64 photographic prints, 1 photogravure, and 1
drawing) of and related to Clifford Bax (British, 1886-1962). The images are primarily
portraits of Bax and various other people, and all but one of which are contained in two
albums. Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the
repository. 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albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally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.
Acquisition:
Internal transfers
Access:
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Index Terms
People
Baynes, H. G. (Helton Godwin),
1882-1943.
Bottomley, Gordon, 1874-1948.
Bax, Arnold, 1883-1953.
Bax, Clifford, 1886-1962.
Gunn, Battiscombe G. (Battiscombe George),
1883-1950.
Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934.
Morris, R. O. (Reginald Owen),
1886-1948.
Peters, A. D. (Augustus Dudley),
1892-1973.
Rubinstein, Harold F., 1891-1975.
Subjects
Costumes and clothes.
Cricket players.
Plays.
Portraits.
Theater.
Document Types
Drawings.
Photograph albums.
Photographic prints.
Photogravures.
Preferred Citation
Clifford Bax Literary File Photography Collection (Photography Collection PH-02872). Harry
Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
Processed by:
Susan McClellan and Mary Foster, 2006
Related Material
Associated and related material by and about Bax can be found in the Center's library, the
Clifford Bax Collection (MS-00271), and the Clifford Bax Art Collection (AR-00017).
Item List
Bax, C., Lit File
P3
Portrait of Bax; mounted photogravure removed from More Men of Mark,
1922.
Bax, C., Lit File Album 1
[was P1]
Album containing 48 pictures (47 photographic prints and 1 drawing) that
include portraits of Clifford, Arnold and Aubrey Bax, and images of Clifford and Vera
Bax in Elizabethan costume. Also included are portraits of Olga Antonietti, Dr. Helton
Godwin Baynes, Allan Bennett, Gordon Bottomley, Francis Colmer, Daphne, Battiscombe
Gunn, Gustav Holst, R. O. Morris, Dorothy Mullock, A. D. Peters, Harold F. Rubinstein,
L. A. G. Strong, Edward Thomas, and Alec Waugh, and group portraits of various cricket
teams,
circa 1888-1933.
Bax, C., Lit File Album 2
[was P2]
Album containing 17 photographic prints that include portraits of Bax and
scenes from a production of Rose Without a Thorn, circa
1950s; label of The Cottage Studio (Chelsea) adhered to last page.
Index of Photographers
- Bird, Walter, 1903-1969--Bax, C., Lit File Album 1
- Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882-1966--P3
- Cottage Studio--Bax, C., Lit File Album 2
- Hoppé, E. O. (Emil Otto), 1878-1972--Bax, C., Lit File Album 1 (2 prints)
- Park, Bertram, 1883-1973--Bax, C., Lit File Album 1