Collection Summary
Johnson, Walter Willard, 1897-1968
Walter Willard "Spud" Johnson Literary File
Photography Collection
20th century
PH-02717
1,619 items (15 boxes)
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin,
The Walter Willard "Spud" Johnson Literary
File Photography Collection contains 1,619 items, including portraits and snapshots of
Johnson both alone and with many of his friends and associates.
English
Scope and Contents
The Walter Willard "Spud" Johnson Literary File Photography Collection contains 1,619 items
(1,369 photographic prints and safety negatives, and 250 nitrate negatives). Images include
portraits and snapshots of Johnson both alone and with many of his friends and associates,
some of whom are unidentified. 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photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and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.
Acquisition:
Internal transfers
Access:
Open for research. Please note: Negatives cannot be accessed without curatorial approval.
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Index Terms
People
Anderson, Clinton Presba,
1895-1975.
Benrimo, Dorothy.
Benrimo, Tom, 1887-1958.
Brett, Dorothy, 1883-1977.
Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968.
Chavez, Dennis, 1888-1962.
Crews, Judson.
Dasburg, Andrew, 1887-1979.
Gillmore, Inez Haynes, 1873-1970.
Johnson, Walter Willard, 1897-1968.
Kissel, Elénore.
Kutchin, Lucius, 1901-1936.
Larrinaga, Mario.
Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert),
1885-1930.
Lawrence, Frieda, 1879-1956.
Luhan, Mabel Dodge, 1879-1962.
Sedillo, Juan A. A. (Juan Antonio Abad),
1902-.
Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901-1979.
Stone, Idella Purnell, 1901-.
Subjects
Artists--New Mexico.
Poets.
Portraits.
Snapshots.
Taos school of art.
Places
Mexico.
Taos (N.M.)
Document Types
Negatives.
Nitrate negatives.
Photographic prints.
Preferred Citation
Walter Willard "Spud" Johnson Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02717). Harry Ransom
Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
Processed by:
Mary Foster, 2006
Related Material
Associated and related material by and about Johnson can be found in the Center's library
and in the Walter Willard "Spud" Johnson Papers (MS-02208) and the Walter Willard "Spud"
Johnson Art Collection (AR-00134).
Container List
Johnson, W. W., Lit File Box 1
P9, P13, P17, P21-P77D
Photographs of Johnson, except P17 which is of Cornelia Otis
Skinner.
Johnson, W. W., Lit File Box 2
P78-P121A
Photographs of Johnson.
Johnson, W. W., Lit File Box 3
P121B-P182B
Photographs of Johnson (P121B-P146); photographs of Johnson with others
including Hal Binner, D.H. Lawrence, Mrs. Wellington, Mrs. Sterne, Idella Purnell
Stone, Lee Faron, Dorothy Brett, Becky James, Ruth Swaine, Ted Cabot, Chris
Schwarzenbach, Francis Crone, Angelo Ravagli, Belle McCausland, Mrs. Art Noble, Mrs.
Charles Reynolds, Leona Kahl, Winnie Berninghaus, Barbara Sherman, Dick Dicus,
Gertrude and Ralph Casey, Mario Larrinaga, Al Rosen, Romon Dernardy, Ray Deueaux,
Margot Grainger, Dick Grainger, and Art Merrill (P147-P182B).
Johnson, W. W., Lit File Box 4
P183A-P240
Photographs of Johnson with various unidentified people.
Johnson, W. W., Lit File Box 5
P241-P291
Photographs of Johnson with various unidentified people (P241-P244) and with
a German Shepherd dog (P245); individual portrait photographs of Johnson's friends and
associates, including: Senator Clinton P. Anderson, Juan Arenas, Bobby Berg, W. S.
Bill, Dorothy Brett, Bobby Bright's daughter, Witter Bynner, Senator Dennis Chavez,
Judson Crews, Andrew Dasburg, W. Ely, Lee Faron, Tsya Feshina, Joe Foster, Ted Egris,
Sally Gillespie, John Goldmark, Bob Gribbock, Mrs. Hughes, Gen. Patrick J. Hurley,
Inez Haynes Irwin, Lucius Kutchin, Joel Lacy, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Loren Mosley, Bob
Murray, Orlando Ortiz, Ralph Paden, Otto Pitche, Juan Sedillo, Juan Silveti, Felix
Valdez, Caroline Van Rensselaer, Gen. Francisco "Pancho" Villa (postcard), John Vos,
Maj. Gen. Stephen Watts, Mrs. Wellington, and Dr. Victor J. Westphall (P246-P291).
Johnson, W. W., Lit File Box 6
P292-P358E
Photographs of individuals identified by one name only (P292-P299);
photographs of two or more people, some identified, including Gilbert Archuleta,
Dennis Herrera, Fred Bacc, Tom and Dorothy Benrimo, O.G. and Winnie Berninghaus, Billy
the Kid and Pat Garrett (postcards), Hal Binner with Patricio and Raphael, Dorothy
Brett (P306-P307), Ted Cabot (P308-P313), Lee Faron (P317-P318), Orlando Garcia, Panky
Romero, Leo Martinez, Raul Miera, Ricky Garcia, Suzie and Terry Golden, Robinson
Jeffers and Albert Bender (P321), Eleanore Kissel with Dorothy Brett and Luther Cook
(P322), Gordon Lacy (P323-P324), D.H. Lawrence (P325-P326), Frieda Lawrence and
Dorothy Brett (P327A-P327B), Frieda Lawrence and others (P328-P329), Mabel Luhan
(P330, negative only), Art Noble and Bud Romney, Tony Salazar, Felix Valdez, and Cruz
Truyillo.
Johnson, W. W., Lit File Box 7
P359A-P399
Photographic prints and negatives of various unidentified or partially
identified people.
Johnson, W. W., Lit File Box 8
P400-P465I
Photographic prints and negatives of various unidentified men.
Johnson, W. W., Lit File Box 9
P466A-P545E
Photographic prints and negatives of various unidentified men and
women.
Johnson, W. W., Lit File Box 10
P546A-P639B
Photographic prints and negatives of unidentified men, women, and
children.
Johnson, W. W., Lit File Box 11
P640-P744B
Photographic prints and negatives of: unidentified children, some with adults
(P640-P665), people, places, things, and events related to The
Horse Fly and El Crepusculo, a Taos, N.M.,
periodical (P666-P734), and views of Johnson's house (P735-P744B).
Johnson, W. W., Lit File Box 12
P745A-P789
Photographic views of Johnson's house (P745-P772AB),and various ranches,
including the Lawrence ranch (P773-P774) and the Luhan ranch
(P777A-P777D).
Johnson, W. W., Lit File Box 13
P790A-P840
Photographs of: unidentified homes and ranches (P790A-P797B); various
churches, missions, and cathedrals (P798-P827); native American houses near Taos, N.M.
(P828-P838B); an art Gallery in Taos, N.M. (P839A-P839C); and an archway in Mexico
(P840).
Johnson, W. W., Lit File Box 14
P841A-P876H
Photographs of miscellaneous scenes in Taos, N.M., and Mexico, including a
parade featuring "Laughing Horse," and snapshots from a Dorothy McGuire movie set in
Taos.
Johnson, W. W., Lit File Box 15
P877-P904
Photographs of miscellaneous objects and animals, except P904 which is a
small (5.5" x 4.125") oval portrait of Johnson at age 2 (image in very poor
condition).
Lit File OV Box, Small
P1-P8
Photographic portraits of Johnson.
Lit File OV Box, Small
P18
Photograph of an old adobe church.
Lit File OV Box, Small
P169
Photocollage of unidentified people in party wear.
Lit File OV Box, Medium
P10
"Spud Johnson & his laughing horse," 18" x 14" photographic
print.
Lit File OV Box, Medium
P11
Photographic print, 18" x 14," of Johnson setting type.
Lit File OV Box, Medium
P12
Photographic print, 18" x 14," of Johnson seated at a kitchen
table.
Lit File OV Box, Medium
P15
Photographic print, 19" x 14.25," of Johnson seated at kitchen
table.
Lit File OV Box, Medium
P16
Portrait photograph, 19.5" x 15," of K. Wells (bust, 3/4 right profile),
circa 1934.
Lit File OV Box, Large
P14
Portrait photograph, 20" x 15," of Johnson (bust, full front).
Lit File OV Box, Large
P19
Photographic print, 20" x 15," of a desert scene.
Lit File OV Box, Large
P20
Photographic print, 20" x 15," of a dead horse.
Cold Storage, Johnson, W. W. Box 1
P28-P32, P40-P44, P45A-P45B, P53, P55,
P57, P62, P64-P65, P67, P70-P71, P77A-P77D, P82, P90A-P90D, P91, P96C, P106A-P106D,
P107-P108, P110A-P110F, P150-P153, P170-P172, P181, P188A-P188B, P191, P193A-P193B,
P196, P204, P209, P269E-P269G, P326A-P326D, P361A-P361B, P368, P373A, P380A-P380H,
P380L-P380M, P385, P387, P390
Negatives of images pertaining to Johnson.
Cold Storage, Johnson, W. W. Box 2
P404A-P404B, P422A-P422B, P428,
P429A-P429B, P433A-P433B, P437A, P440A-P440F, P466B, P525, P542, P545A-P545D,
P557A-P557K, P562-P563, P587, P599, P602A-P602B, P602G-P602J, P660, P668, P669B,
P670B, P688, P690-P704, P706-P718, P719B, P724, P727A-P727B, P728A-P728E, P733B,
P736A, P736D, P737, P738A-P738B, P742, P748-P749
Negatives of images pertaining to Johnson.
Cold Storage, Johnson, W. W. Box 3
P750-P751, P753, P758-P764,
P765A-P765C, P766, P769-P771, P775, P779A-P779W, P781, P786A, P788-P789, P792, P795,
P798-P800, P806-P807, P825A-P825E, P839A-P839C, P841M-P841N, P843, P858B,
P864A-P864B, P878A-P878B, P880, P885, P895
Negatives of images pertaining to Johnson.
Index of Photographers
- Blair, Don, 1905-2000--P111B, P319, P721, P729, P732-P733
- Boussum, Charles W.--P278
- Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968--P27A-P27B
- Caplin, Harvey--P246, P253, P265
- Cerdá, J.--P324
- Collier, John, 1913- --P13
- Connell, Will, 1898-1961--P10-P12
- Knee, Ernest--P1-P8, P314B
- Lange, Dorothea--P9
- Lewis, Earl V.--P47A-P47B
- Peter A. Juley & Son--P146
- Porter, Eliot, 1901- --P14-P15, P18-P20
- Sackett, Verne, 1913-1997--P157, P312-P313, P314B-P314D, P315, P331, P333A-P333B,
P355, P667A-P667B, P734
- Scott, Ned, 1907-1964--P16
- Shaffer Studios--P52, P68, P111C, P145B
- Sylls, Alan--P23A-P23B, P24
- Tolbert, Mildred--P250
- Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964--P43
- Williams, Bill, photographer--P283
- Wyeth, W. M.--P875A-P875C