Collection Summary
O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953
Eugene O'Neill Literary File Photography
Collection
20th century
PH-02971
233 items
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin,
The Eugene O'Neill Literary File
Photography Collection consists of 233 items, mostly studio portraits of O'Neill, his second
wife, Agnes, and their children, Shane and Oona.
English
Scope and Contents
The Eugene O'Neill Literary File Photography Collection consists of 233 items, mostly
studio portraits of O'Neill, his second wife, Agnes, and their children, Shane and Oona.
There are also studio portraits of O'Neill's fellow Provincetown Players including
playwrights, poets and actors. The bulk of the images are by Nickolas Muray and include
studio portraits as well as copy prints of O'Neill's family photographs. 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photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and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.
Acquisition:
Internal transfers
Access:
Open for research. Please note: Negatives cannot be accessed without curatorial approval.
To make an appointment or to reserve photography materials, please email Visual Materials Reference staff.
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before using archival materials.
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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
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Index Terms
People
Cook, George Cram, 1873-1924.
Dell, Floyd, 1887-1969.
Glaspell, Susan, 1876-1948.
O'Neill, Carlotta.
O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953.
O'Neill, James, 1878-1923.
Wolheim, Louis.
Wycherly, Margaret, 1881-1956.
Wylie, Elinor, 1885-1928.
Subjects
Portraits.
Wharf Theatre (Provincetown, Mass.)
Document Types
Gelatine silver prints.
Glass negatives.
Nitrate negatives.
Preferred Citation
Eugene O'Neill Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02971). Harry Ransom Center, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Processed by:
Mary Alice Harper and Susan McClellan, 2006
Related Material
Associated and related material by and about O'Neill can be found in the Center's library
and in the Eugene O'Neill Collection (MS-03085).
Container List
O'Neill, E., Lit File Box 1
P1-P2, P3A-P3B, P4-P5, P6A, P7A-P7C,
P8A-P8B, P9, P10A-P10B, P11, P12A-P12B, P13-P19, P20A-P20B, P21-P29,
P30A-P30B
Studio portraits of O'Neill and copy prints of his family photographs, one of
which includes his brother James O'Neill (P27).
O'Neill, E., Lit File Box 1
P31A-P31B, P32A-P32B, P33A-P33B,
P34A-P34B, P35A-P35B, P36A-P36B, P37A-P37B, P38, P39A (contemporary print made from
glass negative), P39B, P40A-P40B, P41A-P41D, P42A-P42B, P43A, P43B (2 items),
P43C-P43J, P44A-P44B, P45A-P45B
Portraits of O'Neill, his second wife, Agnes, and/or their children, Shane
and Oona (P41 and P42 include friends), as well as copy prints of family photographs,
one of which is of his brother James O'Neill (P32).
O'Neill, E., Lit File Box 1
P46A-P46G (2 items each), P47 (2
items)
Portraits of Shane and Oona O'Neill with original negatives.
O'Neill, E., Lit File Box 2
P48A-P48O, P48P (2 items), P48Q (3
items), P48R-P48S, P49A-P49B, P50A-P50B, P51, P52A-P52B (2 items each), P53,
P54A-P54D, P55A-P55B, P56A-P56B, P57, P58A-P58B, P59A-P59L (12 different images),
P60A-P60J (10 different images), P61, P63; 982:0036:0010
Portraits of Carlotta Monterey, Ralph Barton, Margaret Wycherly, Susan
Glaspell, George Cram Cook, Elinor Wylie, Louise Bryant, Louis Wolheim, James Light,
Harry Kemp, and Floyd Dell (P48-P58); views of Provincetown (P59); images from an
exhibit about O'Neill (P60) ; portraits of O'Neill (P61; 982:0036:0010); image of 17
unidentified men seated around a conference table (P63).
Lit File OV Box, Medium
P62
Poster promoting the 1966 Provincetown Playhouse Festival with image of a
wave crashing on a beach.
Cabinet Storage
P1-P2, P35A-P35B (2 variant images),
P37A-P37B (2 variant images), P39A-P39B (2 variant images)
Glass negatives (same number assigned to corresponding prints).
Cold Storage, Lit File Boxes
P4-P5, P6A-P6B (2 variants; no print
available of P6B), P7-P15, P17-P25, P27 (composite of 4 photographs), P29B
(composite of P28 and P29A), P34, P36, P38, P40A-P40B, P41A-P41B, P42A-P42B, P43A,
P43C-P43G, P43I, P44A-P44C, P45, P48B, P48Q, P49B, P59A-P59J
Nitrate negatives (same number assigned to corresponding prints, if
available).
Index of Photographers
- Berstein, Dan--P62
- Muray, Nickolas, 1892-1965--P3-P4, P6-P15, P17-P29, P34-P36, P40-P49
- New York Times Studio--P63
- Van Vechten, Carl--P61