Call Number:

PH-02678

Collection Name:

Carson McCullers Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

4 boxes and 5 albums (1,310 items)

Span Dates:

1880s-1960s

Description:

The Carson McCullers literary file consists of 993 photographic prints, 206 negatives, 17 transparencies, 2 daguerreotypes, and 92 prints in 6 albums. Included are images of McCullers (born Lula Carson Smith, American, 1917-1967) throughout her life, both alone and with others. Subjects include various family members including her husband Reeves, her parents Marguerite and Lamar, her sister Margarita (Rita), and her brother Lamar Jr., and a number of her friends, including Tennessee Williams. Additionally, there are views of her home in Nyack, New York. Also included are a number of images depicting the scenes from staged versions of several of her works.

Many folders include notes regarding identification of the people in the photographs enclosed, most likely written by Rita Smith. Several images were found to have duplicate accession numbers, and were renumbered at the end of the sequence, but are housed in the order found. Albums were each given a separate accession number range.

Please consult finding aid for more detailed information and to page materials to the Reading and Viewing Room. Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the repository.

This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.

Access Restrictions:

Transparencies may be accessed but require 24 hours advance notice. Negatives cannot be accessed without curatorial approval. To make an appointment or to reserve Photography Collection materials, please contact the Center's staff at photography@hrc.utexas.edu.

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01261

Location(s):

A Box, Large (957:0037:0001)
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McCullers, C., Lit File Albums 1-5
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Lit File OV Box, Small (957:0037:0996)
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Lit File OV Box, Medium (957:0037:0997-0999)
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Lit File OV Box, Large (957:0037:1000)
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Lit File Cased Images Box 2 (997:0043:0010-0011)
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McCullers, C., Lit File Boxes 1
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McCullers, C., Lit File Boxes 2
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McCullers, C., Lit File Boxes 3
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McCullers, C., Lit File Boxes 4
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Flat File (957:0037:1001)
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Curatorial permission required Cold Storage Lit File Boxes (Negatives and transparencies)
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See Also:

Daguerreotypes by Unidentified Photographers Photography Collection

Henri Cartier-Bresson Photography Collection

Richard Avedon Photography Collection

Norman Mailer Literary File Photography Collection

Carson McCullers Collection: Related manuscript materials, from which this collection was likely transferred, are located in the Carson McCullers Collection (MS-02758).