Photography Collections Database

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Call Number:

PH-02681

Collection Name:

Merle Armitage Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Armitage, Merle, 1893 - 1975

Associated Press, 1846 - (Organization)

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company, 1893 - (Organization)

Barba, Raoul, active 1930 - 1939

Blanche, Jacques-Émile, 1861 - 1942

Bullock, Wynn, 1902 - 1975

Cada, photographer

Davis, Wyatt, 1906 - 1985

Dick, Gretchen

Fairchild, Charlotte, active 1920 - 1929

French Government Tourist Office (Organization)

Harris & Ewing, active 1910/1919 - 1940/1949 (Organization)

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.), active 1909 - 1957 (Organization)

Kettel, Max, active 1930/1939 - 1950/1959

Keystone View Company, active 1891 - 1940/1949 (Organization)

Knee, Ernest, 1907 - 1982

Look Pix (Organization)

Maurice Seymour, 1929 - 1970/1979 (Organization)

McConkey, Alton B., active 1920 - 1929

Meyer, Charles, photographer, active 1940 - 1949

Mishkin, Herman, 1871 - 1948

Richee, Gene Robert

S. Edward Frank & Associates (Organization)

Schattenstein, Nikol, 1877 - 1954

Stein, Marcia, active 1910 - 1919

Theisen, Earl, active 1950 - 1959

United States. Navy (Organization)

Weston, Brett, 1911 - 1993

Woodbury (Los Angeles, Calif.), active 1920 - 1929 (Organization)

No. of Items:

700 items

Span Dates:

1936-1961

Description:

The Merle Armitage Literary File consists of approximately 700 photographs, many of which are images of books written, edited, and/or designed by Armitage. Also included are portraits of Armitage and various other people, as well as views of the Grand Canyon and various places in Europe. In addition, there are numerous images of petroglyphs, as well as some pertaining to the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad system.

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This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.

Accession No(s):

Internal transfer(s) from manuscript collection(s) at the Harry Ransom Center.; P1-P109L, P110, P111A-P263, P265-P335E, 997:0105:0457; 998:0049:0001-0034

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01164

Location(s):

Armitage, M., Lit File Album 1 (P110)
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Lit File OV Box, Medium (P9, P10, P296)
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Lit File OV Box, Large Armitage 1 (998:0049:0004-0020)
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Lit File OV Box, Large Armitage 2 (998:0049:0021-0034)
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Armitage, M., Lit File Boxes 1-6
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Armitage, M., Lit File Boxes 7-8
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See Also:

Merle Armitage Collection

Merle Armitage Art Collection