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Record Detail


Call Number:

PH-02896

Collection Name:

Dorothy Brett Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Brett, Dorothy, 1883-1977 (1883 - 1977)

Connell, Will, 1898-1961 (1898 - 1961)

Moderne Studio (Kilgore, Tex.)

Sylls, Alan

Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 (1880 - 1964)

No. of Items:

30 items

Span Dates:

20th century

Description:

The collection consists of 30 photographs of and related to painter Dorothy Brett (British, 1883-1977). Included are portraits and snapshots of Brett as well as prominent artists and writers that include Aldous Huxley, Ottoline Morrell, Alfred Stieglitz, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, and Georgia O'Keeffe.

Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the repository.

This file forms a part of the Literary File Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally include portraits and images collected by or of those figures.

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01372

Location(s):

Lit File OV Box, Medium (P30)
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Brett, D., Lit File (P1-P29)
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See Also:

Dorothy Brett Art Collection: Related art works are located in the Dorothy Brett Art Collection (AR-00029).

Dorothy Brett Collection: Related manuscript materials, from which these photographs were likely transferred, are located in the Dorothy Brett Collection (MS-00506).


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