Call Number:

PH-00040

Collection Name:

Frank Armstrong Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

38 photographs

Span Dates:

1968-1987

Description:

The collection consists of 28 exhibition photographs, 2 photographs, three snapshots, and five postcards by Frank Armstrong (American, born 1935), a commercial photographer and art photographer specializing in Southwestern subjects. The exhibition prints are views of landscapes and architecture seen along various roads around the American West, predominantly in Texas. The photographic postcards were sent by Armstrong to the staff of the Ransom Center between 1979 and 1983. One of these postcards is a portrait of Armstrong and his wife, Ellen Dunlap, on their honeymoon. Print information follows.

976:0003:0001 -- Ben White Boulevard, Austin, Texas, 1977. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0002 -- Red Rock, Texas, 1977. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0003 -- Nenana, Arkansas, 1976. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0004 -- Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas, 1976. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0005 -- U.S. Highway 70/380, Hondo Valley, Picacho, New Mexico, 1975. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0006 -- Lampasas, Texas, 1975. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0007 -- Tres Piedras, New Mexico, 1976. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0008 -- Texas Highway 21, North of San Marcos, Texas, 1975. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0009 -- Wealder, Texas, 1976. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0010 -- FM 2237, East of Muldoon, Texas, 1975. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0011 -- Old U.S. Highway 81, Austin, Texas, 1976. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0012 -- Prairie Lea, Texas, 1975. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0013 -- Mile 188.5 George Parks Highway, Arkansas, 1976. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0014 -- Big Bear Canyon, North of Ruidoso, New Mexico, 1976. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0015 -- Sterling, Arkansas, 1976. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0016 -- Colorado Highway 17, North of Alamosa, Colorado, 1976. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0017 -- Mile 131 Alaska Highway, B.C., Canada, 1976. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0018 -- County Road to Joppa, Texas, 1975. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0019 -- Globe Hill Church Community, Northeast of Giddings, Texas, 1976. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0020 -- Ruidoso, New Mexico, 1975. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0021 -- Wealder, Texas, 1975. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0022 -- Texas Highway 71/191, Spicewood, Texas, 1975. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0023 -- Globe Hill Cemetery, Northeast of Giddings, Texas, 1976. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0024 -- Wealder, Texas, 1975. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0025 -- Texas Highway 471, Medina County, Texas, 1975. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0026 -- Abstract, Waller Creek, Austin, Texas, 1976. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0027 -- California Beach, 1968. Gelatin silver print;
976:0003:0028 -- Speedway Street, Austin, Texas, 1973. Gelatin silver print;
978:0028:0001-0002 -- Portraits of Walker Evans]. Gelatin silver prints;
980:0027:0001-0002 -- Postcards of Frank Armstrong and Ellen Dunlap;
984:0001:0001 -- [Oakwood Store], 1984. Gelatin silver print (postcard);
988:0026:0001-0003 --Snapshots of Frank Armstrong, Richard Greffe, and Roy Flukinger at a campsite with a trailer and picnic table and surrounded by pine trees;
988:0037:0001 -- Waite, Texas, 1987;
2005:0036:0001 -- [Walker Evans at UT], 1974.

Also included in the collection is correspondence from George Drucker and Henry Wilhelm from 1975 and 1976, and correspondence and clippings relating to Armstrong's research on Photojournalist: The Career of Jimmy Hare.

Location(s):

Photo Coll MSS Box 1 (correspondence, clippings)
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A Box, Large (2005:0036:0001)
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Armstrong, F., Box 1 (976:0003:0001-0012)
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Armstrong, F., Box 2 (976:0003:0013-0024)
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Armstrong, F., Box 3 (976:0003:0025-0028; 978:0028:0001-0002; 980:0027:0001-0002; 984:0001:0001; 988:0026:0001-0003; 988:0037:0001)
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See Also:

Texas Sesquicentennial Project Photography Collection (a.k.a. Texas Historical Foundation Collection): Additional work by Armstrong can be found in the Texas Sesquicentennial Project Photography Collection (a.k.a. Texas Historical Foundation Collection) (PH-00275).

Texas Miscellany Photography Collection: Additional work by Armstrong can be found in the Texas Miscellany Photography Collection (PH-00174).

Postcards and Greeting Cards from Various Photographers Collection: Additional work by Armstrong can be found in the Postcards and Greeting Cards from Various Photographers Collection (PH-00236). See items 983:0075:0002; 988:0001:0011; 988:0001:0013.