Call Number:

PH-02672

Collection Name:

Nancy Cunard Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

11 boxes and 20 albums (5,700 items)

Span Dates:

1907-1963

Description:

The Nancy Cunard Literary File consists of approximately 5,700 pictures, the majority of which are photographs of various identified and unidentified people, including numerous images of Cunard throughout her life, both alone and with others. Also of note among those represented in the file are Sir Bache and Lady Emerald Cunard (Nancy Cunard’s parents), Louis Aragon, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Jean Cocteau, Edward Gordon Craig, Henry Crowder, Norman Douglas, W. C. Handy, Langston Hughes, Pablo Neruda, George Padmore, and Tristan Tzara. Some of the portraits, as well as other images, pertain to Negro, an anthology collected and edited by Nancy Cunard. In addition to photographs of people, the file includes views of Nevill Holt, the Cunard family home, and other places in England, as well as snapshots and postcards of various places in Spain, France, Italy, Tunisia, the West Indies, Mexico, and Central and South America. There are also numerous images of African sculpture, masks, and bracelets, including items from Cunard’s personal collection, as well as many photographic reproductions of European art.

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This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.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

Negatives cannot be paged to the Reading and Viewing Room without curatorial permission. For additional information, please contact the Curator of Photography.

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01203

Location(s):

Cunard, N., Lit File Albums 1-19
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Cunard, N., Lit File Albums 21-24
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Lit File Artifacts Box 1 (957:0038:0356-0368)
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Cunard, N., Lit File OV Box 1 (957:0038:0001-0020)
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Cunard, N., Lit File OV Box 2 (957:0038:0021-0037)
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Cunard, N., Lit File Album 20
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Cunard, N., Lit File Box 1 (957:0100:0001-0426)
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Cunard, N., Lit File Box 2 (957:0100:0427-0858)
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Cunard, N., Lit File Box 3 (957:0038:0038-0163)
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Cunard, N., Lit File Box 4 (957:0038:0164-0288)
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Cunard, N., Lit File Box 5 (957:0038:0289-0355, 0369-0420)
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Cunard, N., Lit File Box 6 (957:0038:0421-0585)
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Cunard, N., Lit File Box 7 (957:0038:0586-0693)
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Cunard, N., Lit File Box 8 (957:0038:0694-0813)
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Cunard, N., Lit File Box 9 (957:0038:0814-1065)
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Flat File (957:0038:0096a)
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Curatorial permission required Cold Storage (3 boxes of 2,115 unnumbered negatives)
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See Also:

Nancy Cunard Collection

Nancy Cunard Art Collection