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 -

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company, 1893 -

Barba, Raoul, active 1930 or later - 1939 or earlier

Blanche, Jacques-Émile, 1861 - 1942

Bullock, Wynn, 1902 - 1975

Cada, photographer

Davis, Wyatt, 1906 - 1985

Dick, Gretchen

Fairchild, Charlotte, active 1920 or later - 1929 or earlier

French Government Tourist Office

Harris & Ewing, active 1910 or later/1919 or earlier - 1940 or later/1949 or earlier

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

Kettel, Max, active 1930 or later/1939 or earlier - 1950 or later/1959 or earlier

Keystone View Company, active 1891 - 1940 or later/1949 or earlier

Knee, Ernest, 1907 - 1982

Look Pix

Maurice Seymour, 1929 - 1970 or later/1979 or earlier

McConkey, Alton B., active 1920 or later - 1929 or earlier

Meyer, Charles, photographer, active 1940 or later - 1949 or earlier

Mishkin, Herman, 1871 - 1948

Richee, Gene Robert

S. Edward Frank & Associates

Schattenstein, Nikol, 1877 - 1954

Stein, Marcia, active 1910 or later - 1919 or earlier

Theisen, Earl, active 1950 or later - 1959 or earlier

United States. Navy

Weston, Brett, 1911 - 1993

Woodbury (Los Angeles, Calif.), active 1920 or later - 1929 or earlier

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This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.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