Call Number:

PH-02800

Collection Name:

Carl Van Vechten Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

769 items

Description:

The collection consists of 769 photographs, the majority of which are portraits taken by Carl Van Vechten (American, ). The portraits, which include himself and his wife Fania Marinoff, include notable figures of the twentieth century in literature, dance, theater, music, performing arts. Nearly all the photographs are by Van Vechten, and an index at the end of the finding aid lists the other photographers whose work is featured in this file.

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This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01532

Location(s):

Van Vechten, C., Lit File Box 1 (P1-P97, P99)
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Van Vechten, C., Lit File Box 2 (P100-P192)
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Van Vechten, C., Lit File Box 3 (P193-P227, P229-P275, P277-P281)
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Van Vechten, C., Lit File Box 4 (P282-P305, P306A-P306C, P307-P308, P309A-P309E, P310, P312-P314, P315A-P315C, P316-P318, P320-P325, P327-P328; 981:0056:0001-0002)
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Van Vechten, C., Lit File Box 5 (987:0033:0000)
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Van Vechten, C., Lit File Box 6 (987:0033:0000; 2002:0034:0001)
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See Also:

Carl Van Vechten Collection: An additional 45 photographic postcards by Van Vechten are located in the Carl Van Vechten Collection (MS-04331).

Klaus W. Jonas Collection of Somerset Maugham and Carl Van Vechten

Diego Rivera Literary File Photography Collection