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Robert Underwood Johnson:

An Inventory of His Literary File Photography Collection at the Harry Ransom Center

Creator: Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937
Title: Robert Underwood Johnson Literary File Photography Collection
Dates: 1918, undated
Extent: 381 items
Abstract: The Robert Underwood Johnson Literary File Photography Collection consist of 381 images, including photographs of ambulances and drivers in Italy during World War I, views of the Hetch Hetchy Valley in California, and portraits.
Call Number: PH-02866
Language: English and Italian
Access: Open for research. To make an appointment or to reserve photography materials, please email Visual Materials Reference staff. Researchers must create an online Research Account and agree to the Materials Use Policy before using archival materials.
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Administrative Information


Preferred Citation Robert Underwood Johnson Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02866). Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
Acquisition: Internal transfers
Processed by: Mary Foster and Susan McClellan, 2006
Repository:

Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin,

Scope and Contents


The Robert Underwood Johnson Literary File Photography Collection consist of 381 images (301 loose photographs, 77 photographs in 3 albums, 2 nitrate negatives, and 1 tintype), including photographs of ambulances and drivers in Italy during World War I, views of the Hetch Hetchy Valley in California, and portraits. An index at the end of this guide lists identified photographers whose work is featured in this file. Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the repository.
This file forms a part of the Literary Files Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.

Index Terms


People
Johnson, Pamela Hansford, 1912-1981.
Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937.
Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953.

Subjects
Ambulances--American--Italy--1910-1920.
Hetch Hetchy Valley (Calif.)--History--Pictorial works.
Portraits.
World War, 1914-1918--Italy.
World War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects.

Places
Hetch Hetchy Valley (Calif.)
Italy.
Yosemite Valley (Calif.)

Document Types
Nitrate negatives.
Photograph albums.
Photographic prints.
Tintypes.

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