University of Texas at Austin

Alice Corbin Henderson:

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

Creator: Henderson, Alice Corbin, 1881-1949
Title: Alice Corbin Henderson Literary File Photography Collection
Dates: circa 1880-1940
Extent: 199 items
Abstract: The Alice Corbin Henderson Literary File Photography Collection consists of 199 photographs, including portraits of Henderson, members of her family, and various friends and associates.
Call Number: PH-02791
Language: English
Access: Open for research. Please note: Negatives cannot be accessed without curatorial approval. 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.
Use Policies: Ransom Center collections may contain material with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in the collections without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Ransom Center and The University of Texas at Austin assume no responsibility.
Restrictions on Use: Authorization for publication is given on behalf of the University of Texas as the owner of the collection and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder which must be obtained by the researcher. For more information please see the Ransom Centers' Open Access and Use Policies.


Administrative Information


Preferred Citation Alice Corbin Henderson Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02791). 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 Alice Corbin Henderson Literary File Photography Collection consists of 199 photographs (188 photographic prints, 4 tintypes, 1 glass negative, and 6 nitrate negatives), including portraits of Henderson, members of her family, and various friends and associates, such as Harriet Tilden Brainerd, Witter Bynner, Robert Hunt, Mabel Dodge Luhan, and Carl Sandburg. An index at the end of this guide lists photographers whose work is featured in this file.
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.

Related Material


Associated and related material by and about Henderson can be found in the Center's library and in the Alice Corbin Henderson Collection (MS-01907) and the Alice Corbin Henderson Art Collection of William Penhallow Henderson (AR-00122).

Index Terms


People

Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984.
Blue, Rupert Lee, 1868-1948.
Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968.
Davidson, Jo, 1883-1952.
Henderson, Alice Corbin, 1881-1949.
Henderson, William Penhallow, 1877-1943.
Luhan, Mabel Dodge, 1879-1962.
Moody, William Vaughn, 1869-1910.
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967.
Wescott, Glenway, 1901-1987.

Subjects

Artists.
Poets.
Portraits.
Snapshots.
Taos school of art.

Places

Phoenix (Ariz.)
Taos (N.M.)

Document Types

Cartes de visite.
Cyanotypes.
Glass negatives.
Nitrate negatives.
Photographic postcards.
Photographic prints.
Tintypes.

Item List