An Inventory of his Literary File Photography Collection at the Harry
Ransom Center
Creator:
Howarth, R. G. (Robert Guy),
1906-1974
Title:
R. G. (Robert Guy) Howarth Literary
File Photography Collection
Dates:
1960, undated
Extent:
275 items
Abstract:
The R. G. (Robert Guy) Howarth
Literary File consists of 275 photographs (8 photographic prints, 187 negatives,
and
80 lantern slides). An index at the end of this guide lists photographers whose
work
is featured in this file. Further descriptions of some items are available in
a card
catalog in the repository.
Call Number:
Photography Collection
PH-02690
Language:
English
Access:
Open for research. Please note: Transparencies may be accessed but require 24 hours
advance notice. Negatives cannot be accessed without curatorial approval. Light
sensitive materials must be viewed under low-level lighting. Some materials may
be
restricted from viewing. To make an appointment or to reserve photography materials,
please contact the Center's staff at photography@hrc.utexas.edu.
Administrative Information
Acquisition:
Internal transfer from the R. G. (Robert Guy) Howarth Papers (MS-02035).
The R. G. (Robert Guy) Howarth Literary File consists of 275 photographs (8
photographic prints, 187 negatives, and 80 lantern slides). An index at the end
of
this guide lists photographers whose work is featured in this file. Further
descriptions of some items are available in a card catalog in the repository.
The lantern slides were originally described in two separate series, Shakespeare’s Theatre, Elizabethan England (P26-P65) and
Shakespeare’s Theatre, Elizabethan and Modern
England (P66-P105). The series titles were presumably from the original
housing, described by previous catalogers simply as “a black box.” The images
are
chiefly reproductions of book illustrations or typescript, with a few being
photographs from life, so noted. Most of the slides have labels with identification
and/or original slide numbers, while a few which have no labels at all; quoted
titles were devised from slide content (text).
This file forms a part of the Literary Files photography collection, which is
comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers
of
literary figures and businesses, and generally include portraits and images taken
or
collected by and/or of those people and businesses.
Related Material
Additional Howarth material can be found in the R. G. (Robert Guy) Howarth Papers
(MS-02035)
at the Harry Ransom Center.
