The Carson McCullers Literary File
consists of 993 photographic prints, 206 negatives, 17 transparencies, 2
daguerreotypes, and 92 prints in 6 albums depicting Carson McCullers throughout
her
life, as well as members of her family, her friends, and scenes from staged versions
of her works.
Call Number:
Photography Collection
PH-02678
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. To make
an
appointment or to reserve Photography Collection materials, please contact the
Center's staff
at photography@hrc.utexas.edu.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Carson McCullers Literary File Photography Collection (Photography Collection
PH-02678). Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
The Carson McCullers Literary File consists of 993 photographic prints, 206
negatives, 17 transparencies, 2 daguerreotypes, and 92 prints in 6 albums. Included
are images of McCullers (born Lula Carson Smith) throughout her life, both alone
and
with others. Subjects include various family members including her husband Reeves,
her parents Marguerite and Lamar, her sister Margarita (Rita), and her brother
Lamar
Jr., and a number of her friends, including Tennessee Williams. Additionally,
there
are views of her home in Nyack, New York. Also included are a number of images
depicting the scenes from staged versions of several of her works.
Many folders include notes regarding identification of the people in the photographs
enclosed, likely written by Rita Smith. Several images were found to have duplicate
accession numbers, and were renumbered at the end of the sequence, but are housed
in
the order found. Albums were each given a separate accession number range.
An index at the end of this guide lists photographers whose work is featured in this
file.
This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection, which is
comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers
of
literary figures, and generally include portraits and images collected by or of
those figures.
Related Material
Additional McCullers material can be found in the Carson McCullers Collection (MS-02758)
at the
Harry Ransom Center.
