An Inventory of Her Literary File Photography Collection at the Harry Ransom
Center
Creator:
Hamilton, Florence, 1873-1968
Title:
Florence Hamilton Literary File Photography
Collection
Dates:
circa 1896-1968
Extent:
385 items
Abstract:
The Florence Hamilton Literary File
Photography Collection consists of 385 items pertaining to the life and career of
Florence
Hamilton, poet and lecturer.
Call Number:
Photography Collection PH-02712
Language:
English
Access:
Open for research. Nitrate 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.
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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
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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
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Florence Hamilton Literary File Photography Collection (Photography Collection PH-02712).
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
Florence (Danforth) Hamilton was born in Upper Jay, New York on July 20, 1873. She
married
Ernest Hamilton around 1890. She was lecture manager and secretary to Edwin Markham,
a
prominent American poet, from 1920 until he suffered a debilitating stroke in 1936.
After
Markham's stroke and eventual death, Hamilton published several volumes of her own
poetry,
lectured on poetry herself, and was an active member of several organizations for
poets,
including the National League of American Pen Women, the Congress of American Poets,
and the
American Academy of Poets. Hamilton died in Richmond, Virginia in 1968.
Sources:
From the guide to the Florence Hamilton Collection Relating to Edwin Markham, 1857-1959
(bulk 1926-1942), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress).
Scope and Contents
The Florence Hamilton Literary File Photography Collection consists of 385 items pertaining
to the life and career of Florence Hamilton. There are loose prints, nitrate negatives,
card
format photographs, two albums, and a tintype. Subjects include Hamilton, Edwin Markham,
group portraits taken at lectures and poetry society meetings, as well as prominent
actors,
writers, artists, and poets. There is also a printing block (possibly linoleum on
wood) with
a portrait of Hamilton. An index at the end of this guide lists photographers whose
work is
featured in this literary 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
The Harry Ransom Center holds related manuscript material in the Florence Hamilton
Collection and the Edwin Markham Collection. Additional materials from the Florence
Hamilton
Collection are located in the Walt Whitman and the Sidney Lanier Literary File Photography
Collections.
