The Compton Mackenzie Literary File
Photography Collection consists of 2,615 items, mostly portraits and photographs of
Mackenzie and his family.
Call Number:
Photography Collection PH-02854
Language:
English
Access:
Open for research. 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
Center's Open Access and Use Policies.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Compton Mackenzie Literary File Photography Collection (Photography Collection PH-02854).
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
The collection consists of 2,615 items, the majority of which are
contained in 16 albums. Albums 1-8 contain chiefly portraits, almost all of which
are
cabinet cards or cartes de visite, while Album 9 contains views of Egypt. Albums 10-15
depict Mackenzie, his wife Faith Stone, and others in various places from circa 1903
to
circa 1932. Finally, Album 16 contains studio portraits of Mackenzie and a panoramic
group
portrait of a banquet in his honor signed by each guest. There are also numerous portraits
of Mackenzie throughout his life among the loose prints, as well as portraits of family
members and views of various places. An index at the end of this guide lists some
of the
photographers whose work is featured in this collection. Further descriptions of some
items are
available in a card catalog in the repository.
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 includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.
Related Material
The Harry Ransom Center holds additional Compton Mackenzie material in the manuscripts,
art, and personal effects
collections.
