An Inventory of His Literary File Photography Collection at the Harry Ransom
Center
Creator:
Wijk, W. E. van (Walter Emile),
1887-1961
Title:
W. E. van (Walter Emile) Wijk Literary File
Photography Collection
Dates:
circa 1900-1950
Extent:
33 photographs
Abstract:
A collection of 33 photographs, the majority of which are glass
negatives, taken or collected by W. E. van (Walter Emile) Wijk (Dutch,
1887-1961).
Call Number:
PH-02895
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 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
W. E. van (Walter Emile) Wijk Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02895). Harry
Ransom
Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
The collection consists of 33 photographs, the majority of which are glass negatives
of
manuscripts, taken or collected by the mathematician, physicist, and science historian,
W.
E. van (Walter Emile) Wijk (Dutch, 1887-1961).
Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the repository.
This collection 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
Related material at the Ransom Center is located in the University Bibliotech Leiden
Photography Collection
(PH-00215) that consists of 705 photographic reproductions predominantly of ancient
and
historical manuscripts held by the Leiden University Library (i.e., Rijksuniversiteit
te
Leiden, Bibliotheek).
