An Inventory of His Literary File Photography Collection at the Harry Ransom
Center
Creator:
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne,
1835-1910
Title:
Samuel Langhorne Clemens Literary Photography
Collection
Dates:
circa 1850-1950
Extent:
42 items
Abstract:
Forty-two photographs of and related to
author and humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens (American, 1835-1910), who also wrote
under the
name Mark Twain. The majority of the images are formal and casual portraits of
Clemens.
Call Number:
Photography Collection PH-02824
Language:
English
Access:
Open for research. 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
Samuel Langhorne Clemens Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02824). Harry Ransom
Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
The collection consists of 42 photographs of and related to author and humorist Samuel
Langhorne Clemens (American, 1835-1910), who also wrote under the name Mark Twain.
Also
included are views of places associated with him and two images of his daughter Clara.
An
index at the end of this guide lists photographers whose work is featured in this
file.
Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the repository.
This file forms a part of the Literary File Collection that 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 materials by and about Clemens are located in the Ransom Center's Library,
the
Samuel Langhorne Clemens Art Collection (AR-00041), and the Samuel Clemens Collection
(MS-00809), from which these materials were likely transferred.
