An Inventory of His Literary File Photograhy Collection at the Harry Ransom
Center
Creator:
Walpole, Hugh, 1884-1941
Title:
Hugh Walpole Literary File Photography
Collection
Dates:
circa 1880s-1941, undated
Extent:
517 items (6 boxes, 1
album)
Abstract:
The collection consists of 517 items of and
related to the author and screenwriter Hugh Walpole (British, 1884-1941).
Call Number:
Photography Collection PH-02963
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
Hugh Walpole Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02963). Harry Ransom Center,
The
University of Texas at Austin.
The collection consists of 517 items of and related to the author and screenwriter
Hugh
Walpole (British, 1884-1941). Included are portraits of Walpole alone at various ages
and
with his sister Dorothea, his mother Mildred, other authors, and Hollywood notables.
Additionally there is an album that primarily contains photographs of architecture.
An index
at the end of this guide lists some of the photographers whose work is featured in
this
file. Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the
repository.
This collection forms a part of the Literary File 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
Associated and related material by and about Walpole can be found in the Center's
library
and in the Hugh Walpole Collection (MS-04395).
