O. Henry, 1862-1910
Literary File, Photography Collection
38 items
Acquisition: Internal transfers
Access: Open for research
Processed by: Mary Foster and Susan McClellan, 2006
RLIN Record ID: None
Table of Contents
Scope and Contents
The O. Henry Literary File consists of 38 photographs (36 photographic prints and 2 tintypes) which are chiefly portraits of William Sydney Porter (O. Henry), his wife, Athol Estes Porter, and their daughter, Margaret. An index at the end of this guide lists photographers whose work is featured in this file. Further descriptions of some items are available in a card catalog in the repository.This file forms a part of the Literary File Collection, which is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally include portraits and images collected by or of those figures.
*Items are located at PH:LF:Henry, O.
Item List
| Accession / P No. | Description |
| P1-P2 | Duplicate cabinet card portraits of Porter (P2 in deteriorated condition). |
| P3 | Photographic print of Porter (standing at a teller's window, back to camera) and three unidentified men (employees) at the First National Bank of Austin. |
| P4 | Portrait of Porter as a middle-aged man. |
| P5-P6 | Cabinet card portraits of Athol Estes Porter. |
| P7 | Portrait of Athol Estes Porter in costume as a character in Pinafore. |
| P8 | Portrait of Athol Estes Porter wearing a long dress and holding a fan in her left hand. |
| P9 [was T85] | Full front tintype portrait of Athol Estes Porter wearing a white pinafore with a ribbon in her hair. |
| P10 | Group portrait including William Sydney Porter and Athol Estes Porter (others identified on verso). |
| P11 | Group portrait of Athol Estes Porter, Margaret Porter, and William Sydney Porter. |
| P12 | Group portrait including Mrs. Roach, Margaret Porter, and William Sydney Porter, sitting in an "observation automobile" with unidentified people. |
| P13-P14 | Duplicate cabinet card portraits of Athol Estes Porter, holding her infant daughter, Margaret; each inscribed to "Sister Nettie" (Athol's sister?) on verso. |
| P15-P16 | Duplicate cabinet card portraits of Athol Estes Porter with her daughter Margaret as a young girl (P16 has been cut to a circular shape). |
| P17 | Cabinet card portrait of Athol Estes Porter, seated, with her daughter Margaret standing on a chair beside her. |
| P18 | Cabinet card portrait of Margaret Porter as a baby wearing a pinafore. |
| P19 | Cabinet card portrait of Margaret Porter as a toddler. |
| P20 | Cabinet card portrait of Margaret Porter as a very young girl, standing against a winter background. |
| P21 | Cabinet card portrait of Margaret Porter as a young girl, standing against a stone wall. |
| P22 | Full front bust portrait of Margaret Porter as a girl, wearing two bows in her hair; mounted and inscribed to "Aunt Nettie" (Athol's sister?) on mount verso. |
| P23 | 3/4 right profile bust portrait of Margaret Porter as a (teenage?) girl. |
| P24 | Full front bust portrait of Margaret Porter as a teenager, wearing a white blouse with a large bow; oval photographic print, originally mounted but now detached (see also 980:0120:0001). |
| P25 | Full front 3/4 length portrait of Margaret Porter as a young woman, standing, in a suit, hat and long gloves. |
| P26 | Carte-de-visite of Alston Estes with his signature on the verso. |
| P27 | Snapshot of Margaret Porter as a young woman standing outside in a thicket with an unidentified young woman seated on the ground (back to camera). |
| P28 | Full front bust portrait of Margaret Porter as a young woman with an unidentified young woman. |
| P29 | Tintype portrait of Porter, his daughter Margaret, and two unidentified ladies, with palms and a house depicted on the left side of the backdrop; irregularly shaped tinplate. |
| P30 | Snapshot of Margaret Porter carrying an unidentified little girl piggyback. |
| P31 | Photographic print of four young women seated on a bench in front of a gothic-style structure (three are facing camera and one is on the other side facing the building); inscribed on verso: "Margaret Porter / taken / on the other side." |
| P32 | Snapshot of a group of unidentified people (three women, one man, and an infant). |
| P33 | Right profile portrait of an unidentified woman, seated. |
| 980:0120:0001 | Left profile bust portrait of Margaret Porter as a teenager, wearing a white blouse with a large bow; mounted, oval photographic print from the Vincent W. Lanfear Collection (see also P24). |
| 980:0120:0002 | Cabinet card portrait of a little girl (Margaret Porter?). |
| 997:0105:0062 | Photographic print of Porter's cradle. |
| 997:0105:0063 | Portrait of Mary V. Swain (Porter's mother). |
| 997:0105:0076 | View of Porter's grave in Ashville, N.C., 4 August 1914. |
Index of Photographers
Ankenman & Co.--P13-P14
Cooper, S. H.--P10
Gessford, Joseph G.--P24, 980:0120:0001
Hill, S. B.--P1-P2
Huff, H. L.--980:0120:0002
Ideal Studio (Pittsburg, Pa.)--P4
Journeay, William O.--P7-P8, P15-P16, P18-P19
Marks, H. R. (Harvey R.), 1821-1902--P5-P6
Townsend (Austin, Tex.)--P21
Van Stavoren, J. H.--P26
Vander Weyde, William M., 1871?-1929--P23
W. G. & A. J. Thuss--P17, P20
(Last modified: 9 November 2007)
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