Collection Summary
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963
Robert Frost Literary File Photography
Collection
20th century
PH-02801
18 items
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin,
The Robert Frost Literary File consists of
18 photographs, mostly portraits of Frost.
English
Scope and Contents
The Robert Frost Literary File consists of 18 photographs, mostly portraits of Frost. 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 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photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and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.
Acquisition:
Internal transfers
Access:
Open for research. To make an appointment or to reserve photography materials, please email
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Index Terms
People
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982.
O'Brien, Esse Forrester.
Subjects
Portraits.
Snapshots.
Document Types
Photographic prints.
Preferred Citation
Robert Front Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02801). Harry Ransom Center, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Processed by:
Mary Foster and Susan McClellan, 2006
Related Material
Associated and related material by and about Frost can be found in the Center's library and
in the Robert Frost Collection (MS-01499).
Item List
Frost, R., Lit File
P1A-P1G
7 signed copies of a portrait of Frost (P1G inscribed below image recto: "For
L.W. Payne Jr.").
Frost, R., Lit File
P2
Snapshot of Frost; inscribed on verso in first hand (by Esse F. O'Brien):
"taken at O'Brien / summer home - / Lake Waco;" inscribed on verso in second hand (by
L. W. Payne, Jr.?): "probably in May 1933."
Frost, R., Lit File
P3-P4
Candid portraits of Frost.
Frost, R., Lit File
P5
Photograph of Frost giving a lecture; inscribed by Frost below image: "R.F.
telling the seniors of Amherst about / our darkest concern."
Frost, R., Lit File
P7
Portrait of Frost and Archibald MacLeish, from the frontispiece of Billie
Simmons' thesis, "Archibald MacLeish's Use of Source Material in Conquistador."
Frost, R., Lit File
P8
View of the Frost home in Amherst; inscribed on verso "presentation copy from
Mrs. Frost."
Frost, R., Lit File
P9
View of "Pinkerton Academy, / Derry, New Hampshire, / where Robert Frost /
taught school. / Taken July 1, 1934."
Frost, R., Lit File
P10
Photographic reproduction of the title page and frontispiece of Robert Frost, a bibliography.
Frost, R., Lit File
P11
Portrait of Frost.
Frost, R., Lit File
P12
Portrait of Frost; signed presentation (on image) to Donald
Adams.
Lit File OV Box, Medium
P6
Portrait of Frost in an armchair.
Index of Photographers
- Clark, Joe, 1904-1989--P6
- Ellison Studios--P9
- Farmer (Waco, Tex.)--P1A-P1G
- Haseltine, Richard S.--P4