Collection Summary
Ford, Charles Henri
Charles Henri Ford Literary File Photography
Collection
1931-2000, undated
PH-02919
62 items
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin,
The Charles Henri Ford Literary File
consists of 62 photographs, many of which are portraits or snapshots of Ford.
English
Scope and Contents
The Charles Henri Ford Literary File consists of 62 photographs, many of which are
portraits or snapshots of Ford. 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photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and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. Please note: Negatives cannot be accessed without curatorial approval.
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Index Terms
People
Barnes, Djuna.
Ford, Charles Henri.
Genet, Jean, 1903-1934.
Koshkin-Youritzin, Victor.
Tchelitchew, Pavel, 1898-1957.
Subjects
Artists.
Authors.
Portraits.
Document Types
Nitrate negatives.
Photographic prints.
Preferred Citation
Charles Henri Ford Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02919). 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 Ford can be found in the Center's library and
in the Charles Henri Ford Art Collection (AR-00336) and the Charles Henri Ford Collection
(MS-01435).
Item List
Ford, C. H., Lit File
P1
Portrait of Ford as a child.
Ford, C. H., Lit File
P2
Candid profile portrait of Ford (as an adolescent boy?); handwritten note by
Ford on verso.
Ford, C. H., Lit File
P3
Photographic postcard portrait of Ford in Bolivia,
1933.
Ford, C. H., Lit File
P4
Portrait of Ford, Paris,
1933.
Ford, C. H., Lit File
P5
Mounted portrait of Ford in the surf, Fuengirola, Spain, signed presentation
on mount verso from Ford to "Daddy,"
September 1934.
Ford, C. H., Lit File
P7
Portrait of Ford in native dress, St. Jorioz,
1939.
Ford, C. H., Lit File
P8
Portrait of Ford in a mask and costume at the Fifth Anniversary Costume Ball
in Weston, Connecticut,
1945.
Ford, C. H., Lit File
P9
Portrait of Ford standing in his bathing suit on a rock, Bermuda,
1946.
Ford, C. H., Lit File
P10
Portrait of Ford standing next to a car, Florida,
1948.
Ford, C. H., Lit File
P11
Photographic reproduction of a painted portrait by Pavel Tchelitchew of
Ford.
Ford, C. H., Lit File
P12
Group portrait of schoolboys (Ford is in the front row, fifth from right,
with the pennant in his lap) in Memphis, Tennessee.
Ford, C. H., Lit File
P13
Photograph of Ford with Pavel Tchelitchew looking out of a Dutch
door.
Ford, C. H., Lit File
P14
Photograph of Pavel Tchelitchew painting a portrait of Peter Watson while
Ford reads a book.
Ford, C. H., Lit File
P15
Photograph of Ford with Pavel Tchelitchew, Gertrude Cato Ford, and a
dog.
Ford, C. H., Lit File
P16
Photograph of Ford (right) with Djuna Barnes (center) and "Putsy"
Hampstengel, Munich,
1931.
Ford, C. H., Lit File
P17
Portrait of Jean Genet; signed presentation (on image) to Ford.
Ford, C. H., Lit File
P18
Portrait of a costumed dancer; signed (on image): "Greetings / [illegible]
Joe Lee."
Ford, C. H., Lit File
P19
Photographic postcard portrait of Ford as a young child with an unidentified
young woman.
Ford, C. H., Lit File
P20-P26
Photographic reproductions of ink drawings by Ford, each with the location of
the original handwritten on verso.
Ford, C. H., Lit File
P27
View of the birthplace of Ford (his paternal grandfather's hotel) in
Hazlehurst, Mississippi.
Ford, C. H., Lit File
P28-P29
Portraits of Ford,
14 November 1934.
Ford, C. H., Lit File
957:0067:0001-0027
Snapshots of Ford and his friends and family, including a portrait of Ford as
a little boy (957:0067:0023).
Ford, C. H., Lit File
986:0037:0001
Composite print of two different portraits of an unidentified young
man.
Ford, C. H., Lit File
2005:0033:0001-0002
2 color snapshots taken at Ford's summer residence in Montauk, Long Island:
Ford (2005:0033:0001); and Victor Koshkin-Youritzin, the painter Harold Stevenson, and
Ford (2005:0033:0002),
2000.
Lit File OV Box, Small
P6
Portrait of Ford,
1938.
Cold Storage Lit File Boxes
957:0067:0028-0030
2 partial rolls of 120mm nitrate negatives, and 1 frame of nitrate film; 10
negatives correspond to snapshots 957:0067:0006-0011, 0013-0016, but there are no
prints for: 957:0067:0028 (Roll [1] frame [7]), a picture of a young man wearing an
aviator-style jacket; and 957:0067:0030, a snapshot of a woman standing next to a bust
portrait in a sculpture studio.
Index of Photographers
- Beaton, Cecil Walter Hardy, Sir, 1904- --P6, P14
- Bolzoni, D.--957:0067:0027
- Darby, Eileen, 1916-2004--P8
- David, Robert, photographer--P20-P26
- DeLamar, Alice--P10
- Ford, Charles Henri--957:0067:0012
- Jones, W. B.--P12
- Koshkin-Youritzin, Victor--2005:0033:0001
- McClellan Studios--P9
- Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946--P3
- Studio Piaz--P4
- Studio Rodriguez--P17
- Tamang, Indra--2005:0033:0002
- Tchelitchew, Pavel, 1898-1957--P5
- Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964--P28-P29
- Wolf, William, photographer--986:0037:0001