Collection Summary
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Jeffers, Robinson,
1887-1962
Robinson Jeffers Literary File
Photography Collection
circa 1875-1929
2,510 items (1.68 linear feet)
The collection consists of 2,510
photographs of and related to the American poet Robinson Jeffers
(1887-1962).
English
Photography Collection
PH-00281
Acquisition:
Internal transfer(s) from manuscript collection(s)
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Scope and Contents
The Robinson Jeffers Literary File consists of 2,510 photographs (1,361 loose prints
and safety negatives, 1,132 nitrate negatives, 16 tintypes, and 1 ambrotype).
Featured are snapshots of the Jeffers family, travel scenes in Great Britain and
Europe, Tor House in California, various literary celebrities of Jeffers’ day,
photographs of some works of art, and stills from Jeffers-related theatrical
productions. Of note is a portrait of Jeffers by Edward Weston (970:0004:0001). The
tintypes and ambrotype are of Jeffers’ maternal (Tuttle family) relatives. An index
at the end of this guide lists identified photographers whose work is featured in
this file.
This file forms a part of the Harry Ransom Center’s Literary File Collection, which
is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of
literary figures, and generally includes photographs either taken by, collected by,
or of those figures.
Additional Jeffers material can be found in the Robinson Jeffers Collection
(MS-02170) at the Harry Ransom Center.
Index Terms
People
Jeffers, Robinson,
1887-1962.
Jeffers, Una, 1884 or
1885-1950.
Luhan, Mabel Dodge,
1879-1962.
Millay, Edna St. Vincent,
1892-1950.
Weston, Edward, 1886-1958.
Subjects
Architecture--Pictorial works.
Landscape photographs.
Photographic portraits.
Photographic reproductions.
Places
England--Pictorial works.
Ireland--Pictorial works.
Scotland--Pictorial works.
Document Types
Ambrotypes (photographs).
Black-and-white negatives.
Contact sheets.
Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Tintypes (prints).
Item List
Box 1
970:0001:0001-0246
246 b/w photographs, each an individual contact print of a
negative; subject matter includes Scotland, England, Ireland, ancient
architecture, landscapes, a public funeral, informal portraits of the
Jeffers family, Stonehenge, Yeats House, and the Habhouse family
(negatives for these prints are in year:lot 970:0008), undated.
Box 1
970:0001:0247-0302
56 b/w contact sheets (generally 4 images per sheet) duplicating
970:0001:0001-0246, undated.
Box 1 (970:0002:0001-0200); Box 2
(970:0002:0201-0455)
970:0002:0001-0455
455 b/w photographs, each an individual contact print of a
negative; subject matter includes Jeffers family pictures, Tor House in
California, European travels, Edward Weston (970:0002:0102), Tony Luhan,
Edna St. Vincent Millay, Charles Erskine, Scott Wood, Edgar Lee Masters
and other literary celebrities (negatives for these prints are in
year:lot 970:0009), undated.
Box 2
970:0002:0456-0573
118 b/w contact sheets (generally 4 images per sheet) duplicating
970:0002:0001-0455, undated.
Box 2
970:0002:0574-0575
Duplicate photographs of 970:0002:0260 and 970:0002:0375, undated.
Box 3
970:0003:0001-0099
99 b/w photographs, each an individual contact print of a
negative (originally constituted contact sheets 1-16 as described by
list at front of box); subject matter includes Jeffers and his family,
Trethaway and Tor Houses, friends of the Jeffers family, Mabel and Tony
Luhan, Frieda Lawrence, and other celebrities (negatives for these
prints may be assigned year:lot 970:0010), undated.
Box 3
970:0003:0100-0516
69 b/w contact sheets (i.e., sheets 17-85 as described by list at
front of box; generally 6 images per sheet); subject matter includes
same people and places as 970:0003:0001-0099 with Edna St. Vincent
Millay among the celebrities (negatives for these prints may be assigned
year:lot 970:0010), undated.
Box 3
970:0003:0517-0601
85 b/w contact sheets (generally 6 images per sheet) duplicating
970:0003:0001-0516, undated.
Box 3
970:0004:0001
Portrait of Jeffers, standing on a rock, signed and dated by
Edward Weston, 1929.
Box 3
970:0004:0002
Portrait of Una Kuster (Jeffers) by Arnold Genthe, undated.
Box 3
970:0004:0003-0010
Snapshots of a stone house, a sundial, Jeffer’s sons Donan and
Garth, and a bulldog, undated.
Box 3
970:0004:0011-0012
Snapshots of Robinson Jeffers and Albert Bender, one withdrawn
from the book, Roan Stallion, Tamar, and other Poems, undated.
Box 3
970:0004:0013-0017
Portraits of Una Jeffers, undated.
Box 3
970:0004:0018
View of Jeffers' stone house with inset portrait of Jeffers, undated.
Box 3
970:0004:0019-0027
Portraits of Robinson Jeffers, including one with Edna St.
Vincent Millay (970:0004:0022), three with Michael Werboff
(970:0004:0025-0027), and a photographic reproduction of a painting by
Dorothy Brett (970:0004:0024), undated.
Box 3
970:0004:0028-0038
Photographs of productions of dramatic pieces by Robinson
Jeffers, and autographed photographs of actors, undated.
Box 3
970:0004:0039
Photographic reproduction of a drawing of George Moore with his
signature and inscriptions to Jeffers on both image recto and verso, undated.
Box 3
970:0004:0040
Four frames of b/w 35mm film depicting a trip to George Moore's
burial site in Ireland, undated.
Box 3
970:0004:0041
Photograph from production of dramatic piece by Jeffers, undated.
Box 3
970:0004:0042-0045
Postcards of Festspiele Bad Hersfeld (ruins), undated.
Box 3
970:0004:0046
Portrait of Robinson Jeffers with Michael Werboff, undated.
Box 4
970:0006:0001-0010, 970:0006:0012-0019
Tintypes and one ambrotype (in poor condition) which are mostly
of Tuttle family members (Robinson Jeffers' mother and her relatives), circa 1875.
Box 4
970:0006:0011
Small framed photograph of Harrison Orlando Call (Una Jeffers'
father), undated.
Box 4
970:0007:0001-0026
Miscellaneous snapshots of Robinson Jeffers' family, undated.
Nitrate Vault
970:0008:0001-0246
Negatives (nitrate and safety) for snapshots in year:lot
970:0001, undated.
Nitrate Vault
970:0009:0001-0455
Negatives (nitrate and safety) for snapshots in year:lot
970:0002, undated.
Nitrate Vault
970:0010:0001-0516
Negatives for snapshots in year:lot 970:0003, undated.
Box 4
997:0105:0157-0158
Photographic prints withdrawn from book(s), undated.
Index of Photographers
- Bachrach, Ernest A., 1899-1973--970:0004:0028-0029
- Bryant, F. W.--970:0004:0031, 970:0004:0033
- Crews, Mildred Tolbert--970:0004:0024
- Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942--970:0004:0002
- Hagemeyer, Johan, 1884-1962--970:0004:0015, 970:0004:0021
- Josselyn, Lewis, photographer--970:0004:0023
- Monterey Herald--970:0004:0034
- Serda, Charlott--970:0004:0038
- Siefer, John W.--970:0004:0017
- Stuart, Leslie, -1997--970:0004:0030
- Weston, Edward, 1886-1958--970:0004:0001