Collection Summary
Payne, Robert, 1911-1983
Robert Payne Literary File Photography
Collection
20th century
PH-02982
265 items (3 boxes)
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin,
The Robert Payne Literary File Photography
Collection consists of 265 items, mostly photographs associated with Payne's
books.
English
Scope and Contents
The Robert Payne Literary File Photography Collection consists of 265 items, mostly
photographs associated with Payne's books: The Island, Lawrence of Arabia, The Life and Death of
Lenin, Lost Treasures of the Mediterranean World, and
Splendor of Greece. Subjects include Greek and Roman
Classical statues, mosaics and decorative arts, and archaeological sites around the
Mediterranean. 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photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and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.
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
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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.
Index Terms
People
Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.
Payne, Robert, 1911-1983.
Subjects
Archaeology and art--History.
Architectural photography.
Illustration of books.
Photography of art.
Document Types
Collotypes.
Gelatin silver prints.
Nitrate negatives.
Photographic prints.
Preferred Citation
Robert Payne Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02982). Harry Ransom Center, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Processed by:
Susan McClellan, 2006
Related Material
Associated and related material by and about Payne can be found in the Center's library and
in the Robert Payne Collection (MS-03210).
Container List
Payne, R., Lit File Box 1
P1, P6A-P6B, P7A-P7B, P8A-P8B, P9A-P9B,
P10A-10B, P11A-P11B, P12-P13, P14A-P14B, P15A-P15B, P16-P17, P18A-P18C, P19A-P19B,
P20A-P20B, P21A-P21C, P22A-P22B, P23-P53, P54A-P54B, P55-P68, P69A-P69C, P70A-P70B,
P71-P78
One roll of BW 120mm film (12 frames) and ninety-two photographic prints,
negatives and half-tone images pertaining to Payne and his books, including Splendor of Greece (P23-P53), Lawrence
of Arabia (P54-P70), and The Island
(P71-P78).
Payne, R., Lit File Box 2
P79-P96, P98-P172
Ninety-one photographic prints pertaining to Payne's The Life and Death of Lenin (P79-P88) and Lost
Treasures of the Mediterranean World (P91-P96, P98-P172); Two photographic
reproductions of facsimiles of documents pertaining to Karl Marx's arrest in Brussels
in 1848 (P89-P90).
Payne, R., Lit File Box 3
P173-P221, P222A-P222B, P223A-P223B,
P224A-P224B, P225A-P225B, P226A-P226B, P227A-P227B, P228A-P228B, P229A-P229B,
P230A-P230B, P231A-P231B, P232A-P232B, P233A-P233B, P234A-P234B, P235A-P235B;
997:0105:0099
Forty-one photographic prints pertaining to Payne's Lost Treasures of the Mediterranean World (P173-P213); Seven photographic
prints and one collotype of ancient to modern art and architecture of France
(P214-P221); Twenty-eight photographic prints pertaining to various canals and locks
(P222-P235); One snapshot of the Arc de Triomphe, Orange (997:0105:0099).
Cold Storage, Lit File Boxes
P97
One nitrate negative pertaining to Lost Treasures of
the Mediterranean World.
Index of Photographers
- Baltermants, D. (Dmitrii)--P223B
- Bean, George Ewart--P175
- Bleau, J. F.--P71
- Dieuzaide, Jean, 1921- --P217
- Goell, Theresa--P186-P191
- Gottscho, Samuel H. (Samuel Herman), 1875-1971--P78
- Roger-Viollet, Hélène, 1901- --P84-P85
- Sunami, Soichi, 1885-1971--P221