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There are more than five million objects in the Harry Ransom Center's Photography Collection. Many records contain legacy descriptions. A review and update of our records is ongoing.

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Call Number:

PH-02823

Collection Name:

Peter Cheyney Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Buckley, Anthony, 1912 - 1993

Buisson, Paul, active 1950 - 1959

Burlot, Theo

Cheyney, Peter, 1896 - 1951

Elliott & Fry, active 1865 - 1908

Gee & Watson Ltd., active 1940/1949 - 1950/1959

London News Agency

Morgan, Charles H. (Photographer)

Pictorial Press, active 1940 - 1949

Studio de France, active 1940/1949 - 1950/1959

Studio Papillon, active 1940 - 1949

Tanqueray, Paul, 1905 - 1991, active 1920/1929 - 1980/1989

Wilding, Dorothy, 1893 - 1976, active 1920/1929 - 1930/1939

No. of Items:

157 items

Span Dates:

circa 1930-1950

Description:

The Peter Cheyney Literary File consists of 157 photographs, the bulk of which are publicity portraits of Cheyney, including some with multiple prints. There are also images of his wives and various other people.

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Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the repository.

This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.

Accession No(s):

Internal transfer; P1-P156

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01374

Location(s):

Cheyney, P., Lit File, Box 1 (P1-P87)
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Cheyney, P., Lit File, Box 2 (P88-P156)
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See Also:

Peter Cheyney Collection: Associated manuscript materials from which these photographs were likely transferred, are located in the Peter Cheyney Collection (MS-00771).