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Call Number:

PH-02858

Collection Name:

Tennessee Williams Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

, 1848 - 1893, active 1869 - 1889

Agence Belgo Presse

Albin, Jack

American-Swedish News Exchange

Anderson, Sam, active 1950 - 1959

Ariaans, Th. M.

Armstrong, Frank, 1935 - , active 1960/1969 -

Ashen-Brenner, S., 1896 - , active 1940 - 1949

Bernand, B. M.

Bernath, Úrsula, 1915 - 2011, active 1950 - 1959

Bissinger, Karl, 1914 - 2008

Blaha, A.

Blasser Bros.

Bryan-Brown, Adrian

Buhs, Ilse, active 1950 - 1959

Columbia Pictures, active 1924 -

Cunard White Star, ltd.

Daniell, George, 1913 - 2002, active 1920/1929 - 1950/1959

Darby, Eileen, 1916 - 2004, active 1930/1939 - 1940/1949

De Antonis, Pasquale, 1908-2001, active 1930/1939 - 1950/1959

Dieckman, C. F.

Eustice, Georgia

Flannery Bros., active 1910 - 1919

Forster, Roger, photographer

Foto-Life

Foto-Semo (Berlin, Germany)

Friedman-Abeles, active 1940 - 1970

Friedman-Engeler, active 1950 - 1959

Gotham Book Mart, 1920 - 2007, active 1920 - 2007

Greene, Milton H., 1922 - 1985, active 1950 - 1959

Hamon, Louis, photographer

Hazen, Joseph H.

Jackson, Francis L., active 1900

Järlås, Sven, 1913 - 1970, active 1940/1949 - 1950/1959

Jonker, Henk (Hendrik Pieter), 1912 - 2002, active 1950 - 1959

Karger, George, 1902 - 1973, active 1930/1939 - 1960/1969

Knaffl & Brakebill, active 1909 - 1920/1929

Lawson, N. B., active 1880 - 1889

Lindberg, Olle, active 1940/1949 - 1950/1959

Loew’s Incorporated

Lynes, George Platt, 1907 - 1955, active 1928 - 1955

MacArthur, Roderick, active 1950/1959 - 1960/1969

McBean, Angus, 1904 - 1990, active 1934 - 1980/1989

McCarty, Floyd, 1913 - 1999, active 1929 - 1975

McCrary & Branson, active 1890 - 1899

Melton, Frederick

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, active 1924 -

Metropolitan Photo Service, active 1950 - 1959

Mourreau, J. H., active 1940 - 1949

Paramount Pictures Corporation, active 1949 -

Parrott, Jim, active 1950 - 1959

Particam Pictures

Riwkin, active 1920 - 1929

Robinson, Jerome, 1910 - 1976, active 1930 - 1958

Roth, Sanford, 1906 - 1962

Shaw, Sam, 1912 - 1999

Smith, W. Eugene, 1918 - 1978, active 1933 - 1978

Solano, photographer, active 1950 - 1959

Speer Studio, active 1950/1959 -

Staley Bros., active 1890 - 1899

Steinmetz, Hildegard, active 1950/1959 - 1960/1969

Studio Lipnitzki, active 1920 - 1929

Sturlason, photographer

Talbot Studios, Inc., active 1930/1939 - 1940/1949

Tanuma, B., active 1950 - 1959

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, active 1915 -

United Artists Corporation, active 1920/1929 -

United Press International, 1958 -

Universal Pictures (Firm)

Vail Bros., active 1868 - 1899

Valente, Alfredo, 1899 - 1973, active 1930/1939 - 1960

Van Vechten, Carl, 1880 - 1964, active 1932 - 1964

Wallis, Hal B., 1899 - 1986, active 1930 -

Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), active 1923 - 1967

Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, active 1967 - 1969

Wenzel Studio

Werngren, Carl, 1891-1950, active 1910 - 1950

Whiting, Sid, active 1910 - 1919

Williams, Tennessee, 1911 - 1983

Wood, Audrey, 1905 - 1985

No. of Items:

2117 items

Span Dates:

circa 1880-1970s

Description:

The Tennessee Williams Literary File consists of 2,117 items, including black-and-white prints, negatives, and contact sheets, color prints and transparencies, two tintypes, and some clippings. The images include portraits of Williams, his father Cornelius Williams, his mother Edwina Dakin, his brother Walter "Dakin" Williams, his sister Rose Isabel Williams, his maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dakin, and various friends and associates. There are also numerous images of both stage and screen productions of his plays, as indicated by the list below, including photos of the stage productions, film stills, promotional images, portraits of the actors, and photos of the movie sets including the directors and Williams. These prints of stage and film productions include images of many famous actors, including Tallulah Bankhead, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, Vivien Leigh, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Elizabeth Taylor. Prints and negatives are all black-and-white unless otherwise noted. Access prints made by the HRC are available for all negatives without corresponding vintage prints.

Please consult finding aid for more detailed information and to page materials to the Reading and Viewing Room.

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):

P1-P1942; 957:0099:0001-00633; 997:0043:0040; 997:0105:0254-0259; 984:0022:0001-0086; 984:0025:0001-0004

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=00614

Location(s):

Lit File OV Box, Medium (997:0043:0040)
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Lit File OV Box, Small (P38; 984:0022:0001)
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Williams, T., Lit File Album 1 (957:0099:0001-00633)
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Williams, T., Lit File Boxes 1-24
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Curatorial permission required Lit. Coll. Glass Negative Box 10 (P1179, P1181, P1844-P1845, P1941-P1942)
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Curatorial permission required Cold Storage (Vintage nitrate negatives)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Armstrong, Frank, 1935 - , active 1960/1969 -
Title	[Tennessee Williams signing authors' door during visit to the Ransom Center]
Date	1973
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Accession Number	1017051

Artist/Maker	unidentified photographer
Title	Untitled [Tennessee Williams]
Date	"Tom May, 1926" written in pencil on verso
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Accession Number	5037670

Artist/Maker	unidentified photographer
Title	Edwina Williams Portrait
Date
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Accession Number	5037671

Artist/Maker	unidentified photographer
Title	Rose and Walter Dakin Portrait
Date
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Accession Number	5037672

Artist/Maker	unidentified photographer
Title	Rose Williams Portrait
Date
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Accession Number	5037673

Artist/Maker	unidentified photographer
Title	Rose Dakin and Rose Williams Portrait
Date
Medium	Other
Accession Number	5037674

Title	Walter Dakin and Tennessee Williams Portrait
Date
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Accession Number	5037675

Title	Dakin and Tennessee Williams Portrait
Date
Accession Number	5037676

Title	Tennessee Williams at the Beach
Date
Accession Number	5037680

Title	Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Date
Accession Number	5037714

Title	Tennessee Williams Holding a Photo of Elia Kazan
Date
Accession Number	5037715

Artist/Maker	Foto-Life
Title	Tennessee Williams
Date
Medium	Gelatin silver print, contact sheet
Accession Number	5037722

Artist/Maker	Van Vechten, Carl, 1880 - 1964, active 1932 - 1964
Title	Tennessee Williams
Date
Medium	Other
Accession Number	5037723

Title	Photograph of Frank Merlo, Elia Kazan, Tennessee Williams, and Charles Feldman backstage
Date
Accession Number	5037724

Artist/Maker	Kneffe and Brakehill
Title	Portrait photograph of Cornelius Coffin Williams
Accession Number	5037725

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See Also:

Tennessee Williams Art Collection: Associated artworks are located in the Tennessee Williams Art Collection (AR-00299).

Tennessee Williams Collection: Associated manuscript materials, from which these photographs were likely transferred, are located in the Tennessee Williams Collection (MS-04535).