Call Number:

PH-01031

Collection Name:

David Douglas Duncan Papers and Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

412 boxes (cataloged materials); 25 boxes (uncataloged materials)

Span Dates:

1908-2007 (bulk 1950s-1990s);

Description:

The extensive archive of American photojournalist David Douglas Duncan (1916-2018) is an ongoing acquisition, first acquired in 1996. A finding aid for materials received through 2007 is available in hard copy in the Ransom Center's reading room.

The collection consists of photographic prints (approximately 36,800), negatives (approximately 87,200), transparencies (approximately 21,900), field notebooks, legal files and financial documents, clippings, tear sheets and rotogravure pages, handwritten and typed manuscripts, book dummies, reproduction proofs, exhibition brochures and posters, albums and scrapbooks, military records, awards, and magazines all documenting the life and career of American photojournalist David Douglas Duncan.

In addition to the photographic and manuscript materials, the Center also received: cameras and pieces of photographic equipment; works of art, including several drawings by Pablo Picasso; personal effects ranging from clothing to typewriters; books from his personal library; sound records from the field and radio appearances; and a handful of video tapes.

Accession No(s):

997:0104:0001:1-98; 2008:0065:0001-0026; 2012:0005:0001; 2016:0008:0001-0050; Gifts of the artist, 1996-2018; One dummy and one control proof for the book Viva Picasso: A Centennial Celebration 1881–1981 (New York: Viking, 1980)

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=00485

Location(s):

4 b
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Request materials through finding aid Galley proofs and dust jackets
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Special permission required (Electronic records)
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166 b, 1 rsc, (1-151, 178, 153-167)
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132 b, 1 rsc, 4 ncb, 32 osb (Boxes 152, 168-177, 179-300, 344-379)
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37 osb (1-4, 380-412)
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Curatorial permission required (Unprocessed acquisition 14-07-002-G Boxes 1-4)
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Curatorial permission required (Unprocessed acquisition 15-04-027-G Boxes 1-11)
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Curatorial permission required (Unprocessed acquisition 18-08-003-G Box 1)
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Curatorial permission required (Unprocessed acquisition 17-06-027-G Boxes 1-2)
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Request materials through finding aid Flat File (oversize print 2008:0065:0019)
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Flat File (2 unaccessioned prints and 1 magazine)
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Flat File (Enlarged Marine Print)
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Curatorial permission required Duncan, D. D. Crates 1-9
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Request materials through finding aid Flat File (oversize print 2008:0065:0013)
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Duncan, D.D., Personal Effects Box 09 (hat box)
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Duncan, D.D., Personal Effects Box 12 (record carton)
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Duncan, D.D., Personal Effects Box 13 (custom box)
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Duncan, D.D., Personal Effects Box 14 (card file box)
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Duncan, D.D., Personal Effects Box 15 (record carton)
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Duncan, D.D., Personal Effects Items 3-4
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Special permission required (nitrate negatives)
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Special permission required Duncan, D.D., Boxes 301-306
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Special permission required Duncan, D.D., Boxes 307-312
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Special permission required Duncan, D.D., Boxes 313-318
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Special permission required Duncan, D.D., Boxes 319-324
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Special permission required Duncan, D.D., Boxes 325-330
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Special permission required Duncan, D.D., Boxes 331-336
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Special permission required Duncan, D.D., Boxes 337-342
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Special permission required Duncan, D.D., Box 343
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Duncan, D.D., Boxes 301-306
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Duncan, D.D., Boxes 307-312
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Duncan, D.D., Boxes 313-318
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Duncan, D.D., Boxes 319-324
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Duncan, D.D., Boxes 325-330
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Duncan, D.D., Boxes 331-336
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Duncan, D.D., Boxes 337-342
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Duncan, D.D., Box 343
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Duncan, D.D., Personal Effects Box 01 (patrons may request) Barcode: 059188000061791
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Duncan, D.D., Personal Effects Box 04 (textiles box) (patrons may request) Barcode: 059188000061634
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Duncan, D.D., Personal Effects Box 05 (textiles box) (patrons may request) Barcode: 059188000061612
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Duncan, D.D., Personal Effects Box 06 (textiles box) (patrons may request) Barcode: 0591880000 REMOVE Duncan, D.D., Personal Effects Box 07 (textiles box) (patrons may request) Barcode: 059188000061645 61623
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Duncan, D.D., Personal Effects Box 07 (textiles box) (patrons may request) Barcode: 059188000061645
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Duncan, D.D., Personal Effects Box 08 (textiles box) (patrons may request) Barcode: 059188000061656
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Duncan, D.D., Personal Effects Box 10 (textiles box) (patrons may request) Barcode: 059188000061827
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Duncan, D.D., Personal Effects Box 11 (textiles box) (patrons may request) Barcode: 059188000061973
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See Also:

David Douglas Duncan Study Prints Photography Collection: Forty-five exhibition prints made by Ransom Center photographer, Pete Smith, from Duncan's original negatives, under the supervision of Duncan himself.

David Douglas Duncan Photography Collection: Photograph by Duncan not acquired with the archive but given by a private donor.

David Douglas Duncan Art Collection: Works of art collected by and given to Duncan that he gave to the Ransom Center.