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Call Number:

PH-02647

Collection Name:

Arthur Conan Doyle Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Akkersdyk Studios

Bain News Service

Baudoux, Charles Ernest

Bowley, Gilbert

Caldesi & Co.

Callaway, A. N. (1847 - 1920)

Charles, Lallie, 1869-1919 (1869 - 1919)

Collins (Photographer)

Crandon, L. R. G. (Le Roi Goddard), 1873-1939 (b. 1873 - )

Crawford, W. J. (William Jackson), 1880-1920 (1880 - 1920)

Daily News Limited

De Nicéville, Augustus, circa 1827-1889

Deane, Ada Emma (1862 or 1864 - 1957)

Debenham & Gould

Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859 - 1930)

Elliott & Fry

Evans, Nelson

G. L. Manuel frères

Griffiths, Frances, 1907-1986

Hamilton, T. Glen (Thomas Glendenning), 1873-1935

Hansen, Georg E., 1833-1891 (1833 - 1891)

Hetzel, photographer

Hope, William, 1863-1933 (1863 - 1933)

Hoppé, E. O. (Emil Otto), 1878-1972 (1878 - 1972)

J. Weston & Son

Johnson, G. Lindsay (George Lindsay), 1853-1943

Keystone View Company

Kodak Limited

Lavender, E. D.

Le Gray, Gustave, 1820-1884 (1820 - 1884)

Lejeune, fl. 1870s

Lett, R. C. W.

Lewis, Earl V.

M. Doss & Bros.

Magnús Ólafsson, 1862-1937 (1862 - 1937)

Manuel, Henri, 1874-1947

Mendelssohn, H. S. (Hayman Selig), 1848-1908 (1848 - 1908)

Meyers, John, photographer

Onslow’s Studios

Planet News Ltd.

Pulaski, Henry

Ransford, William

Robertson, F., photographer

Römmler & Jonas

Rouch, W. A.

Scatcherd, F. R., photographer

Schroeder, E. W., photographer

Singley, B. L. (Benjamin Lloyd) (1864 - )

Sport & General Press Agency

Stead, W. T. (William Thomas) (1849 - 1912)

Stickells, A. H.

Stirling, photographer

Sutcliffe, J. F.

Swinton, Campbell

Thompson, Paul, photographer

Tweedale, Charles Lakeman

Underwood & Underwood

Wayland, Henry

Wright, Elsie, 1901-1988

No. of Items:

812 items

Span Dates:

1907-1932

Description:

The collection consists of 440 photographic prints, 13 glass plate negatives, 4 nitrate negatives, and 355 prints in 8 albums belonging and/or related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Scottish, 1859-1930). Images include portraits of Doyle and/or his second wife, Lady Jean Leckie Doyle, numerous spirit and fairy photographs, and a series of large exhibition prints used by Doyle during his Spiritualism lecture tours.

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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):

957:0114:0001-0451; 957:0115:0001-0016; 957:0116:0001-0012; 957:0117:0001-0096; 957:0118:0001-0013; 957:0119:0001-0072; 957:0120:0001-0036; 957:0121:0001-0102; 957:0122:0001-0008; 980:0050:0001-0007; Internal transfer(s) from manuscript collection(s) at the Harry Ransom Center.

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=00382

Location(s):

Flat File (Oversize spiritualist lecture tour photos, 957:0114:0364-0375)
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Flat File (Oversize spiritualist lecture tour photos, 957:0114:0336-0349)
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Flat File (Oversize spiritualist lecture tour photos, 957:0114:0350-0363)
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Doyle, A.C., Lit File Album 1 (957:0115:0001-0016)
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Doyle, A.C., Lit File Album 2 (957:0116:0001-0012)
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Doyle, A.C., Lit File Album 3 (957:0117:0001-0096)
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Doyle, A.C., Lit File Album 4 (957:0118:0001-0013)
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Doyle, A.C., Lit File Album 5 (957:0119:0001-0072)
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Doyle, A.C., Lit File Album 6 (957:0120:0001-0036)
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Doyle, A.C., Lit File Album 7 (957:0121:0001-0102)
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Doyle, A.C., Lit File Album 8 (957:0122:0001-0008)
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Lit File OV Box, Small (957:0114:0036-0038, 0051-0052, 0072-0074, 0139-0142)
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Lit File OV Box, Medium (957:0114:0023, 0143-0144)
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Doyle, A.C., Lit File Box 1 (957:0114:0001-0022, 0024-0035, 0037-0050, 0053-0071, 0075-0088, 0090-0114)
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Doyle, A.C., Lit File Box 2 (957:0114:0115-0138, 0145-0202, 0204-0228, 0232-0254, 0257-0335, 0376-0387, 0390-0437, 0441-0443)
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Curatorial permission required Cabinet Storage (glass negs. 957:0114:0229-0231, 0255-0256, 0388-0389, 0438-0440, 0447-0451)
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Flat File (957:0114:0089)
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Curatorial permission required Lit File Cold Storage Boxes (957:0114:0203, 0444-0446)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker Thomas G. Hamilton
Title Untitled
Date n.d.
Medium Gelatin Silver print
Accession
Number		 5037494
Artist/Maker unidentified photographer
Title Untitled
Date n.d.
Medium Gelatin silver print
Accession
Number		 5037495
Artist/Maker unidentified photographer
Title Untitled
Date n.d.
Medium Gelatin silver print
Accession
Number		 5037496
Artist/Maker Hope, William, 1863-1933 (1863 - 1933)
Title Untitled
Date n.d.
Medium Gelatin silver print
Accession
Number		 5037497
Artist/Maker unidentified photographer
Title Untitled
Date n.d.
Medium Gelatin silver print
Accession
Number		 5037498
Artist/Maker unidentified photographer
Title Untitled
Date n.d.
Medium Gelatin silver print
Accession
Number		 5037499
Artist/Maker unidentified photographer
Title Untitled
Date n.d.
Medium Gelatin silver print
Accession
Number		 5037500
Artist/Maker Anonymous
Title Untitled
Date n.d.
Medium Gelatin silver print
Accession
Number		 5037501
Artist/Maker Anonymous
Title Untitled
Date n.d.
Medium Gelatin silver print
Accession
Number		 5037502
Artist/Maker Anonymous
Title Untitled
Date n.d.
Medium Gelatin silver print
Accession
Number		 5037503
Artist/Maker Anonymous
Title Untitled
Date n.d.
Medium Gelatin silver print
Accession
Number		 5037504
Artist/Maker Wiliam Hope
Title Untitled
Date n.d.
Medium Gelatin silver print
Accession
Number		 5037505
Artist/Maker Anonymous
Title Untitled
Date n.d.
Medium Gelatin silver print
Accession
Number		 5037506
Artist/Maker Anonymous
Title Untitled
Date n.d.
Medium Gelatin silver print
Accession
Number		 5037507
Artist/Maker Anonymous
Title Untitled
Date n.d.
Medium Gelatin silver print
Accession
Number		 5037508
Artist/Maker Hamilton, T. Glen (Thomas Glendenning), 1873-1935
Title [Ectoplasm coming from medium Mary Marshall's mouth during a séance]
Date 1932?
Medium Gelatin silver print
Accession
Number		 957:0114:0188
Artist/Maker Hamilton, T. Glen (Thomas Glendenning), 1873-1935
Title [Medium Mary Marshall with ectoplasm coming out of her mouth]
Date circa 1935
Medium Gelatin silver print
Accession
Number		 957:0114:0197
Artist/Maker Barlow, Fred (1888 - 1963)
Title [Spirit guides "Stella” and “Bessie,” Mrs. Barlow, Fred Barlow, Violet Deane, and Ada Deane]
Date 1920
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 94.7 x 60.5 cm; 37.25 x 23.75 in
Accession
Number		 957:0114:0341
Artist/Maker Barlow, Fred (1888 - 1963); Deane, Ada Emma (1862 or 1864 - 1957)
Title [Violet Deane and Ada Deane (front), Mrs. Barlow and Fred Barlow (center), and spirit guides “Stella” and “Bessie” (above)]
Date 1920, printed later
Medium Gelatin silver print (enlarged reproduction)
Credit line

Fred Barlow, (United Kingdom, 1888–1964) and Ada Emma Deane, (United Kingdom, 1864-1957)

[Violet Deane and Ada Deane (front), Mrs. Barlow and Fred Barlow (center), and spirit guides “Stella” and “Bessie” (above)]

1920; printed later

Gelatin silver print (enlarged reproduction)

37 1⁄4 x 23 3⁄4 in.

Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Arthur Conan Doyle photography collection, 957:0114:0346
Accession
Number		 957:0114:0346

See Also:

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Collection

Arthur Conan Doyle Art Collection