Photography Collections Database

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Call Number:

PH-02684

Collection Name:

C. Hartley (Clinton Hartley) Grattan Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Allied News-Photo, active 1940 - 1949

Blackstone Studios, active 1930/1939 - 1940/1949

De Mirjian, active 1920/1929 - 1930/1939

Frith, Francis, 1822 - 1898, active 1850/1859 - 1860/1869

Grattan, C. Hartley (Clinton Hartley), 1902 - 1980

Valentine, James, 1815 - 1879 or 1880, active 1850/1859 - 1870/1879

W. A. Mansell & Co., active 1860/1869 - 1900/1909

Walinger, active 1900 - 1999

Wilson, George Washington, 1823 - 1893, active 1850 - 1893

Wrightson, Hay, 1874 - 1949, active 1930 - 1939

No. of Items:

324 items

Span Dates:

1903-circa 1970

Description:

The C. Hartley Grattan Literary File consists of 324 pictures, including portraits of Grattan, members of his family, and various other people, many of whom were distinguished figures in 20th century Australia. Grattan was a professor at the University of Texas at Austin who specialized in the history of the Southwestern Pacific. The file also contains numerous views of Australia, including landscapes, cities, agriculture, industries, and railways.

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This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.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

957:0017:0001-0164; 957:0102:0001; 957:0128:0001-0003; 981:0046:0001-0014, 0016; 983:0018:0001-0081; 986:0030:0001-0056; 998:0019:0001-0003; 2010:0015:0001; Internal transfer(s) from manuscript collection(s) at the Harry Ransom Center.

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01171

Location(s):

Wilson, G.W., Box 4 (983:0018:0079-0081)
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Grattan, C.H., Lit File Album 1 (983:0018:0001-0078)
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Lit File OV Box, Small (981:0046:0016)
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Lit File OV Box, Large (957:0128:0001)
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Grattan, C.H., Lit File Box 1 (957:0017:0001-0095)
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Grattan, C.H., Lit File Box 2 (957:0017:0096-0164; 957:0128:0002-0003; 981:0046:0001-0014)
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Grattan, C.H., Lit File Box 3 (986:0030:0001-0056; 998:0019:0001-0003)
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