Call Number:

PH-02697

Collection Name:

Richard Aldington Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

309 items

Span Dates:

1892-1962 (bulk 1928-1931)

Description:

The collection consists of 309 photographic prints, most (300) of which are contained in two photographic albums. The albums, entitled ‘Travel Photographs taken by Richard Aldington,’ date from 1928 to 1931. The photographs were taken by Aldington and Brigit Patmore, and are accompanied by captions and notations by Aldington and Derek Patmore. Aldington's travels to Italy, Portugal, Spain, France, Austria, the Isle of Capri, Sicily, Tunisia and Greece are all documented here. Among the loose prints, of particular note, is a formal portrait of Aldington taken by Man Ray (975:0094:0009). Additional photographs of Aldington can be found in a small album containing twelve photographs in the Bridget Patmore Literary File Photography Collection (see Album 1).

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This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.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

975:0094:0001-0009; 975:0095:0001-0201; 975:0096:0001-0099; Internal transfer(s) from manuscript collection(s) at the Harry Ransom Center.

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=00702

Location(s):

Aldington, R., Lit File Album 1 (975:0095:0001-0201)
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Aldington, R., Lit File Album 2 (975:0096:0001-0099)
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Aaa-Alg Lit File Box (975:0094:0001-0009)
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See Also:

Richard Aldington Collection: Related manuscript materials, from which these photographs and albums were likely transferred, are located in the Richard Aldington Colleciton (MS-00058).