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Call Number:

PH-02826

Collection Name:

Thomas B. (Thomas Bertram) Costain Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Bermuda News Bureau

Bernard, Bruno

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Chinn, C. A.

Cole, Eric, active 1950s

Costain, Thomas B. (Thomas Bertram), 1885-1965 (1885 - 1965)

Dick, George W., 1863-1906

Evans, Clayton, active 1950s

Expositor (Brantford, Ont.)

F. Frith & Co.

Gilbert A. Milne & Co.

Graetz Bros.

Heerman, Norbert

Karsh, Yousuf (1908 - 2002)

Lucas & Monroe

National Buildings Record (Great Britain)

Ragsdale, Robert C.

Snider, G. A., 1856-1940

Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)

No. of Items:

137 items

Span Dates:

circa 1885-1965

Description:

The collection consists of 137 photographs of and related to journalist and author Thomas B. Costain (Canadian-American, 1885-1965). The photographs include portraits of Costain, his family members, and his friends and associates. Also included are stills from movies based on his books.

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This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.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

Internal transfers; P1-P110; 997:0105:0389-0407

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01394

Location(s):

Costain, T.B., Lit File Box 1 (P1-P65)
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Costain, T.B., Lit File Box 2 (P66-P110; 997:0105:0389-0407)
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See Also:

Thomas B. (Thomas Bertram) Costain Collection: Related manuscript materials, from which these photographs were likely transferred, are located in the Thomas Bertram Costain Collection (MS-00940).