Photography Collections Database

Record Detail

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Call Number:

PH-02910

Collection Name:

J. L. (James Louis) Garvin Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Caswall Smith, Lizzie, 1870-1958 (1870 - 1958)

Coburn, Alvin Langdon (1882 - 1966)

Fiedelholz, Erna

Fradelle & Young

Garvin, J. L. (James Louis), 1868-1947 (1868 - 1947)

H. & R. Stiles

Hester, Albert

Lafayette Ltd.

Lippiatt (Clevedon, England)

No. of Items:

36 items

Description:

The collection consists of 36 photographs, the majority of which are portraits of J. L. (James Louis) Garvin (1868-1947). There are also snapshots of various Sundanese people on the island of Java, a portrait of Lady Constance Malleson, a group portrait made at The Observer's first staff dinner in 1911, and other miscellaneous subjects.

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This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01465

Location(s):

Lit File OV Box, Large (997:0105:0482)
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Garvin, J.L., Lit File
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