Photography Collections Database

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Call Number:

PH-02922

Collection Name:

O. Henry Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Ankenman, Nicholas (1848 - 1946)

Cooper, S. H.

Gessford, Joseph G. (1864 b. - )

Henry, O., 1862-1910 (1862 - 1910)

Hill, Samuel B. (1840 - 1917)

Huff, F. L.

Ideal Studio

Journeay, William O.

Marks, H. R. (Harvey R.), 1821-1902 (1821 - 1902)

Townsend (Austin, Tex.)

Van der Weyde, William M. (William Manley) (1870 or 1871 - 1929)

Van Stavoren, J. H.

W. G. & A. J. Thuss

No. of Items:

38 items

Span Dates:

1860s-1914, undated

Description:

The collection consists of 38 photographs (36 photographic prints and 2 tintypes) that are chiefly portraits of William Sydney Porter (O. Henry), his wife Athol Estes Porter, and their daughter Margaret. Three of the photographs (997:0105:0062-0063, 0076) were removed from a copy of O. Henry's Postscripts (New York, London: Harper, 1923) that can be found in the Ransom Center's library (call number PS 2649 P5 A16 1923 MOR).

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This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.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

P1-P33; 980:0120:0001-0002; 997:0105:0062-0063, 0076

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01475

Location(s):

Henry, O., Lit File (P1-P33; 980:0120:0001-0002; 997:0105:0062-0063, 0076)
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See Also:

O. Henry Collection