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Call Number: |
PH-02929 |
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Collection Name: |
Rudyard Kipling Literary File Photography Collection |
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Creator: |
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No. of Items: |
141 photographs |
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Span Dates: |
circa 1870-1940, undated |
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Description: |
The collection consists of 141 items (47 loose photographic prints, 45 nitrate negatives, 18 glass negatives, and 31 images in an album) of and related to author and poet Rudyard Kipling (British, 1865-1936). The prints are portraits of Kipling (some are art reproductions); candid snapshots of Kipling (on a horse) in India, seated with a group of children, or speaking to a group of adults; views of Kipling's house, and of Rudyard Lake Garage; portraits of Kipling's parents; and snapshots of memorials and/or gravestones for various Kipling family members. Several images and most photographers are unidentified. The nitrate negatives are for snapshots of graves. The Kipling album contains images of East Sussex, including "Bateman's" (Kipling's home from 1902-1936) and the nearby village of Burwash, as well as Herstmonceux, Beachy Head, and views of Bodiam Castle. |
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Accession No(s): |
P1-P66; 957:0098:0001-0032; 997:0079:0058; 997:0105:0627-0634 |
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Finding Aid URL: |
https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01487 |
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Location(s): |
Kipling, R., Lit File Album 1 (957:0098:0001-0031) Lit File OV Box, Large (P5-P6) Kipling, R., Lit File Curatorial permission required Lit File Cabinet Storage (glass negs. P1, P7-P9, P15-P16, P35-P37; P42-P43, P49, P52-P57) Curatorial permission required Lit File Cold Storage (P20A-P20H; P21-P32, P33A-P33B; P58-P66; 957:0098:0003-0004, 0012-0022, 0032) |