Photography Collections Database

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Call Number:

PH-02948

Collection Name:

Oliver La Farge Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

La Farge, Oliver, 1901-1963 (1901 - 1963)

No. of Items:

584 items (3 boxes)

Span Dates:

1920s-1930s

Description:

The collection consists of 584 items of and related to the novelist and scholar on Native American culture, Oliver La Farge (American, 1901-1963). The majority of the photographs are scenes from La Farge's expedition to Guatemala for Columbia University in 1932. There are also portraits of La Farge, scenes from his expedition to Guatemala for Tulane University in 1927, snapshots from his friends' wedding, images of indigenous peoples of the Americas, and views of Central and South America. Prints and corresponding negatives were assigned the same identifier.

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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This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.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-P639; 997:0105:0225, 636-0639

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01478

Location(s):

La Farge, O., Lit File Box 1 (P1-P138)
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La Farge, O., Lit File Box 2 (P141-P272)
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La Farge, O., Lit File Box 3 (P273-P639; 997:0105:0225, 0636-0639)
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Curatorial permission required La Farge, O., Lit File Box 4 (P40-P99, P134-P136, P138-P158)
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Curatorial permission required La Farge, O., Lit File Box 5 (P159-P230, P232-P274, P276A-P276B, P277)
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Curatorial permission required La Farge, O., Lit File Box 6 (P279-P350, P371-P385)
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See Also:

Oliver La Farge Collection: MS-02350