Photography Collections Database

Record Detail

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Call Number:

PH-02952

Collection Name:

William John Locke Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Arbuthnot, Malcolm (1877 - 1967)

Bassano, Alexander (1829 - 1913)

Bird, Fred C.

Dalby Art Gallery

Doisen (Paris, France)

Dover Street Studios

Fraas, Edward

Gillman & Co.

Little Art Shop

Locke, William John, 1863-1930 (1863 - 1930)

London School of Photography

London Stereoscopic Company

Porter, Sydney, active 1880-1931

Stuart

Underwood & Underwood

West London Photographic Studio

No. of Items:

28 items

Span Dates:

circa 1860-1930

Description:

The collection consists of 28 photographs, the majority of which are portraits of the novelist and playwright William John Locke (British, 1863-1930) both aloneand with others. Additional subjects include his parents, Charlie Locke, Topley Williams, and Herbert Hoover, as well as Locke's rooms at college.

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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This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.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=01492

Location(s):

Locke, J.W., Lit File (P1-P7, P8A-P8B, P9-P27)
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See Also:

William John Locke Collection: Manuscripts, correspondence, and other personal papers of Locke can be found in the William John Locke Collection (MS-02528).