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There are more than five million objects in the Harry Ransom Center's Photography Collection. Many records contain legacy descriptions. A review and update of our records is ongoing.

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Call Number:

PH-02960

Collection Name:

Ogden Nash Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Bachrach, Bradford (1911? - 1992)

Barry (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Bell, Kay (1905 - 1977)

Fred Hess & Son

Holmes, Martha

Kelley, Robert W., 1920-1991 (1920 - 1991)

Launey, photographer

Mydans, Carl (1907 - 2004)

Nash, Ogden, 1902-1971 (1902 - 1971)

Schell, Sherril, 1877-1964 (1877 - 1964)

Underwood & Underwood

No. of Items:

105 items (1 box)

Span Dates:

1900s-1969, undated

Description:

The collection consists of 105 photographs, the majority of which are images of poet Ogden Nash (American, 1902-1971) alone or with others, including Vernon Duke, Al Hirschfeld, and S. J. Perelman. There are also numerous images of unidentified children who may be Nash's daughters.

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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This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.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=01502

Location(s):

Nash, O., Lit File Box (P1-P4, P5A-P5B, P6-P12, P13A-P13B, P14, P15A-P15K, P16A-P16B, P17-P85; 988:0085:0001-0002)
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See Also:

Ogden Nash Art Collection: Sketches and cartoons by Nash can be found in the Ogden Nash Art Collection (AR-00191).

Ogden Nash Collection: Associated manuscript materials can be found in the Ogden Nash Collection (MS-02989).