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Call Number:

PH-02971

Collection Name:

Eugene O'Neill Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Bernstein, Dan

Muray, Nickolas, 1892-1965 (1892 - 1965)

New York Times Company

O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953 (1888 - 1953)

Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 (1880 - 1964)

No. of Items:

233 items

Span Dates:

20th century

Description:

The collection consists of 233 items, most of which are studio portraits of Eugene O'Neill (American, 1888-1953), his second wife, Agnes, and their children, Shane and Oona. There are also studio portraits of O'Neill's fellow Provincetown Players including playwrights, poets and actors. The bulk of the images are by Nickolas Muray and include studio portraits as well as copy prints of O'Neill's family photographs.

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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This collection forms a part of the Literary File Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.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-P2 (prints and glass negs for each number), P3A-P3B, P4-P5 (prints and nitrate negs), P6A (print and nitrate neg), P6B (nitrate neg), P7A-P7C (prints and nitrate negs), P8A-P8B (prints and nitrate negs), P9 (print and nitrate neg), P10A-P10B (prints and nitrate negs), P11 (print and nitrate neg), P12A-P12B (prints and nitrate negs), P13-P15 (prints and nitrate negs), P16, P17-P19 (prints and nitrate negs), P20A-P20B (prints and nitrate negs), P21-P25 (prints and nitrate negs), P26, P27 (print and nitrate negs), P28-P29A, P29B (composite nitrate neg of P28 and P29A), P30A-P30B, P31A-P31B, P32A-P32B, P33A-P33B, P34 (nitrate neg), P34A-P34B, P35A-P35B (prints and glass negs for each number), P36 (nitrate neg), P36A-P36B, P37A-P37B, P38 (print and nitrate neg), P39A (contemporary print made from glass neg and original glass neg), P39B (print and glass neg), P40A-P40B (prints and nitrate negs), P41A-P41B (prints and nitrate negs), P41C-P41D, P42A-P42B (prints and nitrate negs), P43A (print and nitrate neg), P43B (2 items), P43C-P43G (prints and nitrate negs), P43H, P43I (print and nitrate neg), P43J, P44A-P44B (prints and nitrate negs), P44C (nitrate neg), P45 (nitrate neg), P45A-P45B, P46A-P46G (2 items each), P47, P48A, P48B (print and nitrate neg), P48C-P48O, P48P (2 items), P48Q (3 prints and 1 nitrate neg), P48R-P48S, P49A, P49B (print and nitrate neg), P50A-P50B, P51, P52A-P52B (2 items each), P53, P54A-P54D, P55A-P55B, P56A-P56B, P57, P58A-P58B, P59A-P59J (prints and nitrate negs), P59K-P59L (12 different images), P60A-P60J (10 different images), P61-P63; 982:0036:0010

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01504

Location(s):

Lit File Box OV Medium (P62)
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O'Neill, E., Lit File Box 1 (P1-P47)
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O'Neill, E., Lit File Box 2 (P48A-P48O, P48P, P48Q, P48R-P48S, P49A-P49B, P50A-P50B, P51, P52A-P52B, P53, P54A-P54D, P55A-P55B, P56A-P56B, P57, P58A-P58B, P59A-P59L, P60A-P60J, P61, P63; 982:0036:0010)
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Curatorial permission required Cabinet Storage (P1-P2, P35A-P35B, P37A-P37B, P39A-P39B)
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Curatorial permission required Cold Storage (P4-P5, P6A-P6B, P7-P15, P17-P25, P27, P29B, P34, P36, P38, P40A-P40B, P41A-P41B, P42A-P42B, P43A, P43C-P43G, P43I, P44A-P44C, P45, P48B, P48Q, P49B, P59A-P59J)
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