Call Number:

PH-03003

Collection Name:

Stanley Burnshaw Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

1 photograph

Span Dates:

circa 1900

Description:

The collection consists one photograph (gelatin silver print) that was internally transferred from the papers of poet and literary critic, Stanley Burnshaw (American, 1906-2005). The photograph is of Burnshaw's mother, Sonia (Sophy) Kivman, who was born in St. Petersburg in Czarist Russia on August 1, 1874. She died on April 25, 1930.

This collection forms a part of the Literary Files Photography Collection is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images by, collected by, of, and/or related to those entities.

Accession No(s):

2000:0023:0001; Internal transfer, 2000

Location(s):

Burh-Bzz Lit File Box (2000:0023:0001)
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See Also:

Stanley Burnshaw Papers: The related manuscript collection, from which the photograph was transferred, is the Stanley Burnshaw Papers (MS-00620).

Stanley Burnshaw Art Collection: Related works of art, which were also transferred from the Stanley Burnshaw Papers, are located in the Stanley Burnshaw Art Collection (AR-00036).

Susan Copen Oken Photography Collection: Two photographic portraits of Burnshaw, taken by his wife, are located in the Susan Copen Oken Photography Collection (PH-01588).