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Call Number:

PH-03040

Collection Name:

Theodore Dreiser Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Clement, R., photographer

Colgrove, photographer

Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 (1871 - 1945)

Jacobi, Lotte (1896 - 1990)

Kanaga, Consuelo, 1894- (1894 - 1978)

Tibbetts, photographer

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

No. of Items:

39 photographs

Span Dates:

late 19th-early 20th century

Description:

This collection consists of images of or related to novelist Theodore Dreiser (American, 1871-1945) (P1-P3; 985:0018:0001-0036). Identified photographers include: R. Clement (P2); Colgrove (985:0018:0011); Gorky Institute of Foreign Literature (985:0018:0004-0008, 0026); Lotte Jacobi (985:0018:0022-0023); Consuelo Kanaga (985:0018:0030); Tibbetts (985:0018:0002-0003); and Carl Van Vechten (P3).

Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the repository.

This collection forms a part of the Literary Files Photography Collection is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images by, collected by, of, and/or related to those entities.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

P1-P3; 985:0018:0001-0036

Location(s):

Dreiser, T., Lit File
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See Also:

Theodore Dreiser Collection: Associated manuscript materials, from which these photographs were likely transferred, are located in the Theodore Dreiser Collection (MS-01215).