Photography Collections Database

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Call Number:

PH-03059

Collection Name:

Rob Roy Kelly Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Kelly, Rob Roy, 1925-2004 (1925 - )

No. of Items:

52 photographs

Span Dates:

circa 1969

Description:

The collection consists of materials related to graphic designer Rob Roy Kelly (American, 1925-2004). A summary of the holdings follows.

46 mounted b/w prints (989:0030:0001-0010, 0012-0047);
5 b/w negatives (989:0030:0048-0052);
1 photocopy (989:0030:0011) used for Kelly's book American Wood Type, 1828-1900.

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This collection forms a part of the Literary Files Photography Collection is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images by, collected by, of, and/or related to those entities.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

989:0030:0001-0052; Internal transfer, 1989

Location(s):

Kelly, R.R., Lit File Box (989:0030:0001-0052)
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See Also:

Rob Roy Kelly Collection: Associated manuscript materials from which these photographs were transferred are located in the Rob Roy Kelly Collection (MS-02257).