Call Number:

PH-10243

Collection Name:

Edmund Blunden Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

56 photographs loose and in 1 album

Span Dates:

late 19th century-20th century

Description:

The collection consists of snapshots, formal portraits, and photographic postcards of poet Edmund Blunden (British, 1896-1974), his friends and colleagues, family members (Margaret, Lucy, Claire, and Frances Blunden, plus unidentified others), and The Times cricket team of 1952 (P1-P30, P34-P40). Also included is an album containing 19 photographic prints of a Japanese family, circa 1925?. Identified photographers whose work is found in the collection include: S. J. Herbert & Sons (P34); Jerome (P3); the New Standard Co. (P4); and Valentine & Sons (P35).

This collection forms a part of the Literary Files Photography Collection is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images by, collected by, of, and/or related to those entities.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

Location(s):

Blunden, E., Lit File Album
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Blunden, E., Lit File (P1-?)
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See Also:

Edmund Blunden Papers: Related manuscript materials, from which these photographs and album were likely transferred, are located in the Edmund Blunden Papers (MS-00426).