Photography Collections Database

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Call Number:

PH-21048

Collection Name:

Fred Gipson Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Gipson, Fred, 1908-1973 (1908 - 1973)

Price (San Angelo, Tex.)

Schmidt, Clayton, active 1940s

No. of Items:

7 photographs

Span Dates:

20th century

Description:

The collection consists of photographs of and related to novelist Fred Gipson (American, 1908-1973). Gipson is pictured alone (P1), with one or more dogs (P2-P4, P7), and with other people (P5-P6). One of the photographs (P1) is a color lantern slide. Identified photographers with work in the collection are Price of San Angelo, Texas (P6), and Clayton Schmidt of Mason, Texas (P2-P4).

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

This collection forms a part of the larger Literary Files Photography Collection that is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.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-P7

Location(s):

Gipson, F., Lit File (P2-P7)
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Cabinet Storage (lantern slide P1)
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See Also:

Fred Gipson Papers: Related manuscript materials, from which these photographs were likely transferred, are located in the Fred Gipson Papers (MS-01622).