Clifford Bax:

An Inventory of His Literary File Photography Collection at the

Descriptive Summary

Creator: Bax, Clifford, 1886-1962 Title: Clifford Bax Literary File Photography Collection Dates: circa 1888-1955 Extent: 66 items Abstract: The Clifford Bax Literary File consists of 66 pictures (64 photographic prints, 1 photogravure, and 1 drawing), including portraits of Bax and various other people. Call Number: Photography Collection PH-02872 Language: English Access: Open for research. To make an appointment or to reserve photography materials, please email Visual Materials Reference staff. Researchers must create an online Research Account and agree to the Materials Use Policy before using archival materials. Use Policies: Ransom Center collections may contain material with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in the collections without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Ransom Center and The University of Texas at Austin assume no responsibility. Restrictions on Authorization for publication is given on behalf of the University of Use: Texas as the owner of the collection and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder which must be obtained by the researcher. For more information please see the Ransom Centers' Open Access and Use Policies. Bax, Clifford, 1886-1962 Photography Collection PH-02872

Administrative Information

Preferred Clifford Bax Literary File Photography Collection (Photography Citation Collection PH-02872). Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin. Acquisition: Internal transfers Processed by: Susan McClellan and Mary Foster, 2006 Repository: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin,

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Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 66 pictures (64 photographic prints, 1 photogravure, and 1 drawing) of and related to Clifford Bax (British, 1886-1962). The images are primarily portraits of Bax and various other people, and all but one of which are contained in two albums. Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the repository. An index at the end of this guide lists photographers whose work is featured in this file. This file forms a part of the 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.

Related Material

Associated and related material by and about Bax can be found in the Center's library, the Clifford Bax Collection (MS-00271), and the Clifford Bax Art Collection (AR-00017).

Index Terms

People Baynes, H. G. (Helton Godwin), 1882-1943. Bottomley, Gordon, 1874-1948. Bax, Arnold, 1883-1953. Bax, Clifford, 1886-1962. Gunn, Battiscombe G. (Battiscombe George), 1883-1950. Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934. Morris, R. O. (Reginald Owen), 1886-1948. Peters, A. D. (Augustus Dudley), 1892-1973. Rubinstein, Harold F., 1891-1975. Subjects Costumes and clothes. Cricket players. Plays.

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Portraits. Theater. Document Types Drawings. Photograph albums. Photographic prints. Photogravures.

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Location Item Number: P3 Portrait of Bax; mounted photogravure removed from More Men Bax, C., of Mark, 1922. Lit File

Item Number: [was P1] Album containing 48 pictures (47 photographic prints and 1 drawing) that include portraits of Clifford, Arnold and Aubrey Bax, and images of Location Clifford and Vera Bax in Elizabethan costume. Also included are portraits of Olga Bax, C., Antonietti, Dr. Helton Godwin Baynes, Allan Bennett, Gordon Bottomley, Francis Lit File Colmer, Daphne, , , R. O. Morris, Dorothy Mullock, Album 1 A. D. Peters, Harold F. Rubinstein, L. A. G. Strong, Edward Thomas, and Alec Waugh, and group portraits of various cricket teams, circa 1888-1933.

Location Item Number: [was P2] Album containing 17 photographic prints that include Bax, C., portraits of Bax and scenes from a production of Rose Without a Thorn, circa 1950s; Lit File label of The Cottage Studio (Chelsea) adhered to last page. Album 2

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Index of Photographers Bird, Walter, 1903-1969--Bax, C., Lit File Album 1 Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882-1966--P3 Cottage Studio--Bax, C., Lit File Album 2 Hoppé, E. O. (Emil Otto), 1878-1972--Bax, C., Lit File Album 1 (2 prints) Park, Bertram, 1883-1973--Bax, C., Lit File Album 1

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