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Alfred A. Knopf, Inc Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.: An Inventory of Company's Literary File Photography Collection at the Harry Ransom Center Center Descriptive Summary Creator: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Title: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Literary File Photography Collection Dates: 1895-1983 (bulk 1930s-1960s). Extent: 18,858 items Abstract: The collection contains 18,858 photographs and negatives from 1895 to 1983 relating both to authors published by the firm and to Alfred A. Knopf's personal life. Nearly 500 photographers, notably Knopf himself, and a variety of formats and processes are represented in the file. Language: English Access: Please note: Transparencies may be accessed but require 24 hours advance notice. Negatives cannot be accessed without curatorial approval. Light sensitive materials must be viewed under low-level lighting. Some materials may be restricted from viewing. To make an appointment or to reserve photography materials, please contact the Center's staff at [email protected] . Administrative Information Acquisition: Gifts, 1963-1996 Processed by: Susan McClellan, 2006; Nicole Davis, 2010 Repository: The University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Center Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Scope and Contents The Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Literary File Photography Collection contains photographs relating both to authors published by the firm and to Alfred A. Knopf's personal life. The material dates from the 1890s through the 1980s. Nearly 500 photographers, notably Knopf himself, and a variety of formats and processes are represented in the file. The majority of photographs are black-and-white, unless noted in the description. The collection is arranged in five series: I. Photographs of Authors, 1921-1977; II. Personal Photographs, 1895-1983; III. Assorted Negatives, 1912-1977; IV. Oversize Items, 1911-1938 and undated; and V. Manuscript Items, undated. Series I. is divided into three subseries. Subseries A. Portraits of Authors, contains formal portraits of the authors published by Knopf, Inc. Subseries B. Snapshots of Authors by Alfred A. Knopf, consists of informal photographs of authors, taken primarily at Knopf's home in Purchase, New York. Subseries C. Author Publicity Files, contains portraits and caricatures of Knopf, Inc.'s authors. It also contains reproductions of illustrations used in the books published by Knopf, Inc., images used to promote those books, reproductions of book jackets, and photographs of promotional window displays. Each subseries in Series I. is organized alphabetically by author's last name. The bulk of the images dates from the 1930s through the 1960s. The subjects of the three subseries overlap to some degree: images pertaining to a particular author may be found in more than one subseries, as well as in Series II. subseries B (see below). It is important to note that most of the folders in the Publicity Files contain multiple copies of a few images. Additionally, while this group is organized by author, a folder may not actually have photographs of its author, only book illustrations or other promotional images, indicated by brackets around the author's name. For example, the folder on Hilaire Belloc (13.10) does not contain any portraits of Belloc, only a reproduction of an illustration from Belloc's book. Series II. is divided into three subseries. Subseries A. Alfred A. & Blanche W. Knopf, contains snapshots and formal portraits of Alfred from boyhood in the 1890s through the 1980s and Blanche as a young woman in the 1910s through 1965, as well as some of Blanche Wolf's family photographs, all arranged chronologically. Subseries B. Animals, Events, Homes and People, contains snapshots of the Knopf's dogs, of assorted events they attended, of their home in Purchase, N.Y., and of their friends and family. The Friends and Family photographs include both snapshots and formal portraits of many of the same authors represented in Series I. Subseries C. Travel Photographs, consists of the Knopf's vacation snapshots from the early 1900s through the 1970s, organized chronologically. Series III. Assorted Negatives consists of five subseries: A. 35mm Negatives, which consists of People and Dogs, Travels, and Assorted Subjects; B. Medium-Format Negatives; C. Glass Negatives; D. Glass Transparencies; and E. Nitrate Negatives, which consists of Personal Photos, Travel Photos, Dogs, and Horses, which are arranged chronologically, as well as Authors and Deteriorating Negatives, both arranged alphabetically by subject. The negatives in all of these subseries complement the previous two series of photographs. 2 Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. previous two series of photographs. Series IV. Oversize items includes an album of Knopf's snapshots from 1911 to 1915, an empty album box, and assorted large-format prints, including a series of author portraits taken by Knopf. Series V. Manuscript items consists of a small amount of photograph and negative envelopes with manuscript notes which were not able to be matched to their original contents. A subject index at the end of the finding aid lists the people represented in the collection in alphabetical order. An additional index lists the 493 photographers represented in the collection. Alfred A. Knopf took many of the photographs himself, and he is listed in the index. However, he presumably took all of the photographs in Series I. Subseries B. (Snapshots of Authors), so these items are not listed in the index. Related Material Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records (MS-00062) 3 Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Series I. Photographs of Authors, 1921-1977 (10,719 items) Subseries A. Portraits of Authors (645 items) Amado, Jorge and Ondina, 1961 (1 item) Container 1.1 Amado, Jorge and Paloma, [1969?] (1 item) Amado, Jorge and Zelia, outside Salvador, Jan. 1962 (4 items) Amado, Jorge, 1969 (1 item) Amado, Jorge, undated (4 items) Angle, Paul M. At 501 [Madison], Feb. 1952 (1 item) Container 1.2 Arnold, Elliott, 1959 (1 item) Container 1.3 Asbury, Herbert at Canada Lake, Oct. 1937 (1 item) Container 1.4 Barnes, Harry Elmer inscribed "To Blanche and Alfred Knopf, with sincere...," Container undated (1 item) 1.5 Beard, [Charles?], 1920 (1 item) Container 1.6 Beard, Charles Austin at New Milford (1 item) Container 1.7 Container Beer, Thomas [illustrations from "The Mauve Decade"?], undated (11 items) 1.8 Beer, Thomas, assorted portraits undated (65 items) Beerbohm, Max, undated (2 items) Container 1.9 Berenson, Bernard (1 item) Container 1.10 Container Bernstein, Aline, at 501 Madison [Ave., New York, N.Y.], Jan. 1938 (1 item) 1.11 Bok, Curtis (Hon.), Sept. 1961 (2 items) Container 1.12 Container Bowen, Elizabeth in London, England, July 1946 (1 item) 1.13 Bowen, Elizabeth in Purchase, NY, 1951-1958 (16 items) Bowen, Elizabeth reading, May, 1953 (2 items) 4 Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Bowen, Elizabeth, 1953 (1 item) Bowen, Elizabeth, undated (10 items) Container Bradley, Jenny at La Farandole, Sept. 15, 1949 (3 items) 1.14 Bradley, Jenny with Claire, Sept. 14, 1949 (1 item) Bradley, Jenny, Aug. 8, 1949 (1 item) Container Brennand, [Francisco] with Lula Cardoso Ayres, Dec. 1961 (1 item) 1.15 Container Burnett, W. R. (William Riley) in Los Angeles, undated (1 item) 1.16 Container Butler, Horacio in Purchase, New York, July 12, 1942 (1 item) 1.17 Container Bynner, Witter in Santa Fe, N.M. [with cigar, wearing hat], June 1938 (1 item) 1.18 Bynner, Witter, undated (2 items) Cabell, James French, undated (1 item) Container 1.19 Cabell, James French with Alfred A. Knopf, undated (2 items) Cameron, Alan, undated (1 item) Container 1.20 Container Camus, Albert [in Stockholm, Sweden], undated [1957] (7 items) 1.21 Camus, Albert in Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 1957 (6 items) Camus, Albert in Paris, undated (2 items) Camus, Albert, undated (5 items) Camus, Albert, from Notebooks: 1935-1942, Feb. 14, 1963 (1 item) Camus, Albert, Oct. 18, 1965 (1 item) Camus, Albert, Oct. 17, 1957 (1 item) Container 1.22 Camus, Albert, undated (3 items) Container 5 Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Container Canfield, Dorothy with Blanche W. Knopf in Arlington, Va., Oct. 1938 (1 item) 1.23 Container Cantor, Eli with Warren Chappell and Alfred A. Knopf, undated (1 item) 1.24 Carlu, Jean in Paris, France, Oct. 1965 (1 item) Container 1.25 Carroll, Madeleine at L'eau de France, Chemerières-sur-Marne, [France], Oct. 3, Container 1965 (1 item) 1.26 Cash, Wilbur Joseph, 1939 (1 item) Container 1.27 Cather, Willa, undated (5 items) Container 1.28 Container Cather, Willa "Author of A Lost Lady," undated (5 items) 1.29 Cather, Willa "in the McClure Magazine days," undated (2 items) Cather, Willa, undated (2 items) Container 1.30 Cather, Willa in white coat, Jan. 22, 1936 (2 items) Container Cather, Willa in black fur coat and hat, Jan. 22, 1936 (2 items) 1.31 Cather, Willa with metallic scarf, Jan. 22, 1936 (6 items) Cather, Willa, snapshots "taken in the ancient cliff dwellings of New Mexico" Container and "among the pre-historic remains of Arizona," undated (13 items) 1.32 Container [Cather, Willa] a display of her books and photos, undated (1 item) 1.33 Cather, Willa in straw hat, undated (7 items) Cather, Willa portrait, undated (2 items) Cather, Willa autographing copies of her new novel My Mortal Enemy, undated (1 item) Cather, Willa with flowered jacket, undated (4 items) Container 1.34 Cather, Willa, undated (3 items) Container 1.35 Cather, Willa in New Brunswick, Sept. 1933 (1 item) [Cather, Willa] The Old Mill, The Mill House, the Mill showing small room 6 Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. [Cather, Willa] The Old Mill, The Mill House, the Mill showing small room where Henry Colbert slept, and the old family burial ground on Back Creek, undated (4 items) [Cather, Willa] [postcard of] The New Century Hotel, Romney, W. Va. "Where Miss Cather is supposed to have written Sapphira," undated (1 item) [Cather, Willa] street scene in Red Cloud, Neb., undated (1 item) Container Chandler, Raymond in Beverly Hills, Calif., Nov.
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