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Download PDF Series 7: Photographs
14.1 linear feet, 20 boxes
This collection is stored at Firestone Library and Firestone Library.
This collection is stored on site at Firestone Library. Ernest Hemingway material is stored in special vault facilities.
Requests will be delivered to Manuscripts Division, RBSC Reading Room .
Collection Creator: Beach, Sylvia..
Dates: 1881-1969.
Extent: 14.1 linear feet, 20 boxes
Languages: English.
Access Restrictions
Access to the photographs is restricted because surrogates are available for reference use. Researchers who feel they have a compelling reason to be granted access to the original photographs must request permission in advance from the Curator of Manuscripts ( http://www.princeton.edu/~rbsc/contact/index.shtml ).
Description
This series consists of assorted photographs documenting the different facets and relationships central to Beach's life: her family; her friends, particularly Adrienne Monnier, but also including writers and artists; and her life in Paris as proprietress of Shakespeare and Company.
Snapshot images and negatives (here defined as photographs lacking the formal approach of a studio portrait or news agency documentary photograph) measuring approximately 2.75 x 3.75 inches (7 x 10 centimeters) can often be attributed to Sylvia Beach herself. Images taken in and around Shakespeare and Company and Les Déserts are particular candidates for this attribution. However, photographer attributions were not given in this finding aid unless explicitly stated. Researchers should contact the estates of Man Ray, Gisèle Freund, Berenice Abbott and other copyrighted photographers present in the collection for information regarding copyrighted photographs.
Arrangement
Arranged into 8 subseries.
Preferred Citation
Series 7: Photographs; 1881-1969; Sylvia Beach Papers, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.