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Irene Claxton family papers
Descriptive Summary | |
| Title: Irene Claxton family papers | |
| Creator: Claxton, Irene R., 1922-2013 | |
| Inclusive Dates: circa 1870-2013 | |
| Bulk Dates: 1930-2013 | |
| Language(s): English | |
| Extent: 34 Linear Feet (48 boxes, 1 oversized folder) | |
| Collection Number: ms3865 | |
| Repository: Hargrett Library | |
Collection Description
Historical Note
Irene R. Claxton (1922-2013) was a professional photographer from Dublin, Georgia. She is the daughter of Dr. E. B. Claxton (1883-1967), who practiced at the Claxton Hospital (Sanitarium), and Irene Robertson Claxton (1885-1981). She had two older sisters and a brother. The eldest was Iris, married to Alfred Eubanks, then Ellen, who married John Bell, Jr., also a doctor who practiced with E. B. Claxton, Sr., and brother E. B., Jr., who married Harriet Jones. Many of the images in this collection have to do with Irene's parents, siblings and their children.
Irene graduated from Dublin High School in 1940, and attended Wesleyan College as well as Northwestern University and the University of Georgia. She attended photography school at the New York Institute of Photography and the Brooks Photography School in Santa Barbara, California.
Deaf since early childhood, Irene took to photography and captured on film her surroundings, family and friends, pets and animals, local news interests, portraits, and her own artistic imagery. She travelled all across the United States as well as Mexico, Cuba, and Europe throughout her life. She had a darkroom studio in a small house in the back yard of her home and devoted a great deal of time taking pictures of her life in Dublin.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of papers and photographs created and collected by Irene Claxton. The papers include correspondence, trip diaries, photographic notation, and artwork. The photography includes varying sizes and formats of family pictures and portraits, local newsworthy items, commercial portraiture, creative work, and historic family photographs. Other materials include slides, albums, and printed material documenting life in Dublin, Georgia. Items of interest include post cards, scrapbooks, student newspapers, Wesleyan yearbooks, train ticket stubs, photographs of the Dudley, Georgia kitchen cabinet maker Hogan-Scarboro Corporation, and slides from the World War Battle Slide Company.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Irene Claxton family papers, ms3865, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
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Related audiovisual materials from this collection are housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archive: http://purl.libs.uga.edu/brown/har-ms3865/bmac-coll