Administrative Information
Provenance
- Transfer from the Manuscript Division (Janet Flanner and Solita Solano papers); 1984 (DLC/PP-1984:425).
- Transfer; LC Manuscript Division (Elizabeth Clark); (PR 13 CN 1979:198).
Processing History
The Visual materials from the Janet Flanner and Solita Solano papers was processed by Prints and Photographs staff. The collection's LOT titles are devised by Library staff. PH - Abbott (B.), no. 2 (A size) was re-located from LOT 13259 to the PH filing series in June 2018. This finding aid contains unverified data from an old container list transcribed by Tori Cox in March 2020. Online finding aid encoded by Leah Rios in 2020-2021.
Additional materials that form the Visual materials from the Janet Flanner and Solita Solano papers not included in this finding aid are the unprocessed portions of the Visual materials from the Janet Flanner and Solita Solano papers (Call Numbers: PR 13 CN 1979:198 and PR 13 CN 1980:055). For more information about service of these additional materials, search our Online Catalog by call number.
Transfers
Materials were transferred from the Manuscript Division to the Prints and Photographs Division. A portion of the collection is still located in the Manuscript Division and can be identified as part of the Janet Flanner and Solita Solano papers, 1870-1976. An inventory of this material is available in its finding aid. More information about the Manuscript Division can be found at the Manuscript Division Homepage and Contact Page.
Related Material
Additional materials depicting Janet Flanner and Solita Solano are described in our Online Catalog:
- Night scene in Manhattan - Berenice Abbott (Call Number: PH - Abbott (B), no. 1-1 (Portfolio))
- Visual materials from the Arthur family papers (Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1976:027): Includes portraits of Janet Flanner and Solita Solano, through the Arthur Family connections to their friend Noel Haskins Murphy. Noel Murphy was an American singer whose home in Orgeval, outside Paris, was a favorite gathering place for many expatriate women.
Additional materials created or collected by Janet Flanner and Solita Solano are also available in the Manuscript Division:
- Janet Flanner and Solita Solano papers, 1870-1976
- Janet Flanner and Natalia Danesi Murray papers, 1940-1984
Online Content
To see already digitized images from this collection, search our Online Catalog by call number or descriptive words.
Microfilm
Scrapbooks are also available on microfilm in LOT 13259 (M). The microfilm reproduces photographs as they appear in the scrapbook and also includes related textual materials that are held among the Janet Flanner and Solita Solano papers, 1870-1976 in the Manuscript Division.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Visual materials from the Janet Flanner and Solita Solano papers, and item or reproduction number, if available [e.g., LOT 13259, v. 22, no. 1 or LC-DIG-ppmsca-12345]