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Dugmore, Arthur Radclyffe (1870-1955). Big game photographer and author of "The Romance of the Newfoundland Caribou" among other titles. A SMALL ARCHIVE OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED BY THE BIG GAME PHOTOGRAPHER AND AUTHOR ARTHUR RADCLYFFE DUGMORE, together with additional material, comprising a correspondence between Dugmore and the American impressario and lecture tour manager James Pond.
London, New York City and Alberta, July 8, 1927 through September 23, 1928. 1928. Very good
- A small archive consisting of 30 retained carbon copies of typed letters from the American lecture manager James Pond addressed to Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore, 6 copies of Dugmore's 10 inch high by 8 inch wide publicity photo depicting the photographer from the chest up, a 4-page pictorial promotional flyer distributed by The Pond Bureau advertising Dugmore's lecture and motion picture "The Wonderland of Big Game", 2 signed contracts, and 16 Autograph letters signed by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore himself. Of these, 9 are one-page letters, 5 are two pages long, one is a page-and-a-half and another is three pages long. Pond's correspondence with Dugmore started several years before, evidenced by retained copies of 2 typed letters Pond had written to Dugmore in 1923, seeking to represent Dugmore in America. By July 8, 1927, Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore had agreed to tour the U.S. under Pond's management. In the first of seven letters penned in the UK, Dugmore informs Pond that he has enclosed 20 photographs, several of them "enlarged from the actual cinema film" as well as other material and hopes that Pond will "arrange a good lot of well paying lectures" for him. Pond's reply and a retained copy of the contract followed on July 21st to which Dugmore replied with a 2-page letter from Oxford on August 14th. "The only point that seems to require a possible alteration is the length of time that I shall be entirely in your hands. As I told you there was a chance of my doing some lecturing for Major F.J. Ney of the Overseas Education League (Canada)...." He goes on to write about some of his technical requirements, including the need for a camera operator, and speaks of venues that Pond might consider contacting, such as the Brooklyn Museum, where Dugmore has contacts. Following additional correspondence from Pond, Dugmore writes on September 12th of his possible travel plans in a letter penned on "Royal Societies Club" stationery.By October 9, 1927, Dugmore claims he is a little discouraged "This, combined with your discouraging remarks about everyone saying 'No More Africa', makes me wonder whether you would rather let the whole thing drop & that perhaps you regret having undertaken the tour...." but, by the 21st, he is relieved that Pond still wants to go forth with the tour. In subsequent letters, Dugmore discusses his plans to sail on the Cunard steamer "Ascania", sending prints of his film "The Wonderland of Big Game" as well as slides of it and of "The Romance of the Beaver & Caribou", and subsequently "The Vast Sudan film".Dugmore is in New York on January 18th and writes three brief letters to Pond on "Prince George Hotel" stationery. In these letters, penned on January 18th, 19th, and February 3rd, 1928, Dugmore inquires whether everything is arranged and mentions that a sportsman's society in Philadelphia would like him to lecture there. As of June 21st, 1928, Dugmore is in Canada from where he pens 5 letters addressed to Pond. In the first of these, a 2-page letter written on "Canadian Pacific" stationery, Dugmore explains that "I am now headed for Banff & expect to arrive next Wednesday. My plan is to stay there, or rather in the Rockies till about middle of October. He informs Pond that he'll be back in New York soon after "attending to my painting exhibition". In a July 3rd two-page letter from Banff, Alberta, penned on "Homestead Hotel and Bungalows" stationery, Dugmore maintains that "high fees usually produce a greater appreciation than when low ones are asked....", that "Barron is no longer at the Palace Theatre Calgary" nor has he heard from "Macmillan about the publication of my African Jungle Life book....". In a one-page letter vaguely dated "about Aug 11th, 1928", above which he has penned a question mark, Dugmore writes to Pond on "Lake O'Hara Bungalow Camp, Hector, B.C." stationery about a possible stop Pond has scheduled for Chicago though it "means sacrificing part of my transportation which would otherwise take me to Montreal" and asks Pond to "forward the films which are in Lloyds storage .... But I would like you to have the film examined carefully as it got badly knocked about at that last show in Proctor...." Back at the Homestead Hotel and Bungalows in Banff on September 1st, Dugmore apologizes for the delay "as I have been off in the 'wilds'...." and encloses "authority to get the film from Lloyds Film Storage Corporation" enquiring if there may be a chance to get a second engagement in Chicago to make if more worth his while. In his letter of September 23rd, Dugmore expresses his pleasure that Pond has raised the fee he will be paid for the Chicago lecture. Back in New York, Dugmore writes from the "Hotel Sevilla", "Here are the tickets from the ill fated Washington affair. Have only just found them, as in the confusion of our combined illness they were put away during a fit of tidying that originated in the maid's brain pan...." All of these autograph letters are signed "A. Radclyffe Dugmore". Most are folded for mailing and several are briefly annotated by Pond as having been answered, sometimes with Pond's filing date penned or stamped near the top and occasionally with a red or yellow check mark across the text indicating that he had read them and replied accordingly. An interesting archive. The big game photographer and author Major Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955) was also an artist, illustrating some of his books and producing a series of prints of wildlife. He traveled extensively photographing and filming animals throughout the world and particularly in Africa. The author of "The Wonderland of Big Game", "The Romance of the Beaver", "Camera Adventures in the African Wilds", and "The Romance of the Newfoundland Caribou", among others, his films include "The Wonderland of Big Game". He was the subject of a 1931 Lowell Thomas biography "Rolling Stone: The Life and Adventures of Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore".
Price:
1500.00 USD
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