School Portrait

Item

Torrey. 1952. School Portrait. Not published, Joy Williams: Honored Guest, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/joy-williams/item/899

Title
School Portrait
Description
Black and white photograph
Joy around the age she wrote “Pony’s Surprise.” About her childhood Williams has said, “I was uneasy with my presence in life.” This confident-looking girl seems to convey a different message.
Creator
Torrey
Date
Circa 1952
Subject
WIlliams, Joy, 1944-
Publisher
Not published
Source
Joy Williams Papers
MSS2021-024
Type
Photograph
Format
Photograph
JPEG, 400 ppi
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/
Identifier
mss2021-024-05-007
Site pages
Childhood

Torrey. 1952. School Portrait. Not published, Joy Williams: Honored Guest, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/joy-williams/item/899