Manuscripts

Clifford H. Dyment collection

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Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1944-1955.
Call number: mssHM 41013-41046
Creator: Dyment, Clifford, 1914-1971(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of November 1979.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.

Clifford Bax letter to Graham Greene

Manuscripts

mssHM 41917

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Clifford Clinton papers

Manuscripts

The collection contains photocopies of 49 autobiographical letters written by Clifford Clinton for his children documenting his activities and covering his life to the late 1940s; two sheets of Clifford Clinton stationery; a pamphlet for Clifford Clinton's mayoral campaign of 1945 "We Have a Big Job - Let's Do It"; a copy of the 1937 Los Angeles County Grand Jury Report on graft and corruption in Los Angeles; "Clifford Clinton's Derricks of Faith" (six-page essay on Clifford Clinton's faith and politics); seven radio speeches of Clifford Clinton from 1938; a copy of a chapter regarding speeches from Edmond Clinton's book on Clifford Clinton; one postcard of Clifton's Cafeteria; genealogical information on the Clinton family; a rough draft of the funeral program for Clifford Clinton, including a photocopy of his biography.

mssClinton

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Clifford Clinton papers

Manuscripts

mssClinton

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Clifford Vaughan Papers

Manuscripts

The majority of the collection deals with Vaughan's trip to Asia with Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn and the Denishawn Dancers in 1925. Boxes 1 and 2 contain the following kind of material: Clifford Vaughan's music notebooks, photographs, postcards, booklets, maps, programs and ephemera all regarding the trip. Also included is some ephemera about Clifford Vaughan (a biography of Vaughan, written after his death, and order forms for his music on CDs) and the Denishawn Dancers, mostly clippings, several publications owned by Vaughan, probably purchased during the trip, as well as programs for the Denishawn Dancers and a Tribute to Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn by "H. H." Box 1 also contains a folder of modern letters regarding the Denishawn Dancers and their history; these are between Jane Sherman Lehac, Margaret Vaughan Meyer, and Michelle Mathesius. Box 3 contains copies of CDs of Clifford Vaughan music as well as three record Albums, "Oriental Translations I-VI." Box 4 contains 31 pieces of sheet music, arranged alphabetically by title. The majority of these are also from the trip to the Asia (1926); some of these are photocopies. It also contains the 10 oversize programs from Box 2.

mssVaughan

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Six plays of Clifford Odets

Rare Books

481236

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Collectanea Cliffordiana : in three parts : containing I. Anecdotes of illustrious personages of the name of Clifford : II. Historical and genealogical notices respecting the origin and antiquity of the Clifford family : III. Clifford, a tragedy

Rare Books

K-D 513

Clifford H. Dyment collection

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