Manuscripts

Will of Zoë Akins, 1886-1958, 1 piece, ([1936], Jan. 15). Also enclosed: another page of autograph notes

Description: this is written in an unknown hand, possibly by Akins' secretary; an autograph version, written by Akins', is cataloged in Manuscripts under "Last Will and Testament."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1878-1959.
Call number: mssZA
Creator: Akins, Zoë (1886-1958)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Zoë Akins, March 1952.; Gift of Zoë Akins, July 1952.; Acquired from Estate of Zoë Akins, May 1961.; Gift of Henry O'Neil. January 1978.; Purchased from Walter R. Benjamin, January 1982.; Gift of Occidental College Library, December 1986.; Gift of R.E. Evans,
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Clippings: Zoë Akins, 1886-1958, "Accused," 3 pieces, (1936)

Manuscripts

The collection consists of the personal and business papers of Zoë Akins (1886-1958). It includes correspondence with various literary, theatrical and motion picture figures of the first half of the twentieth century. There are also manuscripts of novels, plays, poems, short stories, outlines for plays, and articles. There is also correspondence related to her husband, Hugo Rumbold (d. 1932), and the Rumbold family. The collection also contains various photographs, manuscripts by others, and various business papers (including agreements, accounts, contracts, copyrights, and receipts). Correspondents represented in the collection include: Aline Barnsdall, Ethel Barrymore, Carlo Beuf, Billie Burke, Willa Cather, George Cukor, Patterson Greene, Sir Gerald Grove, William Harris, Carl Hovey, Jobyna Howland, Orrick Johns, George S. Kaufman, Alice Kauser, Sonya Levien, Anita Loos, Amy Lowell, W. Somerset Maugham, H.L. Mencken, Harry Moses, Kay Nielsen, George O'Neil, Max Pfeffer, Rosamond Pinchot, Una Pope-Hennessey, William Marion Reedy, Lady Etheldred Rumbold, Sir Horace Rumbold, Hugo Rumbold, David Selznick, Edward Sheldon, Sara Teasdale, Harriet Ware, Edith Wharton, John Hall Wheelock.

mssZA

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Clippings: Zoë Akins, 1886-1958, "Another Darling," 1 piece, (1950, Nov.)

Manuscripts

mssZA

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Clippings: Zoë Akins, 1886-1958, "The Furies," 4 pieces, (1928-1949)

Manuscripts

Includes typewritten note from C.P. Greneker to Akins, Apr. 13, 1928.

mssZA

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[Akins, Zoë, 1886-1958]. "In Memory of Jobyna Howland:" [biographical essay: second draft], carbon copy (MS., typewritten: 7 p.), ([1936])

Manuscripts

With Akins' autograph corrections and additional corrections in an unknown hand.

ZA 222.

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Akins, Zoë, 1886-1958. "Working Girls:" [screenplay], mimeograph copy (MS., typewritten: 135 p.), (1931, Sep. 15)

Manuscripts

With Akins' A.N.S. and autograph corrections, also cast list and autograph corrections in an unknown hand. Note: based upon the play, "Blind Mice," by Vera Caspary and Winifred Lenihan.

ZA 646.

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Printed articles by Zoë Akins, 1886-1958: "O Pioneers:" [review]: 1 piece, ([1914])

Manuscripts

Printed copy of Akins' poem, "The Snow Gardens," on verso of review.

mssZA

Will of Zoë Akins, 1886-1958, 1 piece, ([1936], Jan. 15). Also enclosed: another page of autograph notes

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