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Schwabacher & Co. 1 letter to Zoë Akins, 1886-1958, L.S. (typewritten: 1 p.), (1937, May 12), San Francisco (Calif.)

Description
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.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1878-1959.
Call number
ZA 6572.
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.
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.
Associated people
Barnsdall, Aline, (1882-1946.)
Barrymore, Ethel, (1879-1959.)
Beuf, Carlo, (1893-1981.)
Burke, Billie, (1885-1970.)
Cather, Willa, (1873-1947.)
Cerf, Bennett, (1898-1971.)
Churchill, Winston, (1874-1965.)
Cukor, George, (1899-1983.)
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1896-1940.)
Fitzgerald, Zelda, (1900-1948.)
Greene, Patterson. (1886-1962.)
Grove, Gerald, (1884-1946.)
Harris, William, (1875-.)
Hovey, Carl, (1889-1968.)
Howland, Jobyna. (1887-1946.)
Hurst, Fannie, (1889-1961.)
Johns, Orrick, (1872-1945.)
Kaufman, George S. (1885-1930.)
Kauser, Alice, (1879-1956.)
Lawrence, D. H. (1888?-1960.)
Lawrence, Frieda, (1893-1981.)
Levien, Sonya, (1874-1925.)
Loos, Anita, (1879-1962.)
Lowell, Amy, (1874-1965.)
Luhan, Mabel Dodge, (1880-1956.)
Maugham, W. Somerset (1873-1937.)
Mencken, H. L. (1886-1957.)
Moses, Harry, (1898-1940.)
Nielsen, Kay Rasmus, (1884-.)
O'Neil, George, (1904-1938.)
Pfeffer, Max, (1876-1949.)
Pinchot, Rosamond, (1862-1920.)
Pope-Hennessy, Una, (1879-1964.)
Reedy, William Marion, (1869-1941.)
Rumbold, Etheldred, (-1932.)
Rumbold, Horace, (1902-1965.)
Rumbold, Hugo, (1856-1950.)
Selznick, David O., (1886-1946.)
Shaw, Bernard, (1869-1926.)
Sheldon, Edward, (1884-1933.)
Sterling, George, (1862-1937.)
Teasdale, Sara, (1886-1978.)
Ware, Harriet. (1887-1943.)
Wharton, Edith,
Wheelock, John Hall,
Woollcott, Alexander,
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