Manuscripts

Selby, [The Misses]. 1 photograph of David Belasco, 1853-1931, Sepia; ([1923, June]), New York (N.Y.)

Description: Note: inscribed
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1878-1959.
Call number: ZA 7173.
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,

Selby, [The Misses]. 1 photograph of David Belasco, 1853-1931, Sepia; (1923, June 6), New York (N.Y.)

Manuscripts

Note: inscribed and dated, with A.N.; very damaged -- with loss of the photo and inscription

ZA 7172.

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White Studio. 1 photograph of David Belasco, 1853-1931, B&W; ([ca. 1925?]), New York (N.Y.)

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.

ZA 7174.

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-----. 1 photograph of Willa Cather, 1873-1947, Sepia; ([ca. 1920?])

Manuscripts

Note: inscribed; damaged. Also enclosed: 1 print, B&W, damaged -- torn in two

ZA 7178.

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-----. 1 photograph of Rosamond Pinchot, 1904-1938, B&W; ([ca. 1930?]), New York (N.Y.)

Manuscripts

Note: inscribed; trimmed from original size

ZA 7233.

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Vandamm Studio. 1 photograph of Laurette Taylor, 1884-1946, B&W; ([ca. 1930?]), New York (N.Y.)

Manuscripts

Note: inscribed

ZA 7244.

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Offner, Mortimer. 1 photograph of Laurette Taylor, 1884-1946, B&W; ([ca. 1930?]), New York (N.Y.)

Manuscripts

Note: inscribed

ZA 7245.

Selby, [The Misses]. 1 photograph of David Belasco, 1853-1931, Sepia; ([1923, June]), New York (N.Y.)

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