Manuscripts

Akins, Zoë, 1886-1958. 3 letters to Zoë Kathryn Maginty, (1940-1951), Los Angeles (Calif.)

Description: Note: ZA 2058 addressed to Fred Maginty and Zoë Kathryn Maginty.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1878-1959.
Call number: ZA 2057-2059.
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,
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Akins, Zoë, 1886-1958. 3 letters to [Norman and Irving Pincus (firm)], (1946-1947)

Manuscripts

Note: ZA 2134-2135 addressed to Norman Pincus; ZA 2136 addressed to Norman Pincus and Irving Pincus, 1914-1984.

ZA 2134- 2136.

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Akins, Zoë, 1886-1958. 1 letter and 3 telegrams to R K O Pictures, Inc., (1939-1949)

Manuscripts

Note: ZA 2197-2198 addressed to Leo McCarey, ZA 2199 addressed to George Schaefer, 1888-1981, and ZA 2200 addressed to Howard Hughes, 1905-1976.

ZA 2197-2200.

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[Akins, Zoë, 1886-1958]. 2 letters to Felton -----, (1938)

Manuscripts

Note: ZA 2516 addressed to "Felton and Anita."

ZA 2516-2517.

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Akins, Sarah Elizabeth. 55 letters and 2 telegrams to Zoë Akins, 1886-1958, (1940, Dec.-[1941], July), Pasadena (Calif.)

Manuscripts

Note: some letters with envelopes; ZA 1365 removed to Oversize Box 165.

ZA 1314-1370.

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Farmar, Hugh. 5 letters to Zoë Akins, 1886-1958, (1947-1951), Kew and London (Eng.)

Manuscripts

Note: ZA 3353 removed to Oversize Box 165.

ZA 3350-3354.

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Maginty, Fred E. and Maginty, Zoë Kathryn. 1 card to Zoë Akins, 1886-1958, A.N.S. (1 p.), ([1958?, Oct.])

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 5209.

Akins, Zoë, 1886-1958. 3 letters to Zoë Kathryn Maginty, (1940-1951), Los Angeles (Calif.)

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