Manuscripts

Bourda, Josephine. 1 letter to Zoë Akins, 1886-1958, A.L.S. (1 p.), ([1935, Apr.])

Description: Note: in French; with envelope. Willa Cather's cook, this letter originally with Willa Cather letters now cataloged separately.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1878-1959.
Call number: ZA 2835.
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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Boutet de Monvel, Roger, 1879-. 1 letter to [Hugo Rumbold, d. 1932], A.L.S. (1 p.), ([ca. 1920]), [New York (N.Y.)]

Manuscripts

Note: in French; also enclosed, original label from envelope. Originally enclosed with "Life of Lord Byron: Chapter One;" now cataloged separately in Manuscripts.

ZA 2836.

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Mullins, Helene, 1899-. 1 letter to Zoë Akins, 1886-1958, L.S. (typewritten: 2 p.), (1939, June6), Los Angeles (Calif.)

Manuscripts

Note: typewritten copies of three poems, "Streams from the Source," "Unemployed," and "Terpsichorean" originally enclosed, now cataloged separately in Manuscripts.

ZA 5433.

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[Akins, Zoë, 1886-1958]. [Names, addresses & sketch], A. MS. (7 p.), ([before 1958 Oct.])

Manuscripts

Note: also autograph signature and address written by Willa Cather.

ZA 327.

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[Byng, Evelyn, 1870-1949]. 1 letter to Zoë Akins, 1886-1958, A.L.S. (1 p.), (1935, July 5), Thorpe-Le-Soken (Essex, Eng.)

Manuscripts

With envelope. Note: written on Lady Byng's behalf by Eva Sandford.

ZA 2885.

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Rambeau, Marjorie, 1889-1970. 1 letter to Zoë Akins, 1886-1958, A.L.S. (1 p.), ([ca. 1935?])

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 5988.

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Bleeker, Bertha D. 1 letter to Zoë Akins, 1886-1958, A.L.S. (1 p.), (1935, May 29)

Manuscripts

ZA 2824.

Bourda, Josephine. 1 letter to Zoë Akins, 1886-1958, A.L.S. (1 p.), ([1935, Apr.])

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