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Fay Bainter papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2077

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the papers of American actress Fay Bainter (1892-1968) including scripts, stills and photographs, and personal documents, clippings, and correspondence. Materials include stills and photographs from approximately 15 films; scripts of fifteen stage plays; stills and photographs from approximately twenty stage plays; clippings covering approximately twenty stage plays (1912-1960), ten stage play programs; scripts of six television programs; correspondence (1917-1967), often concerning dramatic performances; miscellaneous publicity clippings and magazine articles dating from 1906; miscellaneous photographs of Bainter's early years in the theater, publicity photographs, and photographs of family and friends; personal items and documents including Bainter's U.S. passport Screen Actors Guild membership card, receipts, financial statements and expenses, contracts, etc.; and miscellaneous items pertaining to the Academy Awards including a photograph of Bainter receiving her Oscar in 1938.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1930s-1950s

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

Fay Okell Bainter (1893-1968) was an American film and theater actress. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in "Jezebel" (1938).

Extent

7.042 Linear Feet (6 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Collection consists of stills and photographs, from 15 films and 20 stage plays; scripts of 15 stage plays and 6 television shows in which the actress Fay Bainter (1892-1968) appeared. Also includes personal documents, clippings and correspondence.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Reginald Venable, June 29, 1971.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Title
Finding aid for the Fay Bainter papers
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
Date
2022 February
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library Repository

Contact:
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