William Ripley Dorr collection on the St. Luke's Choristers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of choral recordings and tapes made by the St. Luke's Choristers, founded in 1930 by William Ripley Dorr. It also includes stills from films in which Choristers appeared.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1930s-1940s
Creator
- Dorr, William Ripley (Person)
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
William Ripley Dorr was an American music conductor who organized the St. Luke's Episcopal Church Choristers in 1930 in Long Beach, California, USA. The choir appeared in or performed music for many Hollywood films from 1935 to 1951.
Extent
3.25 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of choral recordings and tapes made by the St. Luke's Choristers, founded in 1930 by William Ripley Dorr. It also includes stills from films in which Choristers appeared.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, circa 1950.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Dorr, William Ripley -- Archives (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the William Ripley Dorr collection on the St. Luke's Choristers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez for History Associates
- 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
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0185 United States
ctlibarc@usc.edu