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Company Theatre records

 Collection
Identifier: 7106
Abstract The Company Theatre records document the activities and history of the Company Theatre, an experimental, groundbreaking theater company founded in Los Angeles in 1967. Several USC students and graduates were among the Company Theatre's founding members, including Steven Kent and Gar Campbell. The Company Theatre remained active until around 1972, at which time its descendent, the ProVisional Theatre, commenced its decade-long run involving many of the same artists. The collection includes...
Dates: 1967 - 1982
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Gladys Cooper papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2022
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, scripts, scores, playbills, scrapbooks, and a variety of production files related to the stage and film career of Gladys Cooper (1888-1971).

Dates: 1888 - 1965
Found in: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library

Noël Coward papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275058548281]
Identifier: 2548
Abstract

Collection consists of song lyrics for Later Than Spring from Coward’s 1961 musical Sail Away and accompanying letter.

Dates: 1961 - 1962
Found in: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library

Billy De Wolfe collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2118
Abstract

This collection consists of clippings, scrapbooks, vaudeville photo album, musical arrangements, posters, awards, stills from stage, motion pictures, and television covering the period 1925-1974 from actor Billy De Wolfe (1907-1974). There are also miscellaneous scripts from his stage appearances including "How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying", as well as the screenplay for Dixie (1943) and television scripts for The Doris Day Show and Love American Style.

Dates: 1925 - 1974
Found in: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library

Ken Dickmann papers and photographs

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.
Identifier: Coll2013-063
Abstract Personal papers, writings, theater production records, publicity material, correspondence, photographs, negatives, slides, and other material, circa 1920-1995, from Ken Dickmann. Materials document Dickmann's life as an Air Force veteran, writer, performer, director, publicist, and gay activist in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Hawaii. The collection includes his published and unpublished articles related to theater and film criticism and issues in the gay community; material from his work...
Dates: circa 1920-1995; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1995
Found in: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Henry "Terry" Duffy and Dale Winter papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275056491492]
Identifier: 6234
Abstract

The Henry "Terry" Duffy and Dale Winter papers consist of clippings, publications, playbills, and photographs documenting the careers of theatrical producer Henry Duffy and his wife Dale Winter. Duffy and Winter, who were married, worked together for a number of years, and opened a theater together. The collection also includes information about performances by Charlotte Greenwood, Edward Everett Horton, and Billie Burke, as well as documenting the careers of Duffy and Winter.

Dates: 1917-2018
Found in: USC Libraries Music Library

Doug Elliott papers

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1; Series Series 2
Identifier: Coll2013-111
Abstract

USC Lambda Alumni Association records, vacation scrapbooks, gay theater show fliers, photographs and other documents from University of Southern California alum and educator Doug Elliott (1924-2008). The collection contains fliers and programs for the Highways Performance Space, Celebration Theatre, the Gay Games and other gay organizations. Photographs document Elliott's various trips abroad and in the United States.

Dates: 1987 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1991 - 1998
Found in: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California

William Farnum papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2526
Abstract

This collection contains the papers and scrapbooks of actor, William Farnum (1876-1953). Materials include playscripts, personal photographs, theater programs, handbills, correspondence, clippings, and publicity materials.

Dates: 1897 - 1953
Found in: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library

Federal Theatre Project scripts

 Collection
Identifier: 0116
Abstract

This collection contains scripts for plays performed by the Federal Theatre Project, which was operated between 1935 and 1939 as a part of the Work Progress Administration. The Los Angeles branch of the project produced over 195 plays.

Dates: 1935-1939
Found in: USC Libraries Music Library

Lion Feuchtwanger papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0204
Abstract Lion Feuchtwanger (1884-1958) was a celebrated German-Jewish novelist and outspoken enemy of the Nazis. He began his literary career as a theater critic and turned his talent to writing plays in the 1910s and 1920s. He first became internationally known for his historical novel Jud Süss published in 1925. In 1933, he went into exile in Southern France and in 1941 he emigrated to the United States. He was an important figure in intellectual and artistic circles in Los Angeles during the...
Dates: 1906 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1958
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

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