Norma Shearer collection
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Scope and Contents
This collection consists of scrapbooks, photographs, and clippings of American Canadian actress Norma Shearer (1902-1983). Materials relate to Shearer's film career as well as her marriage to Irving Thalberg, trips to Great Britain, and Thalberg's death in 1937.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1920s-1941
Creator
- Shearer, Norma, 1902-1983 (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
Norma Shearer (1902-1983) was a Canadian American actress. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for "The Divorcee" (1930). Her film credits include "Romeo and Juliet" (1936), "Marie Antoinette" (1938), and "A Free Soul" (1931).
Extent
17.229 Linear Feet (8 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of scrapbooks, photographs, and clippings of American Canadian actress Norma Shearer (1902-1983). Materials relate to Shearer's film career as well as her marriage to Irving Thalberg, trips to Great Britain, and Thalberg's death in 1937.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Martin Arrouge, April 16, 1985.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Title
- Finding aid for the Norma Shearer collection
- 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
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0185 United States
ctlibarc@usc.edu