Sons of the Desert collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of periodicals, flyers, newsletters, and printed ephemera of the fraternal organization Sons of the Desert, an organization devoted to the lives and films of comedians Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957). The periodicals in the collection are the group's publication, "The Bowler Desert."
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1960s-1980s
Creator
- Sons of the Desert (Fan club) (Organization)
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
The Sons of the Desert is an international fraternal organization devoted to the lives and films of comedians Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957). The name of the organization is based on "Sons of the Desert" (1933), an American comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. It was founded in 1964 and continues to be active.
Extent
6.75 Linear Feet (6 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of the periodicals, flyers, newsletters, and printed ephemera of the fraternal organization Sons of the Desert.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, circa early 1987.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Sons of the Desert (Fan club) -- Archives (Organization)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Sons of the Desert collection
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 April
- 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