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D.J. Holland collection of Rotary Photographic Co. postcards

 Collection
Identifier: 2544

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Scope and Contents

Collection consists of Rotary Photographic Company portrait postcards of various late 19th and early 20th century stage actresses including Sarah Bernhardt, Constance Collier, Ethel Irving, Billie Burke, and Lillian Nordica. Description notes from Holland present on many postcards. Also present is a 1968 letter from Holland to Robert Knutson about the donation to USC.

Originally part of the Ethel Barrymore Memorial Theatre Arts Collection at the University of Southern California Library 100 Series, and was labeled 100-29.

Dates

  • Creation: c. 1898 - 1910
  • Creation: 1968

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

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.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

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

Biographical / Historical

Rotary Photographic Co. was founded in 1898 in London, and it specialized in the rapid printing of photographs for brochures, calendars, and postcards. Rotary sold negative paper and bromide printing paper under the name Rotograph. It went into voluntary liquidation in 1916.

D.J. Holland was a childhood friend of Ethel Barrymore’s in Philadelphia during the late 19th century.

Extent

0.03 Linear Feet (2 folders)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Collection consists of Rotary Photographic Company actress portrait postcards.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of D.J. Holland in 1968.

Processing Information

Collection is unprocessed.

Title
Finding aid for the D.J. Holland collection of Rotary Photographic Co. postcards
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
Date
2022 June
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:
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0185 United States