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Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

Norma Shearer collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2268
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.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1920s-1941

Anthony Slide papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2149
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of English film historian and writer Anthony Slide (born 1944). Materials include interviews and correspondence with various silent film personalities, taped interviews, stills, the early manuscript of “The Griffith Actresses” by Slide, early film magazines, and material relating to Vitagraph.

Dates: 1911 - 1974

Thelma White papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2683
Abstract

Collection consists of the correspondence, memorabilia, acting files, and photographs of American actress Thelma White (1910-2005).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1920s-1990s

Patricia Woltman collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2391
Abstract

This collection contains paper dolls from the 1940s, sheet music for popular American songs, and a clippings scrapbook about movie stars collected by Patricia Woltman.

Dates: 1901 - 1966

Fay Wray papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2194
Abstract This collection contains the papers of actress Fay Wray (1907-2004), as well as papers of her two husbands, writer John Monk Saunders (1895-1940) and screenwriter Robert Riskin (1897-1955). Materials include scrapbooks dealing with the careers of Wray and her two husbands; stills, including publicity photographs from films in which Wray appeared; screenplays written by Riskin, 13 short 16mm films produced by Riskin during World War II; and miscellaneous items such as contracts, magazines,...
Dates: circa 1924-1950s