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Orlean (Susan) collection on Rin Tin Tin
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  • Biographical / Historical
  • Scope and Contents
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Rights Statement for Archival Description
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information

  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
    Title: Susan Orlean collection on Rin Tin Tin
    Creator: Orlean, Susan
    Identifier/Call Number: 2692
    Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet 1 box
    Date (inclusive): c.1920s-2011
    Abstract: Collection consists of the research files and other materials related to author Susan Orlean's book Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend (2011) Simon & Schuster.
    Language of Material: English.
    Container: 1

    Biographical / Historical

    Susan Orlean is a journalist, and writer who specializes in in-depth investigations including the non-fiction books The Orchid Thief (1998), and The Library Book (2018).

    Scope and Contents

    Collection consists of the research files and other materials related to author Susan Orlean's book Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend (2011) Simon & Schuster. Materials include correspondence, scrap books, photographs, newspaper clipping, and various publications about the life and legacy of Rin Tin Tin.

    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.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Susan Orlean, February 20, 2020.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], Susan Orlean collection on Rin Tin Tin, Collection no. 2692, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

    Processing Information

    The collection is unprocessed.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Actors -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
    Animals as actors
    Correspondence
    Dogs -- Biography
    Dogs in motion pictures
    Motion pictures -- History -- Archival resources
    Motion picture actors and actresses
    Photographs
    World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Archival resources
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Archival resources
    Orlean, Susan -- Archives
    Rin-Tin-Tin, Dog -- Archives