Finding aid for the Susan Orlean collection on Rin Tin Tin 2692
Marissa Chavez and Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2023 April
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu
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
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).
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.
Advance notice required for access.
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.
[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
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