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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Erica Gunter papers
creator:
Gunter, Erica
Identifier/Call Number: 6069
Physical Description:
0.42 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): circa 1945-1949
Abstract: Collection of letters and photographs collected by Erica (Ricky) Gunter. The bulk of the letters (including telegrams) are
from Richard (Dick) Paxton. Gunter was a German Jew who fled Nazi Germany with her brother. She met Paxton in 1944 or early
1945 while serving as a camera operator creating military training films. Dick Paxton was a regular character actor in a number
of films.
[Box/folder# or item name], Erica Gunter papers, Collection no. 6069, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern
California
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Collection stored off site. Advance notice required for access.
Purchased from The Bookshop, April 21, 2014.
Collection of letters and photographs collected by Erica (Ricky) Gunter. The bulk of the letters (including telegrams) are
from Richard (Dick) Paxton. Also included are letters from Paxton's brother and mother, other servicemen, a CBS executive,
and a 20th Century Fox executive; 4 postcards; and 28 photographs.
Erica Gunter was a German Jew who fled Nazi Germany with her brother. She met Richard (Dick) Paxton in 1944 or early 1945
while serving as a camera operator creating military training films. Dick Paxton was a regular character actor in a number
of films, beginning in 1940 with Third Finger, Left Hand starring Myrna Loy. He moved to California as a teen and met Mickey
Rooney at a high school party. The two became close friends and Paxton served as his stand-in on a number of Rooney's early
films.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Soldiers -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Soldiers -- 1939-1945 -- Photographs
Photographs
Correspondence
Paxton, Richard -- Correspondence
Gunter, Erica -- Archives
Gunter, Erica