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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Norma Shearer collection
Creator:
Shearer, Norma, 1902-1983
Identifier/Call Number: 2268
Physical Description:
17.229 Linear Feet
8 boxes
Date (bulk): 1920s-1941
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.
Language of Material:
English.
Advance notice required for access.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Martin Arrouge, April 16, 1985.
Norma Shearer (1902-1983) was a Canadian American actress. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for "The Divorcee" (1930).
Her film credits include "Romeo and Juliet" (1936), "Marie Antoinette" (1938), and "A Free Soul" (1931).
[Box/folder no. or item name], Norma Shearer collection, Collection no. 2268, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
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.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Scrapbooks
Photographs
Actresses -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources
Shearer, Norma, 1902-1983 -- Archives
Shearer, Norma, 1902-1983 -- Photographs
Thalberg, Irving G., 1899-1936 -- Photographs