Finding aid for the Soler and Jordan family papers 0519
Diann Benti
USC Libraries Special Collections
2021 October
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Soler and Jordan family papers
Creator:
Soler family
Creator:
Soler, Andrés
Creator:
Jordan, Gloria
Identifier/Call Number: 0519
Physical Description:
14.9 Linear Feet
12 boxes
Date (inclusive): late 19th century-1980s
Abstract: This collection contains the papers of the Soler family, a Mexican family of actors, chiefly focused on the theatrical and
film work of Andres Soler (1898-1969) and his goddaughter actor Gloria Jordan (born circa 1924). Materials chiefly consist
of newspaper and magazine press clippings, theatrical programs, and many photographs of the family, both personal images and
publicity photographs. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Language of Material:
Spanish; Castilian.
Biographical Note on Andres Soler and the Soler Family
Andrés Díaz (1898-1969) (known as Andrés Soler) was born in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, the son of actors Irene Pavia Soler
and Domingo Díaz. He was the brother of Fernando (1896-1979), Julián (1907-1977), Domingo (1901-1961), Gloria, Irene, Elvira,
and Mercedes Soler. Five of the siblings, Fernando, Andrés, Julián, Domingo, and Mercedes Soler made up the "Hermanos Soler"
and were known as the "Dinastía Soler" (Soler Dynasty) for their decades of work in Latin American theater and film. The family
initially worked as a children's theater group in Los Angeles, California, beginning in 1916, before forming a theatrical
company in Cuba in 1923. The family later returned to Mexico and began performing at the Teatro Ideal. Andres Soler served
as director of the Instituto Cinematográfico Teatral y Radio y Television del la Asociacion Nacional de Actores in the 1950s.
Biographical Note on Gloria Jordan
Gloria Jordan (born circa 1924) was born in Panama, the daughter of actors Fe Malumbres (died 1953) and Jose Jordan; she was
the goddaughter of Andres Soler. Jordan began acting at a young age in the Malumbres-Soler theater company traveling throughout
Latin America. She later worked in Mexican theater, films, and television.
This collection contains the papers of the Soler family, a Mexican family of actors, chiefly focused on the theatrical and
film work of Andres Soler (1898-1969) and his goddaughter actor Gloria Jordan (born circa 1924). Materials chiefly consist
of newspaper and magazine press clippings, theatrical programs, and many photographs of the family, both personal images and
publicity photographs. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1930s to the 1950s. There are also some programs and photographs
related to other members of the "Hermanos Soler," including Fernando Soler, and Jordan's mother Fe Malumbres, who ran La Compañía
Soler-Malumbres theater company with Andres Soler.
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Soler and Jordan family collection, Collection no. 0519, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin
American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Karno Books, 2001.
This collection is minimally processed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Actors -- Mexico -- Archival resources
Actors -- Mexico -- Photographs
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Mexico -- Archival resources
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Mexico -- Photographs
Theater -- Mexico -- Photographs
Clippings
Ephemera
Photographs
Soler family -- Archives
Soler, Andrés -- Archives
Jordan, Gloria -- Archives
Soler, Fernando -- Archives
Soler, Andrés -- Photographs
Soler, Fernando -- Photographs
Jordan, Gloria -- Photographs
Soler family -- Photographs
Box 1
Clippings and memorabilia
Box 1 contains clippings and memorabilia of Gloria Jordan, chiefly dating from the late 1950s-1960s, including a caricature
sketch of Gloria Jordan and a commemorative metal plate for the play "3 Noches de Boda." There are also manuscript plays,
including one with the note, "Originales de papa …" and theater programs, including ones from the Teatro Ideal.
Box 2
Box 3
Box 4
Photographs
Box 5
Box 7
Audiovisual materials
Box 7 contains audiovisual materials including consisting of a VHS video tape of Gloria Jordan ("Dulce Desafio" and "Un Rostro
en el Pasado"); eight 3-inch super 8 reels (Teques, Cena en Casa de Andrea – Reunión, Casa de Teques, Curenavaca (2 reels),
and Jose Enrique (3 reels); one 7-inch audio tape reel ("El Mundo de los Espectáculos" and "Entrevista con Cantinflas"), and
35 mm slides (Teques, Locaciones, Tehuixtla, Daytona, San Agustin, Museo Cera, Familia Ramon, and Logia).
Box 8
Box 9
Scrapbooks and photos albums
Box 10
Box 11
Scrapbooks and photos albums
Box 11 contains three volumes: a volume containing clippings, ephemera, programs, playbills, and photographs related to Andres
Soler from the 1950s and two albums with photographs of events related to the Instituto Cinematografía, with cover titles:
"60 Aniversario del Ins. C. T. de R. y TV. 1957" and "Instituto Cinematografía A.N.D.A. Examenes 1957."
Box 12
Photo albums
Box 12 contains four albums: a photograph album titled "Los Hermanos Soler" with early photographs of Fernando, Andres, and
other family members dating from ca. 1920s-1940s; an album of Fe Malumbres and Gloria Jordan, with personal family photographs
from the early 1900s into the 1940s; an album of Gloria Jordan with personal family photographs, signed photographs from friends,
and photographs of Andres Soler, of various dates; and a photo album snapshots of a family trip to Florida, circa 1960s.