Descriptive Summary
Important Information for Users of the Collection
Biography
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Erich von Stroheim papers
Date (inclusive): 1933-1993
Date (bulk): 1960-1970s
Collection number: 205
Creator:
von Stroheim, Erich
Extent:
10 linear feet of papers.
4.8 linear feet of photographs.
Repository:
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages:
English
Important Information for Users of the Collection
Access
Available by appointment only.
Publication rights
Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are
responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies
or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.
Preferred Citation
Erich von Stroheim papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Josef von Stroheim, 1993, with additions from Jacqueline Keener, 2002
Biography
Erich von Stroheim was an Austrian-born director, actor, and screenwriter who emigrated to the United
States in 1909. He received a nomination from the Academy for actor in a supporting role for SUNSET BLVD.
(1950).
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The Erich von Stroheim papers span the years 1933-1983 (bulk 1960s-1970s) and encompass 14.8 linear
foot. The collection contains scripts; clippings; correspondence regarding various projects about the
life of von Stroheim; miscellany, including advertisements for books about von Stroheim; clippings
regarding his son, sound editor Josef von Stroheim; and photostats of handwritten memoirs by his wife,
Valerie von Stroheim.
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files, subseries A-B as follows: A. Produced; B.
Unproduced; 2. Stage files; 3. Radio files; 4. Subject files; 5. Scrapbooks
Indexing Terms
von Stroheim, Erich , 1885-1957--Archives.
actors
directors
screenwriters