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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Leonard Lyons photograph and letter
Creator:
Lyons, Leonard, 1906-1976
Identifier/Call Number: 2537
Physical Description:
0.03 Linear Feet
1 folder
Date: 1950
Date: 1967
Abstract: This collection consists of a photograph of Ethel Barrymore and Joe DiMaggio and an accompanying letter from Barrymore to
friend and columnist Leonard Lyons.
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
This collection consists of a photograph from 1950 of Ethel Barrymore and Joe DiMaggio at the Stork Club in New York City
after being introduced to each other through their mutual friend columnist Leonard Lyons. An accompanying photocopy of a handwritten
letter and its envelope from Barrymore to Lyons is included along with a 1967 letter about the donation of materials to USC
addressed to film director George Cukor.
Originally part of the Ethel Barrymore Memorial Theatre Arts Collection at the University of Southern California Library
100 Series, and was labeled 100-22.
Leonard Lyons (1906-1976) was an American journalist who wrote his column "The Lyons Den" covering theater, film, politics,
and art for the
New York Post from 1934 to 1974.
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959) was an American stage, screen, and radio actress and member of the Barrymore family of actors.
Her career spanned six decades and was regarded as "The First Lady of American Theatre".
Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999) was an American baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball
for the New York Yankees. DiMaggio was married to actress Dorothy Arnold from 1939-1944, and to Marilyn Monroe for 9 months
during 1954.
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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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Leonard Lyons in 1967.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Leonard Lyons photograph and letter, Collection no. 2537, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
Collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Actresses -- Photographs
Correspondence
Letters
Sports -- Photographs
Lyons, Leonard, 1906-1976 -- Archive
Barrymore, Ethel, 1879-1959
DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999