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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Important Information for Users of the Collection
  • Biography
  • Collection Scope and Content Summary
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Hedda Hopper papers
    Date (inclusive): 1901-1966
    Date (bulk): late 1940s-mid-1960s
    Collection number: 95
    Creator: Hopper, Hedda
    Extent: 39 linear feet of papers. 4.3 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

    Hedda Hopper papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

    Biography

    Hedda Hopper was an American gossip columnist active from the 1930s through mid-1960s. As an actress she appeared in supporting roles in dozens of films from 1916 through the early 1930s. Hopper was married to actor DeWolf Hopper from to 1913 to 1921.

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    The Hedda Hopper papers span the years 1901-1966 (bulk late 1940s-mid-1960s) and encompass 43.3 linear feet. The collection consists of Hopper's personal files relating almost exclusively to her work as a columnist and to her social life. Included are interview transcripts; correspondence; typescripts of special stories; documentation of Hopper's activities, travels, and attendance at various events; documentation of television and radio appearances; awards; scrapbooks containing Hopper's columns from 1938 through 1966; and photographs. The photograph series consists of more than 2,600 items, included are candids and portraits. Topics include family, hats, publicity, and residences.

    Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files; 2. Television files; 3. Radio files; 4. Subject files, subseries A-D as follows: A. General; B. Clippings; C. Columns; D. Travel; 5. Biography; 6. Oversize; 7. Scrapbooks; 8. Photographs, subseries A-B as follows: A. Biography; B. Subject

    Indexing Terms

    Hopper, Hedda , 1890-1966--Archives
    Actresses
    Columnists