Harrison Ford Papers: Finding Aid
Finding aid prepared by Aubrey Adams, April 13, 2011.
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Overview of the Collection
Title: Harrison Ford Papers
Dates (inclusive): 1904-1954
Collection Number: mssFord Harrison papers
Creator:
Ford, Harrison, 1894-1957.
Extent: 212 items in 1 box
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection contains the papers of silent film and stage actor Harrison Ford (1884-1957).
The
majority of the material relates to Ford’s finances, and includes correspondence
with and documents of the Internal Revenue Service, receipts, personal account
ledgers, expense books, one contract, and state tax documents from New York.
Language: English.
Access
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Harrison Ford Papers, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Provenance
Gift of Hedy Murman, February 20, 1991.
Cataloger's Note
The Library of Congress Authority heading for Harrison Ford gives his birth year
as 1894, though the cataloger’s research suggests that he was in fact born in
1884. The earlier birth date better corresponds with the facts of Ford’s career
trajectory, particularly his Broadway debut as an adult in 1904.
Biographical Note
Harrison Ford (1884-1957) was a leading American actor in silent film and on
Broadway. Ford began his acting career on Broadway in 1904, and in 1915 moved to
Hollywood, California, where he spent nineteen
years acting in silent films. In 1934, Ford returned to the stage, performing at the
Pasadena Playhouse and Little Theater of the Verdugos in Glendale, California. Ford
was hit by a car in front of his house in Glendale in 1951 and never recovered fully
from the injuries he sustained in the accident. He died in 1957.
Scope and Content
This collection contains the papers of silent film and stage actor Harrison Ford. The
majority of the material relates to Ford’s finances, and includes correspondence
with and documents of the Internal Revenue Service, receipts, personal account
ledgers, expense books, one contract, and state tax documents from New York. It also
contains tax-related receipts from Ford’s employers stating the amount he earned for
the fiscal year and fiscal-related correspondence with his attorney, Claude I.
Parker. There is some correspondence related to the casting and players associations
of which he was a member, in both California and New York, as well as some personal
correspondence including a series of letters from a Mrs. G. P. G. of San Francisco,
California. The artifacts include a photograph in a frame (possibly of Ford), a
seal, six Forest Service buttons, and a small tin containing four small
miscellaneous items including charms.
Arrangement
Arranged by item type.
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Actors -- California --
Los Angeles.
Actors -- New York (State) -- New
York.
Motion picture industry -- California
-- Los Angeles -- History -- Sources.
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York
-- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Forms/Genres
Financial records -- California -- 20th
century.
Letters (correspondence) -- California
-- 20th century.
Additional Contributors
United States. Internal Revenue
Service.
Box 1
Correspondence, Documents, and Ephemera
Folder 1
Correspondence (1924-1954). 19 items. Includes newspaper clippings, a photograph and a program.
Folder 2
Correspondence with Casting and Players Associations (1924-1930). 10 items. Includes financial statements.
Folder 3
Correspondence from Claude I. Parker, Attorney at Law (1925-1928). 13 items. Includes tax returns/forms and note.
Folder 4
Correspondence from Mrs. G. P. G. (1949). 15 items.
Folder 5
Ephemera: Artifacts [undated]. 13 items.
Folder 6
Expense books (1925-1927). 3 items.
Folder 7
Internal Revenue Service Documents (1919-1931). 48 items. Includes correspondence from the IRS as well as Harrison Ford.
Folder 8
Miscellaneous (1904-1929). 29 items.
Folder 9
Receipts, Cancelled Checks and Expense Notes (1920-1932). 49 items.
Folder 10
State Income Tax Documents (1923-1926). 12 items.
Folder 11
Work Contract with Ray Carroll Kapleau (1922, Sep. 9). 1 item.
