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d2008.2
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Title: Vivian Lee Welch Papers
Creator:
Welch, Vivian Lee
Dates: 1957-2007
Extent: 6 boxes
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Library.
1090 Columbia Avenue
Claremont, California 91711
Abstract: This collections contains correspondence from Vivian Lee Welch to Dree Lyon from 1991-1998, legal docuemtns, financial documents,
manuscripts for plays and screenplays, music lyrics, miscellaneous writings, photographs, and publications.
Collection Number: d2008.2
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English
Physical Location: Ella Strong Denison Library, Scripps College, Claremont University Consortium.
This collection is open for research with permission from Ella Strong Denison Library staff.
Property rights reside with Scripps College. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact Ella Strong Denison
Library staff.
[Idenfication of item], Vivian Lee Welch Papers. Ella Strong Denison Library, Scripps College, Claremont, California.
Acquired from Doyce Nunis in 2008.
Arranged and Processed by Russell Michalak in 2009.
No addition to the collection is anticipated.
Vivian Lee Welch was born in Youngstown, Ohio. She is buried in the Veterans National Cemetary in Riverside, California.
During World War II she worked for the U.S. military as a cigarette girl. As a young woman she lived in Hollywood, California;
she worked as a standup comedian in a homosexual club, she wrote poetry, she was a lyracist, she performed in "B" movies and
worked as a box office clerk at the Triagle Theatre on Melrose Ave. Eventually she moved to Phoenix and then Tucson Arizona.
She worked for TWA as reservation clerk. After she retired from TWA she moved to a retirement home in Palm Springs, California.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
This collections contains correspondence from Vivian Lee Welch to Dree Lyon from 1991-1998, legal docuemtns, financial documents,
manuscripts for plays and screenplays, music lyrics, miscellaneous writings, photographs, and publications.
Series 1 Correspondence
Series 2 Legal Documents
Series 3 Financial Documents
Series 4 Manuscripts
Series 5 Music Lyrics
Series 6 Miscellaneous Writings
Series 7 Photographs
Series 8 Publications
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection
Welch, Vivian Lee
Chatterton, Robert
Women's studies
Western Americana -- 1900-1999
musical scores