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Finding aid of the Raven Grey Eagle Collection
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Biography / Administrative History
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Arrangement
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Raven Grey Eagle Collection
    Dates: 1958-1988
    Bulk Dates: 1967-1970
    Collection number: MSA.3
    Creator: Raven Grey Eagle
    Creator: Florio, Andy
    Collection Size: 2 linear feet
    Repository: Autry National Center. Institute for the Study of the American West
    Los Angeles, CA 90027
    Abstract: Materials related to the life and career of Western actor Raven Grey Eagle, a.k.a. Andy Florio.
    Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

    Access

    Collection is open for research. Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit http://www.autrynationalcenter.org/research_application.php or contact library staff at (323) 667-2000.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Library, Autry National Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Library Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry 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 by the reader.

    Preferred Citation

    [Item identification] Raven Grey Eagle Collection, MSA.3. Autry Library, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA

    Acquisition Information

    Purchased from Doreen Donaldson.

    Biography / Administrative History

    Raven Grey Eagle, real name Andy Florio, was a musician, actor and stunt man. He portrayed Native Americans in numerous television roles. Though he was a convincing Native American, it is likely he was Italian American. He was also a professional drummer and played a Native American drummer for many television shows. The Native American culture interested him and he hand-crafted Native American clothing, tools and weapons. Often Raven Grey Eagle used these hand crafted items for props in his television roles.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The Raven Grey Eagle Collection contains 60 items ranging in date from 1958-1988. The archive is organized into four series: Music, Personal Papers, Publicity, and Television. The Music portion of the collection contains business cards of Andy Florio and Photographs. The Personal Papers series contains correspondences, legal documents, pamphlets and photographs. The Publicity section holds Press Releases, and publicity photos of Raven Grey Eagle. Finally, the Television section, the majority of the collection, consisting of, applications, cards, contracts costumes, financial documents, programs, and scripts.

    Arrangement

    Arranged by genre.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

    Subjects

    Raven Grey Eagle.
    Florio, Andy.
    Screen Actors Guild.
    Swing out sweet land (Television program : 1970) Westward Ho the wagons (Motion picture : 1956) Northwest passage (Television program : 1958-1959) Great bank robbery (Motion picture : 1969) Broken Arrow (Television program : 1956-1960) Maverick (Television program : 1957-1962) Bonanza (Television program : 1959-1973) Gunsmoke (Television program : 1955-1975) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater (Television program : 1963-1967) Daniel Boone (Television program : 1964-1970) Death Valley Days (Television program : 1952-1975) Branded (Television program : 1965-1966) Southwest to Sonora (Television program) Honda (Television program : 1967) Here come the brides (Television program : 1968-1970) Medical center (Television program : 1969-1976)
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    Dusty's trail (Television program : 1973) The wild wild west (Television program : 1965-1969) The iron horse (Television program : 1966-1968) The quest (Television program : 1976) The shakiest gun in the west (Motion picture : 1968)
    Indians in motion pictures.
    Indians in television programs.
    Indians in popular culture--United States.

    Genres and Forms of Material

    Scripts.
    Letters.
    Programs.
    Posters.
    Film stills.
    Photographs.
    Contracts.
    Legal documents.
    Lobby cards.
    Finding aids.
    Pamphlets.