Finding aid of the Raven Grey Eagle Collection
Katrina Vaughan
Autry Library
© 2010
Autry National Center of the American West
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Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Finding aid of the Raven Grey Eagle Collection
Collection number: MSA.3
Autry LibraryAutry National Center of the American West
Los Angeles, California
- Processed by:
- Katrina Vaughan
- Date Completed:
- July 2006
- Encoded by:
- Cheryl Miller
© 2010 Autry National Center of the American West. All rights reserved.
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
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.
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.
[Item identification] Raven Grey Eagle Collection, MSA.3. Autry Library, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA
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.
Arranged by genre.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
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)
Raven Grey Eagle.
0.
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.
Scripts.
Letters.
Programs.
Posters.
Film stills.
Photographs.
Contracts.
Legal documents.
Lobby cards.
Finding aids.
Pamphlets.