Finding Aid of the Mary Desti papers
Processed by Charlotte Payne
© 2004
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid of the Mary Desti papers
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Mary Desti Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1918-1930
Collection number: 2055
Creator:
Desti, Mary
Extent:
7 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Mary Desti (1871-1931) was the owner of Desti Beauty Products cosmetics firm and New York City studio which sold art objects,
perfumes, and clothing. She wrote
The untold story: the life of Isadora Duncan, 1921-1927 (1929). The collection consists of general and business correspondence, papers related to organizing clubs in London and
Paris, facsimiles and notes for two projected magazines, bills, receipts, legal documents, photographs, press clippings, programs
and flyers for performance and art events, and manuscripts of her biography, other non-fiction, plays, poems and short stories.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Mary Desti Papers (Collection 2055). Department of Special Collections, University Research Library,
UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Desti was born on October 10, 1871 in Quebec, Canada; became owner of Desti Beauty Products cosmetics firm; also owned a New
York City studio which sold art objects, perfumes, and clothing; mother of Preston Sturges and friend of Isadora Duncan; wrote
The untold story: the life of Isadora Duncan, 1921-1927 (1929); died April 12, 1931 in New York City.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of general and business correspondence, papers related to organizing clubs in London and Paris, facsimiles
and notes for two projected magazines, bills, receipts, legal documents, photographs, press clippings, programs and flyers
for performance and art events. Includes manuscripts of biography and memoirs of Isadora Duncan and other non-fiction, as
well as manuscripts of plays, poems and short stories. Also includes papers and correspondence related to Preston Sturges
& Company and Desti Beauty Products. Includes Mary Desti's correspondence with Isadora Duncan and her daughter Irma, and with
Desti's son Preston Sturges and his wife Eleanor.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Business enterprises (Boxes 1,7).
- Correspondence (Box 1).
- Ephemera, mostly bills and receipts (Boxes 2,7).
- Manuscripts (Boxes 3-7).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Desti, Mary--Archives.
Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927--Correspondence.
Sturges, Preston--Correspondence.
Women authors--20th century--Archival resources.
Businesswomen--United States--Archival resources.
Related Material
Preston Sturges papers (Collection 1114). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
Box 1
Business correspondence.
Physical Description: (44 items)
Box 1
Business correspondence, sales lists, advertising material and sales orders for Desti Beauty Products; Desti, Incorporated;
and Preston Sturges and Company; ca. 1923.
Physical Description: (115 items)
Desti's Club, London; and Colisée, Paris
Box 1
Articles of incorporation, rules, scrapbook, and advertising materials for clubs organized by Mary Desti in 1919.
Physical Description: (16 items)
Box 1
Facsimiles and notes for two projected magazines,
Bright Spots and
The Londonian. n.d.
Physical Description: (7 items)
Note
No evidence of publication.
Box 1
General. v.p., v.d.
Physical Description: (70 items)
Box 1
General. v.p., v.d.
Physical Description: (85 items)
Box 1
Duncan, Irma. Moscow, ca. 1928.
Physical Description: (21 items)
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence includes some typed duplicates and refers to an American tour planned by the School under the auspices of Sol
Hurok.
Irma Duncan was the adopted daughter and student of Isadora Duncan, and at one time headed the Isadora Duncan School in Moscow.
Box 1
Duncan, Isadora. v.p., ca. 1918-1922.
Physical Description: (16 items)
Scope and Content Note
Includes one letter to Isadora Duncan from Mary Desti.
Box 1
Sturges, Preston and Eleanor. v.p., ca. 1930.
Physical Description: (12 items)
Scope and Content Note
Preston Sturges was an American playright and director, the son of Mary Desti and, by adoption, of her second husband, Solomon
Sturges. Eleanor was Preston Sturges' wife.
Box 2
Bills, receipts, and legal documents. v.p., v.d.
Physical Description: (454 items)
Box 2
Miscellaneous. v.p., v.d.
Physical Description: (12 items)
Box 2
Photographs. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (4 items)
Scope and Content Note
Black and white photographs, varying in size. Unidentified.
Box 2
Press clippings. v.p., v.d.
Box 2
1) Beauty advice columns written by Mary Desti and published in the
Daily Sketch. London, ca. 1920.
Physical Description: (43 items)
Box 2
2) Clippings and promotional releases referring to Mary Desti, ca. 1920-1931.
Physical Description: (16 items)
Box 2
3) Clippings and promotional releases referring to Isadora Duncan or Desti's biography,
The Untold Story, ca. 1929.
Physical Description: (31 items)
Box 2
4) Miscellaneous clippings.
Physical Description: (18 items)
Box 2
Programs and Flyers for Theater, Dance, and Exhibitions.
Physical Description: (10 items)
Box 3
Drafts of Mary Desti's book,
The untold story; Isadora Duncan's life, 1921-1927. New York: Horace Liveright, 1929.
Box 3, Folder 1
The untold story. v.p., 1929.
Physical Description: (200pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Introduction and body of text with editorial holograph corrections.
Box 3, Folder 2
The untold story. v.p., 1929.
Physical Description: (200pp. Typescript carbon)
Scope and Content Note
Body of text with holograph corrections.
Box 3, Folder 3
The untold story. v.p., 1929.
Physical Description: (250pp. Typescript carbon, some pages missing)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph corrections.
Editorial comments attached.
Box 3, Folder 4
The untold story. v.p., 1929.
Physical Description: (58pp. Typescript carbon)
Scope and Content Note
Incomplete.
Box 3, Folder 5
The untold story. v.p., 1929.
Physical Description: (205pp. Holograph)
Scope and Content Note
Incomplete.
Memoirs of Isadora Duncan
Box 4
Draft by Isadora Duncan, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
This draft was published with minor variations as
My Life (Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1927).
Box 4
[Duncan, Isadora] Memoirs of Isadora Duncan. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (9 p.l., 439pp. Typescript carbon)
Non-Fiction Written by Mary Desti
Box 4
Are women citizens? n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (3pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph corrections.
Box 4
Are women citizens? n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (29pp. Holograph)
Scope and Content Note
Incomplete.
Box 4
Art in commerce. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (2pp. Holograph)
Box 4
The beauty of right-thinking service. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (6pp. Holograph)
Box 4
Beware of spoiling the beauty of your hands. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (2pp. Holograph)
Box 4
The breeding of hate. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (5pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Several copies.
Box 4
The curse of India. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (3pp. Typescript)
Box 4
Curtain lectures. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (2pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph corrections.
Box 4
Franchescia Medinia. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (2pp. Typescript)
Box 4
The immorality of wasting other people's time. Paris, n.d.
Physical Description: (3pp. Typescript)
Box 4
The importance of color in your surroundings. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (2pp. Typescript)
Box 4
The impression of a great artist by a simpleton. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (5pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph corrections.
Box 4
Maxims. London, 1917.
Physical Description: (1p. Holograph)
Box 4
Le passé. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (8pp. Holograph)
Box 4
Some games I played as a little girl. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (18pp. Typescript carbon)
Scope and Content Note
Incomplete.
Box 4
[Unidentified]. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (116pp. Holograph and typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Fragments.
Box 4
Vultures. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (4pp. Typescript)
Box 4
What are we doing to the children of the world? n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (4pp. Typescript)
Box 4
What to do with your old clothes. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (3pp. Typescript)
Box 4
Wise saws as they should be interpreted. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (1p. Typescript)
Plays and Fictional Sketches Written by Mary Desti
Box 4
Adventurous John. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (1p. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Incomplete.
Box 4
The affair la Chetardie. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (3pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Incomplete, with holograph corrections.
Box 4
Ashes. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (17pp. Holograph)
Scope and Content Note
Notes and list of characters and scenes.
Box 4
A bad woman, by Mary Desti and Roma Chatoff. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (1p. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
List of characters and synopsis.
Box 4
Beware of strangers. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (1p. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Notes.
Box 4
Bobby. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (7pp. Holograph)
Scope and Content Note
Incomplete, in notebook with other material.
Box 4
Canary. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (16pp. Holograph)
Scope and Content Note
Three synopses.
Box 4
Criminals in the making; or, John Bradford, inventor. London, 1921.
Physical Description: (14pp. Typescript and holograph)
Scope and Content Note
Notes, with holograph corrections.
Box 4
Another copy.
Physical Description: (16pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph corrections.
Box 4
The damning of Kate Temple. n.p., n.d.
Box 4
Sketch.
Physical Description: (3pp. Typescript)
Box 4
Synopsis.
Physical Description: (5pp. Typescript)
Box 4
Incomplete synopsis.
Physical Description: (3pp. Typescript)
Box 4
Act 1, scenes 1 and 2.
Physical Description: (10pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph corrections.
Box 4
Kate; a play by Mary Desti and John Colton. n.p., n.d.
Box 4
Synopsis.
Physical Description: (1 p.l., 10pp. Typescript)
Box 4
Synopsis.
Physical Description: (9pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph corrections.
Box 4
Synopsis.
Physical Description: (6pp. Typescript)
Box 4
Synopsis.
Physical Description: (2pp. Typescript)
Box 4
Synopsis.
Physical Description: (6pp. Typescript and holograph)
Box 4
Lists of characters and scenes.
Physical Description: (1p. Typescript carbon)
Box 4
List of acts and draft of Act 1.
Physical Description: (19pp. Holograph)
Box 4
Lists of characters and synopsis of Act 1, scene 1.
Physical Description: (6pp. Typescript and holograph)
Box 4
Synopsis of Act 1, scene 1.
Physical Description: (1p. Holograph)
Box 4
Prologue, Acts 1 and 2 and Act 2, scenes 1 and 2.
Physical Description: (15pp. Typescript with holograph corrections)
Box 4
Act 1, scene 2.
Physical Description: (8pp. Typescript with holograph corrections)
Box 4
Act 2, scene 1.
Physical Description: (21 p. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph corrections.
Box 4
Act 2, scene 1.
Physical Description: (4pp. Holograph)
Box 4
Act 2, scene 2.
Physical Description: (12pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph corrections.
Box 4
Act 3, scene 1.
Physical Description: (6pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph corrections.
Box 4
Act 3, last scene.
Physical Description: (3pp. Typescript)
Box 4
Diary notes from the notebook of Mary Desti. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (5pp. Holograph)
Scope and Content Note
In notebook with other material.
Box 4
Dr. Bob; a sketch by Mary D'Este and Aleister Crowley. n.p., n.d.
Box 4
Draft.
Physical Description: (2 p.l., 15pp. Typescript carbon)
Box 4
Draft.
Physical Description: (15pp. Typescript carbon)
Box 4
French translation:
Le Docteur Bob; par Mary D'Este et Aleister Crowley. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (1 p.l., 12pp. Typescript)
Box 4
The double image, or What happened in the garden; a play in three acts by Mary Desti and Donald Corley. n.p., n.d.
Box 4
Draft.
Physical Description: (34pp. Typescript)
Box 4
4 additional copies. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Incomplete.
Box 4
Scenario. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (3pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Incomplete.
Box 4
Scenario. n.p., December 13, 1929.
Physical Description: (3pp. Typescript)
Box 4
Notes. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (1p. Holograph)
Box 5
Eastern pearl. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (13pp. Holograph)
Scope and Content Note
Two acts. Notes.
Box 5
Edith. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (8pp. Holograph)
Scope and Content Note
Notes.
Box 5
Getting a passport; or, woman without a country. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (1p. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Notes.
Box 5
The Irish curse. n.p., n.d.
Box 5
Draft of three acts.
Physical Description: (28pp. Holograph)
Box 5
Sketch of Act 1.
Physical Description: (4pp. Typescript)
Box 5
Isadora; or, (Aphra,) A play in two acts and eight scenes, by Mary Desti and Clemence Randolph. New York, 1929.
Box 5
Draft.
Physical Description: (13 p.l., 110pp. Typescript carbon)
Box 5
Draft.
Physical Description: (3 p.l. 134pp. Typescript carbon)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph corrections.
Box 5
James Bowles. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (10pp. Holograph)
Scope and Content Note
Notes.
Box 5
Jobless Jerry. Paris, 1922.
Physical Description: (1p. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Incomplete.
Box 5
The law, in four acts. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (1 p.l., 52pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph corrections.
Box 5
Leah, the Jewess. n.p., 1926.
Physical Description: (7pp. Holograph)
Scope and Content Note
Notes.
Note
Later version of “Rebecca.”
Box 5
Letters to fictional characters. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (6pp. Typescript, 3 items)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph corrections.
Box 5
The little mother of the neighborhood. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (6pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph corrections. Signed.
Box 5
Many fathers; by Mary Desti and Lewis Waller. n.p., n.d.
Box 5
Draft.
Physical Description: (2 p.l., 24pp. Typescript)
Box 5
List of characters and synopsis of three acts.
Physical Description: (5pp. Typescript and holograph)
Box 5
List of characters and scenes.
Physical Description: (2pp. Holograph)
Box 5
Notes.
Physical Description: (16pp. Holograph)
Box 5
Scenario.
Physical Description: (8pp. Holograph)
Box 5
Draft.
Physical Description: (1p. Typescript and holograph)
Box 5
Act 1.
Physical Description: (28pp. Holograph)
Note
Note: “Many Fathers” is a later version of “Somebody's Child,” below.
Box 5
The merrymakers. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (2pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Incomplete.
Box 5
Mrs. Wheels. n.p., 1924.
Physical Description: (1p. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Notes.
Box 5
Mother. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (13pp. Holograph)
Scope and Content Note
Notes.
Box 5
Mothers of men; a serious comedy in three acts by Desti. n.p., n.d.
Box 5
Draft.
Physical Description: (3 p.l. 222pp. Typescript carbon)
Box 5
Draft.
Physical Description: (5 p.l. 105pp. Typescript carbon)
Box 5
[Mothers of men;] a comedy in three acts by Lewis Waller and Madame Desti. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (3 p.l. 100pp. Typescript carbon)
Box 5
New York exchange. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (2pp. Holograph)
Scope and Content Note
List of characters and notes.
Box 5
Nicholas nobody; unknown, unseen, unheard; a musical comedy in three acts. Paris, n.d.
Physical Description: (4pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Lists of characters and synopsis.
Box 5
Notes.
Physical Description: (12pp. Typescript and typescript carbon)
Box 5
Notes.
Physical Description: (7pp. Holograph)
Box 5
Oh uncle. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (41pp. Typescript carbon)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph corrections.
Box 5
Operas, translated from the German. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (12pp. Holograph)
Scope and Content Note
Lists of characters and scenes. In notebook with other material.
Box 5
Our street, an old-fashioned musical comedy. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (7pp. Typescript and holograph)
Box 5
Paddy Patch of the Daily Dispatch. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (1p. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Incomplete.
Box 5
Petticoat Lane. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (1p. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
List of characters.
Box 5
The reactionary, book one. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (8pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
List of chapters, notes.
Box 5
Rebecca. New York, 1925.
Physical Description: (9pp. Holograph)
Note
Notes. Earlier version of “Leah,” above.
Box 5
The scented hat. New York, 1927.
Physical Description: (2pp. Holograph)
Scope and Content Note
With corrections.
Box 5
Silly. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (3pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Notes and list of characters with holograph corrections.
Box 5
Somebody's child; a comedy by Mary Desti. n.p., n.d.
Box 5
List of characters and synopsis.
Physical Description: (2pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph corrections.
Box 5
Synopsis.
Physical Description: (15pp. Typescript and holograph)
Note
Note: “Somebody's Child” is an earlier version of “Many Fathers,” above.
Box 5
The splendid serpent; or, the vice squad. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (8pp. Typescript with holograph corrections)
Scope and Content Note
Notes.
Box 5
Taddy Tatch of the Daily Dispatch. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (1p. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Incomplete.
Box 5
Draft.
Physical Description: (6pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Incomplete.
Box 5
Translation into French.
Physical Description: (9pp. Typescript carbon)
Scope and Content Note
Incomplete.
Box 6
The toy canary. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (5pp. Typescript and holograph)
Scope and Content Note
Notes.
Box 6
Two young fools. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (2pp. Typescript with holograph corrections)
Scope and Content Note
Notes.
Box 6
[Untitled] n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (34pp. Typescript)
Box 6
[Untitled] n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (60pp. Typescript and holograph, 5 items)
Scope and Content Note
Various notes.
Box 6
The vendor of dreams; an operette in two acts and five scenes by Mary D'Este with music by Don José. n.p., n.d.
Box 6
Draft.
Physical Description: (3 p.l. 88pp. Typescript and typescript carbon)
Scope and Content Note
Incomplete [1].
Box 6
Miscellaneous pages [2].
Physical Description: (149pp. Typescript, typescript carbon)
Scope and Content Note
With holograph corrections.
Box 6
List of characters and synopsis [3].
Physical Description: (19pp. Holograph in notebook)
Scope and Content Note
Notes for “a piece in two acts.”.
Box 6
Notes [4].
Physical Description: (50pp. Holograph)
Box 6
Without family; a drama in three acts by Mary D'este. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (1 p.l., 26pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Incomplete.
Box 6
Draft.
Physical Description: (1 p.l., 26pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Incomplete.
Box 6
List of characters and synopsis.
Physical Description: (3pp. Holograph)
Box 6
Draft.
Physical Description: (44pp. Holograph)
Scope and Content Note
Incomplete.
Box 6
Miscellaneous pages.
Physical Description: (17pp. Holograph)
Box 6
Translation into French:
Sans famille. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (39pp. Holograph)
Scope and Content Note
Incomplete.
Box 6
Translation into Italian: List of characters, partial synopsis, miscellaneous pages.
Physical Description: (39pp. Holograph)
Box 6
The wolf. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (8pp. Holograph)
Scope and Content Note
List of characters and synopsis.
Poetry Written by Mary Desti
Box 6
Miscellaneous poems and poem fragments. n.p., v.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, typescript carbon and holograph, 184 items)
Fiction (Other Than Mary Desti)
Box 6
[Anonymous]. Various titles. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (23pp. Holograph, 6 items)
Box 6
Bereny, Henri.
The Hand. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (19pp. Typescript carbon)
Scope and Content Note
Melodrama in one act with printed program. Translator unknown.
Box 6
Colton, John.
The blending. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (30pp. Typescript carbon)
Scope and Content Note
Original screen story.
Box 6
--.
Princesses must live. n.p., 1919.
Physical Description: (20pp. Typescript carbon)
Scope and Content Note
One act comedy.
Box 6
--.
Too much happiness. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (22pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Original screen story with holograph corrections.
Box 6
Fletcher, Richard.
A lady's age. London, n.d.
Physical Description: (9pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Story with holograph corrections.
Box 6
--. Our social surrender. London, n.d.
Physical Description: (5pp. Holograph)
Scope and Content Note
Story.
Box 6
Reveau, Jules. Pierette's lies. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (21 p. Holograph)
Scope and Content Note
Play. Translated from the French. Translator unknown.
Non-Fiction (Other Than Mary Desti)
Box 6
[Anonymous]. Various titles. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (17pp. Holograph. 4 items)
Box 7
Cash records, checkbook.
Physical Description: (2 items
Box 7
Engagement books, memoranda book.
Physical Description: (3 items)
Scope and Content Note
Note: Engagement book (1925) contains an account of Isadora's death and funeral.
Box 7
Address books, notebooks.
Physical Description: (11 items)
Non-Fiction Written by Mary Desti
Box 7
The bath. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (4pp. Typescript. Another copy)
Box 7
Beautiful teeth. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (7pp. Carbon typescript. Another copy)
Box 7
Beauty products. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (5pp. Carbon typescript)
Box 7
Beauty's Exercises. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (6pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Another copy.
Box 7
Care of the skin. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (7pp. Typescript)
Box 7
Complexion. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (6pp. Typescript)
Box 7
Desti gossip hour. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (6pp. Typescript)
Box 7
Every day treatment of the hair. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (8pp. Typescript. Another copy)
Box 7
Feet. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (4pp. Typescript)
Box 7
Hands and arms. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (8pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Also, Another copy (2pp.).
Box 7
How to make up. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (6pp. Typescript)
Box 7
The importance of rest. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (4pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Also, Another copy.
Box 7
It is for you to decide. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (2pp. Typescript)
Box 7
Robert Chanler introduction. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (2pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Also, Another copy (2pp.).
Box 7
The toilette and wardrobe. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (4pp. Typescript)
Box 7
Youth and beauty 'til ninety. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: (3pp. Typescript)
Scope and Content Note
Also, Another copy (11pp.).
Preston Sturges & Company
Box 7
Orders for cosmetics. New York, ca. 1925.
Physical Description: (41 items)
Box 7
Perfume formula, n.d.
Physical Description: (1 item, Holograph)
Box 7
Correspondence. v.p., 1929-1947.
Physical Description: (3 items)
Box 7
Ephemera.
Physical Description: (9 items)
Scope and Content Note
Includes cosmetic advertising and packaging.
Box 7
Orders for cosmetics.
Physical Description: (12 items)
Box 7
Stock certificates.
Physical Description: (4 items)
