Finding Aid for the Rose C. Stolz collection of theatrical autographs, 1890-1941
Processed by Chris Marino in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser,
August 2011; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
UCLA Library Special Collections
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Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Rose C. Stolz collection of theatrical autographs
Date (inclusive): 1890-1941
Collection number: 1507
Creator:
Stolz, Rose C., collector.
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Rose C. Stolz's collection of theatrical autographs, correspondence or small pieces of paper within folders or scrapbooks.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. 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.
Processing Note
Processed by Chris Marino in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser,
August 2011.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Rose C. Stolz collection of theatrical autographs (Collection 1507). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography/History
Rose C. Stolz was a teacher and later a principal in the San Francisco area, who retired by 1936. She devoted a lifetime to
collecting hundreds of autographs of opera and theatre stars. Stolz either knew the theatre celebrities personally or had
seen them perform. In 1937 she gave her collection to actor, author, and poet Madefrey Odhner.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of theatrical autographs dating from the late 1800s through the 1930s that Rose C. Stolz collected
over her lifetime. Autographs are on correspondence or on small pieces of paper that are either in folders or scrapbooks within
the collection. Some of the autographs include: actors Richard Bennett and Richard Carle, writer Lillian Smith, sopranos Alice
Nielsen and Yvonne de Treville, and filmmaker Nunnally Johnson.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Singers --Autographs.
Actors --Autographs.
Genres and Forms of Material
Autographs.
Box 1, Folder 1
Correspondence and News clipping,
1897-1939.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence between Rose C. Stolz and celebrities such as American filmmaker Nunnally Johnson, actors Richard Bennett and
Richard Carle, and writer Lillian Smith. News clipping about the history of Rose C. Stolz's autograph collection.
Box 1, Folder 2
La Boheme and
The Naked Truth! An Inside history of the Black Crook,
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Contains one staple-bound book called
On the Story of the Opera La
Boheme
and one book called
The Naked Truth! An Inside history of the Black Crook.
Box 1, Folder 3
Autographs,
1895-1918.
Scope and Content Note
Scraps of papers and correspondence that have autographs of theatre and opera celebrities such as stage actor Blanche Walsh,
famous soprano Yvonne de Treville, and vocalist and songwriter Jennie Kimball. Also drawing and autographs from King Edward
and novelist and playwright Hall Caine.
Box 1, Folder 4
Autograph Book,
ca. 1895-1910.
Scope and Content Note
Includes autographs from the actress Mary Shaw, movie and stage actor
Theodore Roberts, the Scottish entertainer Harry Lauder, Broadway performer and soprano Alice Nielsen, and many more.
Box 1, Folder 5
Back Stage Address Book for the El Captain Theatre and Correspondence,
1901-1939.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence from celebrities and the back stage address book from the El Captain Theatre which lists names of individuals
allowed backstage and the places they were staying. Some listings include that of Frank Shannon, pioneering silent film and
stage actor who stayed at the El Capitan Hotel, and Broadway and film actress June Knight who stayed at the Mark Hopkins Hotel.
