an article and note from Jack Aronson, actor a fountain pen that belonged to George Arliss, stage and film actor 191937 (1971); (1868-1946)
correspondence with the Fred Astaire family 191935
autographs and autographed letters of obscure celebrities, last names A - G 191933
autographs and autographed letters of obscure celebrities, last names H - M 191931
autographs and autographed letters of obscure celebrities, last names N - S 191929
autographs and autographed letters of obscure celebrities, last names T - Z 191927
correspondence through Dolly Ashley about playwright Edwin Bronner 191925 (1972)
correspondence, columns by Herb Caen, columnist 191923
information on Communism in the entertainment industry, including letters, clippings, and concert programs 191921
correspondence with Mike Connolly, columnist 191919 (1959-64)
correspondence, memorabilia, clippings about George Cukor, film director 191917
2 copies, Doc's Apothecary Illustrated Miscellany, 191915 1958
memorabilia, documents from the estate of Marie Dressler, stage and screen actress 191913
correspondence with columnist E.V. Durling of the Los Angeles Examiner, 191911 1949-54
correspondence with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. about theater history research, 191909 1974
correspondence with Morgan Farley, stage and film actor 191907
correspondence with stage and film actor Jose Ferrer, 191905 1958-59
film history, clippings and articles 191903
correspondence with Henry Fink, scriptwriter and hotel owner, 191901 1958-60
correspondence with Billy Hoffman, collector, 191899 1959-60
correspondence with and about K. T. Keller, president of Chrysler Corporation, 191897 1946-51
clippings, photo of Harry Lewis, actor and restauranteur (founded Hamburger Hamlet) 191895
Llanuza comic strips from 191893 1912
correspondence with Edna May Oliver 191891
clippings, Cole Porter 191889
theatre and film souvenir programs 191887
correspondence with May Robson and a tie she made and gave to Sam Stark in 191885 (1939-42) 1938
correspondence with writer Alice B. Saarinen (married to architect Eero Saarinen) concerning theatre history 191883
correspondence about the San Francisco Theatre Union 191881
correspondence with Arthur Schlobohm, collector, about acquiring a china Floradora Sextet figurine manufactured in 191879 1900 (1973-77)
correspondence with Eddie Schwartz, advertiser 191877
issues of the Eddie Schwartz newsletter 191875
clippings about Gloria Swanson, silent screen and early sound film actress 191873
correspondence with Victor Allen, screenwriter, actor, and author of Johnny Belinda 191871
correspondence with Bert(ram) Yarborough, actor and stage director 191869
Theatre Design - photos, articles, etc. 191867
Theatre Design - Old European theatres - photos, drawings, etc. 191865
Theatre History - Baltimore, MD - the Mechanic Theatre 191863
Theatre History - Venetian marionettes - photos 191861
Theatre History - minstrels - unidentified photos 191859
Theatre History - Old American theatres - photos, clippings 191857
Theatre History - Old California theatres - photos 191855
Theatre History - The Play Pictorial magazine, 4 issues, nos. 66, 85, 140, 287 191853 (circa 1909-1920)
Theatre History - San Francisco, CA - the Pantages (Orpheum) Theatre 191851
Theatre History - St. Louis, MO - clipping, 191849 1970-72
Theatre History - South San Francisco Opera House - photos, clippings, articles 191847
Theatre History - Theatre obituaries 191845
Theatre History - miscellaneous photos, clippings, etc. 191843
contains the autograph book of Samuel Stark Gertzen from his schooldays at Wenonah Military Academy and the autograph book of the Viennese actress Edle von Brenneis 191841 (1925) (1896)
contains one VHS videotape of An Evening at the White House in Honor of Cole Porter, 2 reels of 1/4 inch audiotape recordings of the USC Friends of the Library Tribute to Cole Porter, dubbed 4 Cole Porter postcards; one clipping from the L.A. Times concerning Cole Porter's former home; one framed photograph of Cole Porter autographed to Sam Stark; one photograph of inventor Jean A. Le Roy autographed to Roger Imhof; one letter plus enclosures to Sam Stark from Margaret Cole Richards; one framed U.S. Postal Service Cole Porter stamp set 191839 2/19/88; 2/12/67, 5/18/71; 5/15/82
contains one purple embossed leather scrapbook containing early 19th century documents in Spanish from colonial Latin America; [one red embossed leather scrapbook of theatre programs and theatre-related newspaper clippings 191837
contains one large photo portfolio (woven grass cover) of 688 McCullough Drive, Brentwood, CA - a posh house Greta Garbo once lived in that Samuel Stark co-owned briefly 191835
4 books of music and lyrics by Cole Porter: Anything Goes, Can-Can, Kiss Me Kate, Songs by Cole Porter; two folders of Cole Porter Centennial memorabilia (Peru, Indiana 191831 6/9/90)
contains a photograph collection of Mr. Stark's (it had been bound in a red vinyl binder) 191827
Card drawers of additional `Stark Index' cards, added to M0602. 191825