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Guide to the Samuel Stark Theatre collection addenda , 1868-1990 M0593
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box 1, folder 1

an article and note from Jack Aronson, actor a fountain pen that belonged to George Arliss, stage and film actor 191937 (1971); (1868-1946)

box 1, folder 2

correspondence with the Fred Astaire family 191935

box 1, folder 3

autographs and autographed letters of obscure celebrities, last names A - G 191933

box 1, folder 4

autographs and autographed letters of obscure celebrities, last names H - M 191931

box 1, folder 5

autographs and autographed letters of obscure celebrities, last names N - S 191929

box 1, folder 6

autographs and autographed letters of obscure celebrities, last names T - Z 191927

box 1, folder 7

correspondence through Dolly Ashley about playwright Edwin Bronner 191925 (1972)

box 1, folder 8

correspondence, columns by Herb Caen, columnist 191923

box 1, folder 9

information on Communism in the entertainment industry, including letters, clippings, and concert programs 191921

box 1, folder 10

correspondence with Mike Connolly, columnist 191919 (1959-64)

box 1, folder 11

correspondence, memorabilia, clippings about George Cukor, film director 191917

box 1, folder 12

2 copies, Doc's Apothecary Illustrated Miscellany, 191915 1958

box 1, folder 13

memorabilia, documents from the estate of Marie Dressler, stage and screen actress 191913

box 1, folder 14

correspondence with columnist E.V. Durling of the Los Angeles Examiner, 191911 1949-54

box 1, folder 15

correspondence with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. about theater history research, 191909 1974

box 1, folder 16

correspondence with Morgan Farley, stage and film actor 191907

box 2, folder 1

correspondence with stage and film actor Jose Ferrer, 191905 1958-59

box 2, folder 2

film history, clippings and articles 191903

box 2, folder 3

correspondence with Henry Fink, scriptwriter and hotel owner, 191901 1958-60

box 2, folder 4

correspondence with Billy Hoffman, collector, 191899 1959-60

box 2, folder 5

correspondence with and about K. T. Keller, president of Chrysler Corporation, 191897 1946-51

box 2, folder 6

clippings, photo of Harry Lewis, actor and restauranteur (founded Hamburger Hamlet) 191895

box 2, folder 7

Llanuza comic strips from 191893 1912

box 2, folder 8

correspondence with Edna May Oliver 191891

box 2, folder 9

clippings, Cole Porter 191889

box 2, folder 10

theatre and film souvenir programs 191887

box 2, folder 11

correspondence with May Robson and a tie she made and gave to Sam Stark in 191885 (1939-42) 1938

box 2, folder 12

correspondence with writer Alice B. Saarinen (married to architect Eero Saarinen) concerning theatre history 191883

box 2, folder 13

correspondence about the San Francisco Theatre Union 191881

box 2, folder 14

correspondence with Arthur Schlobohm, collector, about acquiring a china Floradora Sextet figurine manufactured in 191879 1900 (1973-77)

box 2, folder 15

correspondence with Eddie Schwartz, advertiser 191877

box 2, folder 16

issues of the Eddie Schwartz newsletter 191875

box 2, folder 17

clippings about Gloria Swanson, silent screen and early sound film actress 191873

box 2, folder 18

correspondence with Victor Allen, screenwriter, actor, and author of Johnny Belinda 191871

box 2, folder 19

correspondence with Bert(ram) Yarborough, actor and stage director 191869

box 3, folder 1

Theatre Design - photos, articles, etc. 191867

box 3, folder 2

Theatre Design - Old European theatres - photos, drawings, etc. 191865

box 3, folder 3

Theatre History - Baltimore, MD - the Mechanic Theatre 191863

box 3, folder 4

Theatre History - Venetian marionettes - photos 191861

box 3, folder 5

Theatre History - minstrels - unidentified photos 191859

box 3, folder 6

Theatre History - Old American theatres - photos, clippings 191857

box 3, folder 7

Theatre History - Old California theatres - photos 191855

box 3, folder 8

Theatre History - The Play Pictorial magazine, 4 issues, nos. 66, 85, 140, 287 191853 (circa 1909-1920)

box 3, folder 9

Theatre History - San Francisco, CA - the Pantages (Orpheum) Theatre 191851

box 3, folder 10

Theatre History - St. Louis, MO - clipping, 191849 1970-72

box 3, folder 11

Theatre History - South San Francisco Opera House - photos, clippings, articles 191847

box 3, folder 12

Theatre History - Theatre obituaries 191845

box 3, folder 13

Theatre History - miscellaneous photos, clippings, etc. 191843

box 4

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)

box 5

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

Box 6

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

Box 7

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

box 8

contains two scrapbooks of vaudeville theatre memorabilia left to Samuel Stark by Roger Imhof 191833

General note

to M0622
Box 9

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)

Box 10

contains one scrapbook - Roger Imhof's autograph collection 191829 (1930)

General note

OS to M0622
box 11

contains a photograph collection of Mr. Stark's (it had been bound in a red vinyl binder) 191827

box 12

Card drawers of additional `Stark Index' cards, added to M0602. 191825