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Title: Rex Evans Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1925-1969
Collection number: 1346
Creator:
Evans, Rex, 1903-1969
Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
3 oversize boxes
1 folder
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Rex Evans (1903-1969) appeared in several films, including
Camille (1936) and the
Philadelphia story (1940). The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts of revue sketches, music scores, photographs, portraits, scrapbooks,
and ephemera documenting Evans' career in cabaret, movies, and theater.
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.
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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of James S. Weatherford, 1985.
[Identification of item], Rex Evans Papers (Collection 1346). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
1218011
Evans was born in 1903; attended Marlborough School, England; cabaret star during 1920s-30s in London, Paris, New York, and
Los Angeles; moved to Los Angeles in the late 1930s and appeared in several films, including
Camille (1936) and the
Philadelphia story (1940); sold antiques with partner Jim Weatherford and ran custom shirt-shop and Rex Evans Gallery in Los Angeles; died in
1969 in Los Angeles.
Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts of revue sketches, music scores, photographs, portraits, scrapbooks, and
ephemera documenting Evans' career in cabaret, movies, and theater.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Evans, Rex, 1903-1969--Archives.
Entertainers--Archival resources.
Motion picture actors and actresses--Archival resources.
- Rex Evans Gallery Records (Collection 2037). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
- André Charlot Papers (Collection 1318). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.