Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Shearer, Norma, 1902-1983
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of scrapbooks, photographs, and clippings of American Canadian actress Norma Shearer (1902-1983). Materials relate to Shearer's film career as well as her marriage to Irving Thalberg, trips to Great Britain, and Thalberg's death in 1937.
- Extent:
- 17.229 Linear Feet 8 boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Norma Shearer collection, Collection no. 2268, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection consists of scrapbooks, photographs, and clippings of American Canadian actress Norma Shearer (1902-1983). Materials relate to Shearer's film career as well as her marriage to Irving Thalberg, trips to Great Britain, and Thalberg's death in 1937.
- Biographical / historical:
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Norma Shearer (1902-1983) was a Canadian American actress. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for "The Divorcee" (1930). Her film credits include "Romeo and Juliet" (1936), "Marie Antoinette" (1938), and "A Free Soul" (1931).
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Martin Arrouge, April 16, 1985.
- Processing information:
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This collection is unprocessed.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Actresses -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Scrapbooks
Photographs - Names:
- Shearer, Norma, 1902-1983 -- Archives
Shearer, Norma, 1902-1983 -- Photographs
Thalberg, Irving G., 1899-1936 -- Photographs
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Norma Shearer collection, Collection no. 2268, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
- Location of this collection:
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Cinematic Arts LibraryDoheny Memorial Library, Room G4Los Angeles, CA 90089-0185, US
- Contact:
- (213) 740-8383