Finding aid for the John Dryer Upton Sinclair photographs, clippings, and other materials 6040
Finding aid prepared by Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
2013 November
Doheny Memorial Library 206
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Title: John Dryer Upton Sinclair photographs, clippings, and other materials
Collection number: 6040
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Container: 1
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1965-1991
Abstract: Photographs and clippings by and about Upton Sinclair, created and collected by photographer John Dryer in the 1960s. Included
are photographs of Sinclair taken by Dryer; two reels of an interview of Sinclair conducted by Dryer; copies of celebrity
letters and a photograph of Einstein from Sinclair's originals; 6 color transparencies of Sinclair and his wife; and articles
about Dryer and Sinclair from local newspapers. John Dryer was a portrait photographer who, in addition to photographing celebrities
as diverse as Boris Karloff and Upton Sinclair, was the head of the medical photography department at Camarillo State Hospital.
He photographed Sinclair in 1965.
creator:
Dryer, John
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[Box/folder# or item name], John Dryer Upton Sinclair photographs, clippings, and other materials, Collection no. 6040, Special
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Photographs and clippings by and about Upton Sinclair, created and collected by John Dryer in the 1960s. Included are photographs
of Sinclair taken by Dryer at the subject's home in Monrovia, CA, one with a signed and dated (by both Sinclair and Dryer)
matte; two reels of an interview of Sinclair conducted by Dryer at his home in Monrovia; copies of celebrity letters and a
photograph of Einstein made by Dryer from Sinclair's originals; 6 color transparencies of Sinclair and his wife posed with
Mrs. Sinclair's Russian doll collection, dust jackets of two of Sincair's books, and the Gutzon Borglum bust of Sinclair;
and articles about Dryer and Sinclair from local newspapers.
John Dryer was a portrait photographer who, in addition to photographing celebrities as diverse as Boris Karloff and Upton
Sinclair, was the head of the medical photography department at Camarillo State Hospital. He photographed Sinclair in 1965.
Donated by Mr. and Mrs. Collari, January 22, 2003.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Dryer, John -- Archives
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 -- Archives
Clippings
Photographs
Portraits