Finding aid for the John Dryer Upton Sinclair photographs, clippings, and other materials 6040

Finding aid prepared by Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
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2013 November


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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Preferred Citation

[Box/folder# or item name], John Dryer Upton Sinclair photographs, clippings, and other materials, Collection no. 6040, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Scope and Content

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.

Biographical note

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.

Acquisition

Donated by Mr. and Mrs. Collari, January 22, 2003.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Dryer, John -- Archives
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 -- Archives
Clippings
Photographs
Portraits