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Capehart (Jo) collection of Ethel Barrymore photographs and clippings
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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Jo Capehart collection of Ethel Barrymore photographs and clippings
Creator:
Capehart, Jo
Identifier/Call Number: 2579
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear Feet
1 folder
Date (inclusive): c. 1909-1920s
Abstract: Collection consists of photographs and clippings of Ethel Barrymore and the Barrymore family in addition to a 1909 Actor's
Fund of America letter.
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
Collection consists of photographs and clippings of Ethel Barrymore and other relatives in addition to a 1909 Actor's Fund
of America letter from Thomas McGrath to James Kearny about membership dues for Norman Tharp.
This collection was a part of Special Collections' Performing Arts Division 100 series, originally marked 100-60.
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959) was an American stage, screen, and radio actress and member of the Barrymore family of actors.
Her career spanned six decades and was regarded as "The First Lady of American Theatre".
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Jo Capehart in 1969.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Jo Capehart collection of Ethel Barrymore photographs and clippings, Collection no. 2579, Cinematic
Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Collection is unprocessed. This collection was a part of Special Collections' Performing Arts Division 100 series, originally
marked 100-60.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Actors -- Photographs
Actresses -- Photographs
Clippings
Correspondence
Barrymore, Ethel, 1879-1959 -- Archives