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Jones (Joy) Charlie Chaplin research
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Joy Jones research about Charlie Chaplin
Creator:
Jones, Joy
Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0306
Physical Description:
2.27 Linear Feet
(2 boxes, 1 shoe box, and 2 flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1960s-1980s
Language of Material:
English
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[Identification of item], Joy Jones research about Charlie Chaplin (Collection PASC 306). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Processed by Kevin Awakuni, under the supervision of Julie Graham, 2016.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
5960391
There is no biographical information available about Joy Jones. From her collection it appears that she attended Santa Monica
City College in December 1963.
Collection consists of materials related to the research done by Joy Jones for an academic paper regarding the life and work
of actor Charlie Chaplin. The collection includes assorted writings by Jones, film materials, photographs, magazine and newspaper
clippings, and sound recordings. The writings by Jones includes three academic papers written by her while attending Santa
Monica City College, along with a working and final bibliography (1963 - 1964). The film materials includes 6 reels of 8 mm
films titled "Charlie Chaplin Old-time Comedies." They include Charlie Caught in a Cabaret, Charlie in Dough and Dynamite,
Charlie in His Trysting Places, and Hits of the Past. The photographs includes film stills from 10 Chaplin films including
City Lights, Gold Rush, the Great Dictator and Limelight among others. Additionally there are two portrait shots of Chaplin.
The printed materials includes clippings from magazines, newspapers and published monographs about Chaplin. The magazine clippings
are from various sources while the newspaper clippings are mainly from the Los Angeles Times. The sound recordings includes
audio reels and cassettes that appear to have been recorded by Jones. They include soundtracks from various Chaplin films
as well as his appearance from the 1972 Academy Awards ceremony.
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1: Class Assignments, circa 1963-1964. (Boxes 1, 4)
- Series 2: Film Reels, undated. (Box 5)
- Series 3. Photographs, circa 1910s- 1950s. (Boxes 1-2)
- Series 4. Printed Material, circa 1920, 1940s-1980s. (Boxes 1-3)
- Series 5. Sound Recordings, undated, 1972, 1974. (Boxes 4-5)