Finding Aid for the David C. Copley collection of costume designs LSC.2210

Finding aid prepared by Jasmine Larkin, 2020.

UCLA Library Special Collections

Online finding aid last updated 2020 March 11.

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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections

Title: David C. Copley collection of costume designs

Creator: Copley, David C.

source: David C. Copley Foundation

Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2210

Physical Description: 36 Linear Feet (17 oversize flat boxes, 2 boxes)

Date (inclusive): 1922-2006, undated

Abstract: David C. Copley's collection consists of approximately 502 costume sketches representing designs for film, television, and theatre productions (possibly community theatre). Represented are the designs of many talented costume designers such as: Adrian, Cecil Beaton, Donfeld, Morton Haack, Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Charles LeMaire, Jean Louis, Bob Mackie, Walter Plunkett, Helen Rose, Anthea Sylbert, Travilla, and Theadora Van Runkle. Materials date from 1922 to 2006.

Physical Location: Held at UCLA Library Special Collections. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Language of Material: Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Unprocessed collection. Material is unavailable for access. Please contact Special Collections reference (spec-coll@library.ucla.edu) for more information.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], David C. Copley collection of costume designs (Collection 2210). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of the David C. Copley Foundation, 2013.

Processing Information

Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.

Processing decisions made prior to March 2020 have not been recorded. The materials are arranged in the existing order in which they were found upon accessioning the collection in March 2020.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9250178

Biographical History

Philanthropist David C. Copley (1952-2012) was an American publishing heir, on the board of the Copley Press for over thirty years, becoming president and owner, as well as publisher of the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Scope and Contents

David C. Copley's collection consists of approximately 502 costume sketches representing designs for film, television, and theatre productions (possibly community theatre). Represented are the designs of many talented costume designers such as: Adrian, Cecil Beaton, Donfeld, Morton Haack, Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Charles LeMaire, Jean Louis, Bob Mackie, Walter Plunkett, Helen Rose, Anthea Sylbert, Travilla, and Theadora Van Runkle.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Costume design drawings

Costume design

David C. Copley Foundation

box 1, folder 1

Aghayan, Ray undated

box 1, folder 2

Anderson, Milo undated

box 1, folder 3

Anderson, Milo? undated

box 1, folder 4

Balkan, Adele 1945

box 1, folder 5

Banton, Travis 1927-1936

box 1, folder 6

Beaton, Cecil 1964

box 1, folder 7

Brown, Lewis 1970-2006

box 2, folder 1

Bear, Jack 1967

box 2, folder 2

Berliner, Charles Italian Straw Hat 1994

box 2, folder 3

Best, Marjorie undated

box 2, folder 4

Canfield or Campbell undated

box 2, folder 5

Dodson, Mary Kay undated

box 2, folder 6

Dryden, Ernst undated

box 2, folder 7

Du Bois, Raoul Pene undated

box 2, folder 8

Edelstein, Victor 1988

box 2, folder 9

Estevez, Luis undated

box 2, folder 10

Forse, Roger undated

box 2, folder 11

Gunn, Archie undated

box 2, folder 12

Greer, Howard undated

box 2, folder 13

Hubert, Rene undated

box 3, folder 1

Brooks, D. undated

box 3, folder 2

Colasanti - Moore undated

box 3, folder 3

Domergue, Jean Gabriel undated

box 3, folder 4

Danfeld 1962-1969

box 4, folder 1

Gauter, Jean Paul 1990

box 4, folder 2

Grant undated

box 4, folder 3

Head, Edith (1 of 2) 1946-1952

box 4, folder 4

Head, Edith (2 of 2) 1935-1954

box 4, folder 5

Jeakins, Dorothy undated

box 4, folder 6

Lee, Rene undated

box 5, folder 1

Haack, Morton undated

box 5, folder 2

Klotz, Florence undated

box 5, folder 3

Lentz, Irene 1945-1948

box 5, folder 4

Maas 1960

box 5, folder 5

Mabry, Moss undated

box 5, folder 6

Mackie, Bob undated

box 5, folder 7

Mendleson, Anthony 1951

box 5, folder 8

Miller, Jack 1968

box 5, folder 9

Miller, Nolan undated

box 5, folder 10

Moss, Sylvia undated

box 5, folder 11

Murin, David undated

box 5, folder 12

Myers, Ruth 1991

box 5, folder 13

Nelle, Anthony undated

box 5, folder 14

Novarese, Nino undated

box 5, folder 15

Palmer, Adele undated

box 6, folder 1

Goldstein, Jess 2003-2005

box 6, folder 2

Fletcher, Robert undated

box 6, folder 3

Balmain, Pierre undated

box 6, folder 4

Versace, Giani 1997

box 6, folder 5

Shoup, Howard 1932

box 6, folder 6

Theiss, William undated

box 6, folder 7

Fonteray, Jacques undated

box 6, folder 8

Unidentified [Zig] undated

box 7, folder 1

Adrian undated

box 7, folder 2

Bakst undated

box 7, folder 3

Erte undated

box 7, folder 4

Kelley, Orry 1930-1940

box 7, folder 5

Larthe, Paul R. 1937

box 7, folder 6

Meneke, Pete undated

box 7, folder 7

Plunkett, Walter (4 of 4) 1954

box 7, folder 8

Toms, Carl 1961

box 7, folder 9

Weber undated

box 7, folder 10

Unidentified undated

box 7, folder 11

Rose 1954-1960

box 8, folder 1

McCoy, Herschel 1941

box 8, folder 2

LeMaire, Charles 1922-1958

box 8, folder 3

Leet, Margaret undated

box 8, folder 4

Louis, Jean 1962-1973

box 9, folder 1

Neil, Warden undated

box 9, folder 2

Nickels, Al undated

box 9, folder 3

O'Brien, Sheila 1997

box 9, folder 4

Pakledinaz, Martin undated

box 9, folder 5

Perdziola, Robert undated

box 9, folder 6

Rose, Helen 1954-1955

box 9, folder 7

Roth, Ann undated

box 10, folder 1

Autrea Original undated

box 10, folder 2

Jupiter's Darling 1954

box 10, folder 3

Unidentified undated

box 10, folder 4

Unidentified undated

box 10, folder 5

Unidentified - Kathryn Grayson undated

box 10, folder 6

Unidentified undated

box 10, folder 7

Unidentified undated

box 10, folder 8

Unidentified undated

box 10, folder 9

Unidentified [Tamino - character] undated

box 11, folder 1

Sanders undated

box 11, folder 2

Routh, May 1983

box 11, folder 3

Sylbert, Anthea undated

box 11, folder 4

Steele, Giles 1935

box 11, folder 5

Santiago 1953

box 12, folder 1

Turner, Ret undated

box 12, folder 2

Travilla, Bill (1 of 2) 1967-1968

box 12, folder 3

Travilla, Bill (2 of 2) undated

box 13, folder 1

Valles (1 of 2) 1949

box 13, folder 2

Valles (2 of 2) undated

box 13, folder 3

Van Runkle, Theadora 1966-1977

box 13, folder 4

Wills, Mary undated

box 13, folder 5

Wood, Yvonne 1970

box 14, folder 1

Unidentified artist undated

box 14, folder 2

Unidentified artist undated

box 14, folder 3

Unidentified artist undated

box 15, folder 1

Plunkett, Walter (1 of 4) 1939-1956

box 15, folder 2

Plunkett, Walter (2 of 4) 1932-1947

box 15, folder 3

Plunket, Walter (3 of 4) 1939

box 15, folder 4

Plunkett GWTW 1939

box 16, folder 1

Unidentified undated

box 16, folder 2

Jensen undated

box 16, folder 3

Poiret, Paul 1944

box 16, folder 4

Powell, Anthony ("Hook") 1991

box 16, folder 5

Stracciari, Luigi undated

box 16, folder 6

Unidentified undated

box 16, folder 7

Johnson, Gertrude undated

box 16, folder 8

Travis, Michael undated

box 16, folder 9

Salling, Norman undated

box 16, folder 10

Sascha 1946

box 16, folder 11

Sicango, Eduardo 1998

box 16, folder 12

Stewart, Marlene undated

box 16, folder 13

Taylor, Noel 1996

box 16, folder 14

Visart, Natalie undated

box 16, folder 15

Zuber, Catherine undated

box 17

Andrew Shelton as "The Frog Prince" undated

Scope and Contents

One framed drawing

box 17

David Copley as "The Beast" by "ON" undated

Scope and Contents

One framed drawing

box 18, folder 1

Lee, Rene

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are restricted due to conservation issues.

box 18, folder 2

Head, Edith

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are restricted due to conservation issues.

box 18, folder 3

Jenssen, Eloise

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are restricted due to conservation issues.

box 19

Research clippings, drawing tags undated