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  • Biographical Note on Andres Soler and the Soler Family
  • Biographical Note on Gloria Jordan
  • Scope and Contents
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Rights Statement for Archival Description
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Preferred Citation
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Processing Information

  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
    Title: Soler and Jordan family papers
    Creator: Soler family
    Creator: Soler, Andrés
    Creator: Jordan, Gloria
    Identifier/Call Number: 0519
    Physical Description: 14.9 Linear Feet 12 boxes
    Date (inclusive): late 19th century-1980s
    Abstract: This collection contains the papers of the Soler family, a Mexican family of actors, chiefly focused on the theatrical and film work of Andres Soler (1898-1969) and his goddaughter actor Gloria Jordan (born circa 1924). Materials chiefly consist of newspaper and magazine press clippings, theatrical programs, and many photographs of the family, both personal images and publicity photographs. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1930s to the 1950s.
    Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian.

    Biographical Note on Andres Soler and the Soler Family

    Andrés Díaz (1898-1969) (known as Andrés Soler) was born in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, the son of actors Irene Pavia Soler and Domingo Díaz. He was the brother of Fernando (1896-1979), Julián (1907-1977), Domingo (1901-1961), Gloria, Irene, Elvira, and Mercedes Soler. Five of the siblings, Fernando, Andrés, Julián, Domingo, and Mercedes Soler made up the "Hermanos Soler" and were known as the "Dinastía Soler" (Soler Dynasty) for their decades of work in Latin American theater and film. The family initially worked as a children's theater group in Los Angeles, California, beginning in 1916, before forming a theatrical company in Cuba in 1923. The family later returned to Mexico and began performing at the Teatro Ideal. Andres Soler served as director of the Instituto Cinematográfico Teatral y Radio y Television del la Asociacion Nacional de Actores in the 1950s.

    Biographical Note on Gloria Jordan

    Gloria Jordan (born circa 1924) was born in Panama, the daughter of actors Fe Malumbres (died 1953) and Jose Jordan; she was the goddaughter of Andres Soler. Jordan began acting at a young age in the Malumbres-Soler theater company traveling throughout Latin America. She later worked in Mexican theater, films, and television.

    Scope and Contents

    This collection contains the papers of the Soler family, a Mexican family of actors, chiefly focused on the theatrical and film work of Andres Soler (1898-1969) and his goddaughter actor Gloria Jordan (born circa 1924). Materials chiefly consist of newspaper and magazine press clippings, theatrical programs, and many photographs of the family, both personal images and publicity photographs. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1930s to the 1950s. There are also some programs and photographs related to other members of the "Hermanos Soler," including Fernando Soler, and Jordan's mother Fe Malumbres, who ran La Compañía Soler-Malumbres theater company with Andres Soler.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Advance notice required for access.

    Rights Statement for Archival Description

    Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

    Conditions Governing Use

    All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections 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.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], Soler and Jordan family collection, Collection no. 0519, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Purchased from Karno Books, 2001.

    Processing Information

    This collection is minimally processed.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Actors -- Mexico -- Archival resources
    Actors -- Mexico -- Photographs
    Motion picture actors and actresses -- Mexico -- Archival resources
    Motion picture actors and actresses -- Mexico -- Photographs
    Theater -- Mexico -- Photographs
    Clippings
    Ephemera
    Photographs
    Soler family -- Archives
    Soler, Andrés -- Archives
    Jordan, Gloria -- Archives
    Soler, Fernando -- Archives
    Soler, Andrés -- Photographs
    Soler, Fernando -- Photographs
    Jordan, Gloria -- Photographs
    Soler family -- Photographs