Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Agnes B. Hardy scrapbook
- Dates:
- 1907-1948, 1967
- Creators:
- Hardy, Agnes Boss
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of a scrapbook of signatures and event ephemera from the estate of the president of the Cosmopolitan Dinner Club, Agnes B. Hardy.
- Containers:
- Box: 1
- Extent:
- 0.03 Linear Feet 1 folder
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Agnes B. Hardy scrapbook, Collection no. 2538, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection consists of a scrapbook of signatures and event ephemera from the estate of the president of the Cosmopolitan Dinner Club, Agnes B. Hardy. Notes, illustrations, and signatures are present in the scrapbook along with various dinner invitations and place cards for events Hardy attended. Notable signatures include those of physicist Albert Einstein, author Blanche Upright, actor Harry Lang, and political figures Herbert Hoover, Calvin Coolidge, Earl Warren, and James Rolph. Also represented are various illustrations by artists Charles Schatzlein, Friedrich Feigl, and George McManus. Collection includes the 1967 legal document from Hardy's estate noting the custody of the scrapbook being transferred to USC.
Originally part of the Ethel Barrymore Memorial Theatre Arts Collection at the University of Southern California Library 100 Series, and was labeled 100-23.
- Biographical / historical:
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Agnes Boss Hardy (1884-1967) was an American socialite known for being the president of the Cosmopolitan Dinner Club in the 1920s and 1930s in Los Angeles and for being the wife of Superior Court Justice Carlos S. Hardy. She also was columnist for the Evening Herald in the early 1920s and wrote several children's novels.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by the estate of Agnes B. Hardy in 1967.
- Processing information:
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Collection is unprocessed.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-08-04 09:23:49 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
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- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Agnes B. Hardy scrapbook, Collection no. 2538, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
- Location of this collection:
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Cinematic Arts LibraryDoheny Memorial Library, Room G4Los Angeles, CA 90089-0185, US
- Contact:
- (213) 740-8383