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Box 1, Folder 1

Awards

Box 1, Folder 2

Correspondence

Scope and Contents

A small file chiefly containing brief, formal letters from well-known individuals including Bernard Baruch, Omar Bradley, Calvin Coolidge, Thomas Dewey, John Foster Dulles, Kathrine Hepburn, J. Edgar Hoover, Rose Kennedy, Henry Cabot Lodge, and Earl Warren.
Box 1, Folder 3

Programs and various printed material

Scope and Contents

Various programs chiefly for civic and charitable events with some related materials.
 

Philanthropic projects

Box 1, Folder 4

Saint John's Hospital 1951-1960s

Box 1, Folder 5

U.S. Army Berlin welcome booklet 1967

Box 1, Folder 6

California Arts Commission "Dimension" exhibition file 1970

 

Music books

Box 1, Folder 7

Irene 1920

Box 1, Folder 8

Showboat

 

Business files

Scope and Contents

Includes contracts, business correspondence, agreements, and earning statements arranged by studio.
Box 2, Folder 1

Columbia Pictures Corp.

Box 2, Folder 2

Paramount

Box 2, Folder 3-9

RKO

Box 2, Folder 10

20th Century-Fox Film Corp.

Box 2, Folder 11

Universal

Box 1, Folder 12-14

Warner Bros.

Box 2, Folder 15

Television: Edward Lewis Productions/ Schlitz Brewing Series

 

Film scripts

Box 3, Folder 1

A Guy Named Joe 1943

Box 3, Folder 2

How the West was Won (Draft) 1961

Box 3, Folder 3

I Remember Mama 1946

Box 3, Folder 4

The White Cliffs of Dover 1942

 

Press and publicity

 

Film publicity/clippings

Box 3, Folder 5

Cimarron

Box 3, Folder 6

I Remember Mama

Box 3, Folder 7

It Grows On Trees

Box 3, Folder 8

Magnificent Obsession

Box 3, Folder 9

The Mudlark

Box 15, Folder 1

My Favorite Wife

Scope and Contents

Folded French poster for "Mon Epouse Favorite."
 

Loose press clippings

Box 4, Folder 1-10

Clippings 1939-1954-03

Language of Material: 03-1954
Box 5, Folder 1-22

Clippings 1954-1971 and undated

Language of Material: 1971
Box 15, Folder 2

Globe-Democrat Sunday Magazine: MUNY Opera Section [full issue] 1968-06-02

Box 15, Folder 2

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sunday magazine [full issue] 1968-06-02

 

Clipping Volumes

Scope and Contents

17 x 11 inch volumes with clippings pasted on pages.
Box 6, volume 1-10

Press books 1935-April 1940

Language of Material: 12-1941
Box 7, volume 1-11

Press books April 1940-September 1942

Language of Material: 06-1944
Box 8, volume 1-9

Press books September 1942-January 1945

Language of Material: 08-1948
Box 9, volume 1-11

Press books January 1945-August 1947

Language of Material: 02-1951
Box 10, volume 1-5

Press books September 1947-January 1949

Box 11, volume 1-7

Press books January 1949-1951

 

Photographs

 

Photographs of Irene Dunne, friends, and places

Box 12, Folder 1, Box 15, Folder 3

Various photographs of Irene Dunne and others 1920s-1960s

Box 15, Folder 6

Harry Lemen photographs of Madison, Indiana

Creator: Lemen, Harry, 1889-1951

Scope and Contents

Set of 64 black-and-white photographs of various views around Madison, Indiana (Irene Dunne's hometown).
Box 15, Folder 4

Autographed actor headshots

 

Publicity Photos

Box 12, Folder 2

Columbia

Box 12, Folder 3

MGM

Box 12, Folder 4

Paramount

Box 12, Folder 5

RKO

Box 12, Folder 6

Universal

Box 12, Folder 7

Warner Bros.

Box 12, Folder 8

Miscellaneous

 

Film Stills

Box 12, Folder 9

The Age of Innocence 1934

Box 12, Folder 10

Ann Vickers 1933

Box 12, Folder 11

The Awful Truth 1937

Box 12, Folder 12, Box 15, Folder 5

Back Street 1932

Box 12, Folder 13

Cimarron 1931

Box 12, Folder 14

Consolation Marriage 1931

Box 12, Folder 15

A Guy Named Joe 1943

Box 12, Folder 16

High, Wide and Handsome

Box 12, Folder 17-18

I Remember Mama 1948

Box 12, Folder 19

If I Were Free 1934

Box 12, Folder 20

It Grows On Trees 1952

Box 13, Folder 1-4

Joy of Living 1938

Box 13, Folder 5

Life with Father 1947

Box 13, Folder 6

Love Affair 1938

Box 13, Folder 7

Magnificent Obsession 1935

Box 13, Folder 8

The Mudlark 1950

Box 13, Folder 9-11

My Favorite Wife 1940

Box 13, Folder 12-13

Over Twenty-One 1945

Box 14, Folder 1-2

Penny Serenade 1941

Box 14, Folder 3

Roberta 1935

Box 14, Folder 4

The Silver Cord 1933

Box 14, Folder 5

Stingaree 1934

Box 14, Folder 6

Sweet Adeline 1935

Box 14, Folder 7-8

Theodora Goes Wild 1936

Box 14, Folder 9

This Man is Mine 1934

Box 14, Folder 10

Together Again 1944

Box 14, Folder 11-12

Unfinished Business 1941

Box 14, Folder 13

When Tomorrow Comes 1939

Box 14, Folder 14

The White Cliffs of Dover 1944

 

Scrapbooks and albums

Box 16, volume 1

New Zealand "Magnificent Obsession" comment book 1936

Box 16, volume 2

S.S. Carole Lombard christening photographs 1944-01-15

Box 16, volume 3

War bond luncheon and rally, Hackensack, New Jersey, scrapbook 1942

Box 16, volume 4

American Red Cross album 1949

Box 16, volume 5

Irene Dunne clippings scrapbook

Box 16, volume 6

"The Motion Picture Career of...Irene Dunne" [small handwritten notebook listing movies]

Box 17

Production stills scrapbook 1930s

Scope and Contents

Scrapbook of production stills as well as headshots of Dunne and other cast members for multiple films including "Cimarron" and "Symphony of Six Million."
Box 3, Folder 10

Photocopies from other collections

Scope and Contents

Photocopies of documents related to Irene Dunne radio programs from other USC Cinematic Arts Library Collections.