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Title: Joseph and Jeanne Henabery papers
Date (inclusive): 1905-1992
Date (bulk): 1915-1973
Collection number: 136
Creator:
Henabery, Joseph
Henabery, Jeanne
Extent:
6.7 linear feet of papers.
0.1 linear feet of photographs.
Repository:
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages:
English
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Joseph and Jeanne Henabery papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences.
Gift of Robert E. Henabery, 1993, with addition from William Figueroa, 2012
Joseph Edward Henabery was an American director, actor, and screenwriter active from the mid-1910s to
1957. His daughter-in-law, Jeanne A. Henabery, was president of Jeanne Henabery Associates, a public
relations firm she founded in 1970.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The Joseph and Jeanne Henabery papers span the years 1905-1992 (bulk 1915-1973) and encompass 6.8
linear feet. The production material, comprising the majority of the collection, contains scripts,
clippings, and occasional contracts and correspondence. There is coverage for most of the features
directed by Henabery, but only a small amount of material is available for the large number of Vitaphone
shorts, industrial films, and training films he directed. There is also some correspondence, contracts,
publicity, legal material, story material, and the manuscript for Henabery's unpublished memoirs dictated
to Jeanne Henabery. The photograph series consists of a single photograph album of biography
photographs
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files; 2. Subject files; 3. Photographs
Henabery, Joseph , 1887-1976--Archives.
Henabery, Jeanne , 1929-1991--Archives.
actors
directors
screenwriters