Finding aid for the Sons of the Desert collection 2419
Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 April
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Sons of the Desert collection
Creator:
Sons of the Desert (Fan club)
Identifier/Call Number: 2419
Physical Description:
6.75 Linear Feet
6 boxes
Date (bulk): 1960s-1980s
Abstract: This collection consists of the periodicals, flyers, newsletters, and printed ephemera of the fraternal organization Sons
of the Desert.
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
Container: 2
Container: 3
Container: 4
Container: 5
Container: 6
This collection consists of periodicals, flyers, newsletters, and printed ephemera of the fraternal organization Sons of the
Desert, an organization devoted to the lives and films of comedians Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957).
The periodicals in the collection are the group's publication, "The Bowler Desert."
The Sons of the Desert is an international fraternal organization devoted to the lives and films of comedians Stan Laurel
(1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957). The name of the organization is based on "Sons of the Desert" (1933), an American
comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. It was founded in 1964 and continues to be active.
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library 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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, circa early 1987.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Sons of the Desert collection, Collection no. 2419, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Fraternal organizations -- Archival resources
Fan clubs
Nonprofit organizations
Publications (documents)
Newsletters
Journals (periodicals)
Newspapers
Printed ephemera
Sons of the Desert (Fan club) -- Archives