Finding aid for the Claire Windsor collection 2167
Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 January
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Claire Windsor collection
Creator:
Windsor, Claire
Identifier/Call Number: 2167
Physical Description:
14.79 Linear Feet
9 boxes
Date (bulk): 1920s-1972
Abstract: This collection consists of Claire Windsor (1892-1972) photographs, letters, and newspaper clippings in scrapbooks. Windsor
was an American actress during the silent film era.
Language of Material:
English.
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This collection consists of Claire Windsor (1892-1972) photographs, letters, and newspaper clippings in scrapbooks. Windsor
was an American actress during the silent film era. There is also one box containing audio on magnetic tapes. There are approximately
29 scrapbooks of clippings (1921-1965); photographs and portraits of Windsor; correspondence and a file of telegrams from
Bert Lytell (1923-1927); movie magazines; still books from What's Worth While (1921), Son of the Sahara (1924), Dance Madness
(1926), and several Lois Weber productions; and a pressbook and tape of an interview with Windsor in 1968.
Claire Windsor (1892-1972) was an American actress during the silent film era. She was discovered by Lois Weber, a highly
regarded female director and producer of silent films for Paramount Pictures. Windsor was one of the Western Association of
Motion Picture Advertisers (WAMPAS) year's most promising starlets in 1922. Windsor's success only lasted during the silent
film era however, as she had few and smaller roles after then.
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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 cin@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 of Claire Windsor, September 23, 1969.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Claire Windsor collection, Collection no. 2167, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Silent films -- United States -- Archival resources
Actresses -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Scrapbooks
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Magnetic tapes
Photographs
Actresses -- Photographs
Letters
Telegrams
Windsor, Claire -- Archives