Finding aid for the Lorenzo DeStefano collection on the Hancock Pacific Expeditions 6215
Bo Doub
USC Libraries Special Collections
2021 Jaunary
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Lorenzo DeStefano collection on the Hancock Pacific Expeditions
Creator:
DeStefano, Lorenzo
Identifier/Call Number: 6215
Physical Description:
14.52 Linear Feet
12 boxes and 1 film canister
Date: 1930s-1980s
Abstract: A collection of screenplay drafts, research notes, subject files, correspondence, photographs, books, audio and video tapes,
and one 16mm film compiled by Lorenzo DeStefano for a film about G. Allan Hancock's expeditions to the Galapagos Islands during
1930s. DeStefano never completed his film, but his research for the project--which began in the 1970s--forms a significant
collection of documentation on the people and events involved in the Hancock Expeditions.
Language of Material:
English
, German
.
Content Description
A collection of screenplay drafts, research notes, subject files, correspondence, photographs, books, audio and video tapes,
and one 16mm film compiled by Lorenzo DeStefano for a film about G. Allan Hancock's Galapagos expeditions of the 1930s.
Many of the photographs in the collection were made from original negatives provided by Marian Mullin Hancock, John Garth,
Waldo Schmitt, and the Danish explorer Hakon Mielche, who visited the Galapagos and was familiar with Hancock and the settlers.
In addition to the large reel of 16mm film taken by Hancock and others, the collection includes Lorenzo DeStefano's correspondence
with Garth, Schmitt, Mielche and other participants; numerous other research inquiries; and DeStafano's notes on and drafts
of the screenplay for his film.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections 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.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Lorenzo DeStefano collection on the Hancock Pacific Expeditions, Collection no. 6215, Special
Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lorenzo DeStefano, August 31, 2020.
Related Materials
Collection no. 0257: Allan Hancock Foundation archive: https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/3/resources/260
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documentary films -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Motion pictures--Production and direction -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Scientific expeditions -- Galapagos Islands -- Archival resources
Scientific expeditions -- Galapagos Islands -- Photographs
Audiocassettes
Audiotapes
Correspondence
Motion pictures (visual works)
Photographs
Research (documents)
Screenplays
Videocassettes
DeStefano, Lorenzo -- Archives
Garth, John S. (John Shrader) -- Correspondence
Hancock, Allan, 1875- -- Archives
Hancock, Marian Mullin -- Archives
Mielche, Hakon, 1904- -- Correspondence
Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle) -- Correspondence
Box 3, Box 4
Research notes / screenplay
Box 5
Books with notes and inserts
Box 8
Notes and news clippings mounted on cardboard
Box 7, Box 8, Box 9, Box 10, Box 11
Box 12
VHS and audio cassette tapes
1978
reel 1
"Hancock / Galapagos" [16mm film]
Scope and Contents
A restored silent film of the Velero III expedition.
