Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hopper, Hedda
- Extent:
- 39 linear feet of papers. 4.3 linear feet of photographs.
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Hedda Hopper papers span the years 1901-1966 (bulk late 1940s-mid-1960s) and encompass 43.3 linear feet. The collection consists of Hopper's personal files relating almost exclusively to her work as a columnist and to her social life. Included are interview transcripts; correspondence; typescripts of special stories; documentation of Hopper's activities, travels, and attendance at various events; documentation of television and radio appearances; awards; scrapbooks containing Hopper's columns from 1938 through 1966; and photographs. The photograph series consists of more than 2,600 items, included are candids and portraits. Topics include family, hats, publicity, and residences.
- Biographical / historical:
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Hedda Hopper was an American gossip columnist active from the 1930s through mid-1960s. As an actress she appeared in supporting roles in dozens of films from 1916 through the early 1930s. Hopper was married to actor DeWolf Hopper from to 1913 to 1921.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files; 2. Television files; 3. Radio files; 4. Subject files, subseries A-D as follows: A. General; B. Clippings; C. Columns; D. Travel; 5. Biography; 6. Oversize; 7. Scrapbooks; 8. Photographs, subseries A-B as follows: A. Biography; B. Subject
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Actresses
Columnists - Names:
- Hopper, Hedda , 1890-1966--Archives
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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333 S. La Cienega BlvdBeverly Hills, CA 90211, US
- Contact:
- (310) 247-3036 extension 2226