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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Charles Bickford papers
Creator:
Bickford, Charles, 1891-1967
Identifier/Call Number: 2124
Physical Description:
6.19 Linear Feet
5 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1925-1967
Abstract: This collection consists chiefly of materials related to the acting career of American actor Charles Bickford (1891-1967),
covering the period 1925 to 1967. Materials include stills, magazine and newspaper clippings and publicity, and programs and
ephemera from Bickford's work in plays, film, television, and radio.
Language of Material:
English.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the estate of Charles Bickford, November 1975. The Hazel Koehn scrapbook was the gift of Cindy Koehn, February 2005.
Charles Bickford (1891-1967) was an American actor. He was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for "The
Song of Bernadette," "The Farmer's Daughter," and "Johnny Belinda."
[Box/folder no. or item name], Charles Bickford papers, Collection no. 2124, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
This collection was previously cataloged as Collection No. 124.
This collection consists chiefly of materials related to the acting career of American actor Charles Bickford (1891-1967),
covering the period 1925 to 1967. Materials include stills, magazine and newspaper clippings and publicity, and programs and
ephemera from Bickford's work in plays, film, television, and radio. There are a few pieces of correspondence (including two
letters from John Frankenheimer), and some awards and certificates. There is also a folder of miscellaneous items about actress
Alene Carroll (Box 2, Folder 41) including a letter from Carl Laemmle. Boxes 4-5 contain phonograph records of recordings
of productions involving Bickford. A fan scrapbook of clippings and images of Charles Bickford kept by Hazel Koehn was added
to the collection in 2005 (Box 2, Folder 42). Oversize materials are held in Box 3.
Similar types of materials including stills and publicity may be housed either in folders under the project title or arranged
by format in folders for publicity and photographs.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources
Radio -- Archival resources
Television -- Archival resources
Theater -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Clippings
Phonograph records
Photographs
Sound recordings
Bickford, Charles, 1891-1967 -- Archives
Bickford, Charles, 1891-1967 -- Photographs