Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing History
Collection Scope and Contents
Collection Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Mexican film postcard collection
Date (inclusive): circa 1910-1924, undated
Collection Number: MS 238
Extent:
0.21 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Abstract: This collection is comprised of 80 postcards produced in Mexico, depicting various actors and movies from the silent film
era.
Languages: The collection is in Spanish.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction,
and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by
copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions
apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for
obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Collection of Mexican film postcards (MS 238). Special Collections & University
Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Acquisition Information
Purchased in 1999.
Processing History
The collection was processed by Carlota Ramirez, Student Processing Assistant, 2017.
Processing of the Collection of Mexican film postcards was completed by undergraduate students from the Univeristy of California,
Riverside as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project
was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Jessica Geiser, Colections Management Librarian.
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of 80 postcards depicting various actors and movies from the silent film era. Postcards in the
collection, most of which were distributed by "La Casa Osuna" in Mexico, include portraits of actors, publicity photographs,
and film stills from Mexican, European, and American film industries. The collection also includes some postcards with illustrated
poems.
Collection Arrangement
The collection is arranged into four series, with items arranged alphabetically within each series.
- Series 1. Actors and performers, 1918-1922, undated
- Series 2. Film stills, 1918-1924, undated
- Series 3. Illustrated poems, undated
- Series 4. Other images, undated
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Mexico -- History -- 20th century
Motion picture actors and actresses
Popular culture -- Mexico
Silent films
Genres and Forms of Materials
Photographic postcards