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  • Scope and Contents
  • Biographical / Historical
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  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
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  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
    Title: Anthony Slide papers
    Creator: Slide, Anthony
    Identifier/Call Number: 2149
    Physical Description: 3.917 Linear Feet 3 boxes
    Date (inclusive): 1911-1974
    Abstract: This collection contains the papers of English film historian and writer Anthony Slide (born 1944). Materials include interviews and correspondence with various silent film personalities, taped interviews, stills, the early manuscript of "The Griffith Actresses" by Slide, early film magazines, and material relating to Vitagraph.
    Language of Material: English.
    Container: 5
    Container: 1
    Container: 2

    Scope and Contents

    This collection contains the papers of English film historian and writer Anthony Slide (born 1944). Materials include interviews and correspondence with various silent film personalities including Lillian Gish, Anita Loos, Hal Roach, and Blanche Sweet. There are also taped interviews with Lillian Gish/Anita Loos, Ralph Graves, Blanche Sweet, George Walsh, Ruth Waterbury, and others. Also included are stills, the early manuscript of "The Griffith Actresses" by Slide, early film magazines, and material relating to Vitagraph.

    Biographical / Historical

    Anthony Slide (1944-) is an English writer. He is a film historian who has written over seventy books and edited over a hundred more on the history of film.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Advance notice required for access.

    Rights Statement for Archival Description

    Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

    Conditions Governing Use

    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 Anthony Slide, 1974.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], Anthony Slide papers, Collection no. 2149, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Processing Information

    This collection is unprocessed.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Authors -- Archives
    Interviews
    Correspondence
    Film stills
    Manuscripts
    Magazines (periodicals)
    Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources
    Motion pictures -- Archival resources
    Slide, Anthony -- Archives