Scope and Contents
Biographical / Historical
Conditions Governing Access
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
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