Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Ford, Harrison, 1894-1957.
- Abstract:
- This collection contains the papers of silent film and stage actor Harrison Ford (1884-1957). The majority of the material relates to Ford’s finances, and includes correspondence with and documents of the Internal Revenue Service, receipts, personal account ledgers, expense books, one contract, and state tax documents from New York.
- Extent:
- 212 items in 1 box
- Language:
- English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains the papers of silent film and stage actor Harrison Ford. The majority of the material relates to Ford’s finances, and includes correspondence with and documents of the Internal Revenue Service, receipts, personal account ledgers, expense books, one contract, and state tax documents from New York. It also contains tax-related receipts from Ford’s employers stating the amount he earned for the fiscal year and fiscal-related correspondence with his attorney, Claude I. Parker. There is some correspondence related to the casting and players associations of which he was a member, in both California and New York, as well as some personal correspondence including a series of letters from a Mrs. G. P. G. of San Francisco, California. The artifacts include a photograph in a frame (possibly of Ford), a seal, six Forest Service buttons, and a small tin containing four small miscellaneous items including charms.
- Biographical / historical:
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Harrison Ford (1884-1957) was a leading American actor in silent film and on Broadway. Ford began his acting career on Broadway in 1904, and in 1915 moved to Hollywood, California, where he spent nineteen years acting in silent films. In 1934, Ford returned to the stage, performing at the Pasadena Playhouse and Little Theater of the Verdugos in Glendale, California. Ford was hit by a car in front of his house in Glendale in 1951 and never recovered fully from the injuries he sustained in the accident. He died in 1957.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Hedy Murman, February 20, 1991.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged by item type.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Actors -- New York (State) -- New
York.
Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- Sources.
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Financial records -- California -- 20th century.
Letters (correspondence) -- California -- 20th century.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191