Finding Aid for the Bruno Ussher collection of Charles Chaplin papers 2554

Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 July
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
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Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Bruno Ussher collection of Charles Chaplin papers
Creator: Ussher, Bruno David
Identifier/Call Number: 2554
Physical Description: 0.08 Linear Feet 1 folder
Date: 1940
Abstract: Collection is composed of a group photograph, an article, and autographed illustrations from Charlie Chaplin.
Language of Material: English.
Container: 1

Scope and Contents

Collection is composed of a group photograph, an article, and autographed illustrations from Charlie Chaplin. The photograph depicts Charlie Chaplin, Bruno Ussher, composer Meredith Willson, and critic Robert Van Gelder, with the orchestra for The Great Dictator soundtrack. A print out of the Robert Van Gelder New York Times review of The Great Dictator is also present, along with three signed pencil illustrations by Charlie Chaplin with photocopied preservation copies.
Originally part of the Ethel Barrymore Memorial Theatre Arts Collection at the University of Southern California Library 100 Series, and was labeled 100-46.

Biographical / Historical

Bruno David Ussher (1889-1963) was a German-Born musicologist and music critic. He received a D.Mus. from the University of Southern California in 1934 and taught at USC from 1931-1944. Ussher was a Los Angeles music critic for many years for different Los Angeles newspapers (Evening Express, Examiner), magazines, and scholarly journals into the 1950s. During the years 1938-1941, his column appeared in the Los Angeles Daily News (not connected with the current Los Angeles Daily News) and regularly covered film music. He was also production manager of the Hollywood Bowl concerts from 1935 to 1936 and he was project chief for eleven western states of the Federal Music Project from 1936-39.

Conditions Governing Access

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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 Bruno David Ussher.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Bruno Ussher collection of Charles Chaplin papers, Collection no. 2554, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

Collection is unprocessed.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Actors -- Photographs
Autographs (manuscripts)
Clippings
Conductors (Music) -- California -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Ussher, Bruno David -- Archive
Chaplin, Charles