Zoë Akins papers, 1915-1958

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Summary

Creators:
Akins, Zoë
Abstract:
Zoë Akins (1886-1958) was born in Missouri and relocated to California in 1928. A playwright, Akins plays enjoyed great popularity in the 1920s and 1930s on Broadway and in screen adaptations. The collection consists of Zoë Akins's literary manuscripts of plays, screenplays, and stories. Also includes bibliographical material and a report of the Zoë Akins Collection at the Huntington Library.
Extent:
2.0 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Zoë Akins Papers (Collection 1088). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of the literary manuscripts of Zoë Akins, including plays, screenplays, and stories. Also includes bibliographical material and a report of the Zoë Akins Collection at the Huntington Library (1951). Also contains one piece of correspondence.

Biographical / historical:

Akins was born on October 30, 1886 in Humansville, Missouri; early poetry published in the St. Louis Mirror; her first play produced in New York was The Magical City (1919); Akins was made famous by her theatrical piece, D?lass?, starring Ethel Barrymore; her plays enjoyed great popularity in the 1920s and 1930s; she moved to California in 1928; her Broadway hit, The Greeks Had a Word for It (1930) was filmed by Samuel Goldwyn in 1932; won the Pulitzer Prize with her 1935 stage adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel, The Old Maid; collaborated with George Cukor on film, Camille (1936), which starred Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor; died on October 29, 1958 in Los Angeles.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Dorothy Arzner, 1970.
Processing information:

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Processed by PB, March 1970. Additions processed by Lilace Hatayama, January 2000.

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Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Bibliographical material, 1 letter, report of Akins holding at the Huntington Library (Box 1).
  2. Literary manuscripts arranged alphabetically by title (Boxes 1-4).

Physical location:
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Zoë Akins Papers (Collection 1088). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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