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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Zoë Akins papers
Creator:
Akins, Zoë
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1088
Physical Description:
2.0 Linear Feet
(4 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1915-1958
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.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], Zoë Akins Papers (Collection 1088). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dorothy Arzner, 1970.
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Processed by PB, March 1970. Additions processed by Lilace Hatayama, January 2000.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
994621563606533
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.
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.
Arranged in the following series:
- Bibliographical material, 1 letter, report of Akins holding at the Huntington Library (Box 1).
- Literary manuscripts arranged alphabetically by title (Boxes 1-4).
Zoë Akins Collection . Available at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Screenwriters -- United States -- Archives.
Dramatists, American -- 20th century -- Archives.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archives.
Akins, Zoë, 1886-1958--Archives.