Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Verna Felton papers,
- Dates:
- 1890-1923
- Creators:
- Felton, Verna 1890-1966
- Abstract:
- Verna Felton spent many years acting on the stage before starting her career in radio, television and motion pictures. The collection consists of a photograph album, scrapbook, clippings, photographs, and ephemera related to her stage career.
- Extent:
- 1 box (.5 linear ft.)
- Language:
- Finding aid is written in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Verna Felton papers (Collection 273). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of a photograph album (1890-1923), scrapbook (1905-1916), clippings, photographs, and theater progams related to the stage career of actress Verna Felton.
- Biographical / historical:
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Verna Felton was born in 1889, in Salinas, California. She spent many years on the stage before starting her career in radio, television and motion pictures. Felton is best known for her role as Hilda Crocker on the popular television programs December Bride (1954-58) and Pete and Gladys (1960-62.) She passed away ca.1966 in California.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access and Notetab Pro; frontmatter gathered from MARC Record. Date of source: 280404.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Verna Felton papers (Collection 273). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988