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Finding Aid for the Charles Ruggles Papers, 1908-1960

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Boxes 1-4

Key-books of moving pictures, promotional and miscellaneous photographs.

Note

An alphabetical index to the albums will be found in Album 1 and also at the end of this register.

Box 5

Photographs of Ruggles.

Scope and Content Note

Miscellaneous moving picture stills, U.S.O. and public relations photos, carricature of Ruggles by Bayre.

Framed Photographs

Scope and Content Note

Framed photographs of moving picture actors and actresses, most of them with Ruggles, some groups.

Several unidentified photographs and various certificates of honorary awards are included in Box 12.

Magazines with articles about Ruggles, and 3 books owned by Ruggles are included in Box 11.

Box 12

Arnez, Desi.

Box 6

Arnold, Edward.

Box 6

Astaire, Fred.

Box 6

Barrymore, John.

Box 6

Bennet, Joan.

Boxes 6, 7

Boland, Mary.

Box 6

Bolger, Ray.

Box 12

Brennan, Walter.

Box 8

Brian, Mary.

Boxes 6, 12

Burke, Billie.

Boxes 6, 7

Burns & Allen.

Box 12

Canova, Judy.

Box 7

Davis, Bette.

Box 10

Denning, Richard.

Box 7

Douglas, Melvin.

Box 7

Edwards, Vince.

Box 7

Farrell, Charles.

Box 7

Fields, W.C.

Box 7

Ford, Glen.

Box 12

Friganza, Trixie.

Box 9

Harding, Ann.

Box 9

Hope, Bob.

Box 9

Hussey, Ruth.

Box 9

Hutton, Betty.

Box 9

Kyser, Kay.

Box 6

Lederer, Francis.

Boxes 7, 9

Miranda, Carmen.

Box 9

Moore, Victor.

Box 9

O'Brien, Margaret.

Box 9

Palmer, Lilli.

Box 9

Pangborn, Franklin.

Box 10

Powell, Dick.

Box 10

Raye, Martha.

Box 12

Reynolds, Debbie.

Box 10

Richard, Cyril.

Box 10

Russell, Rosalind.

Box 7

Sheridan, Ann.

Box 7

Skipworth, Alison.

Box 7

Smith, Alexis.

Box 10

Stewart, James.

Box 11

This is your life.

Box 10

Treacher, Arthur.

Box 8

U.S.O. Tours.

Box 12

Winnegar, Charles.

Box 11

Withers, Jane.

Box 7

Wyman, Jane.

Box 13

Press clippings.

Box 14

Fan letters, telegrams, U.S.O. diaries, clippings, ephemera.

Playbills, Moving Picture and Television Playscripts, Annotated Acting Copies of Plays, and Related Materials

Box 15

Accidentally yours.

Box 15

But not goodbye.

Box 15

Father of the bride.

Box 15

Heaven can wait.

Box 15

It happened on Fifth Avenue.

Scope and Content Note

With stills bound in.

Box 15

Jenny kissed me.

Box 15

Life of Mr. Sweeney.

Box 15

Lightnin'.

Box 15

Not in the book.

Box 15

Our town.

Box 16

Nothing but the truth.

Box 16

Over twenty-one.

Box 16

The rear car.

Box 16

Yes, my lord (Chiltern hundreds).

Box 16

That's gratitude.

Box 16

The pleasure of his company.

Box 16

The Ruggles.

Box 16

Showboat.

Box 16

U.S.O. routines.

Box 16

Miscellaneous “spots.”

Box 15

Miscellaneous playbills.

Box 17

Scrapbooks of playbills and clippings 1905-1916

Box 17

1 guestbook.

Framed Photographs

Box 18

Rod Cameron & Charles Ruggles.

Box 18

William Gargan.

Box 18

Jack Haley.

Box 18

Charles Ruggles.

Box 18

Ann Sheridan.

Box 19

Unframed photographs 1915 1927

Scope and Content Note

Unframed photographs from stage and screen including a scene from “Rolling Stones,” 1915, Ruggles's first New York stage success and a group picture taken at the home of Norma Talmadge in Santa Monica, 1927, identifying 46 early screen personalities.

Boxes 20-21

Framed awards and early photographs of Ruggles.

Boxes 22-23

5 scrapbooks re Ruggles.

Scope and Content Note

Including dog scrapbook, Canadian bond tours, playbills, reviews and some photos.

Box 23

Snapshots and photographs of Ruggles and his wife. circa 1958-1960

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