Ouspenskaya (Maria) Papers, ca. 1922-1942

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Title:: Maria Ouspenskaya Papers,
Dates:: ca. 1922-1942
Creators:: Ouspenskaya, Maria, 1876-1949
Abstract:: Maria Ouspenskaya (1876-1949) performed on Broadway and ran a New York acting school before going to Hollywood, California (1936). The collection consists of scripts, reviews, publicity material, and photographs related to Maria Ouspenskaya and her acting career, the Moscow Art Theater, and the Greenwich Village Theater in New York.
Extent:: 8 boxes (4 linear ft.) 1 oversize box
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Maria Ouspenskaya Papers (Collection 646). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Scope and content:: Collection consists of scripts, reviews, publicity material, and photographs related to Maria Ouspenskaya and her acting career. Also includes materials from when she was a member of the Moscow Art Theater and the Greenwich Village Theater in New York.
Biographical / historical:: Ouspenskaya was born July 29, 1876 in Tula, Russia; she came to the U.S. in 1923 with the Moscow Art Theater; performed on Broadway and ran a New York acting school before going to Hollywood, California, in 1936; films include: Dodsworth (1936), Conquest (1937), Love affair (1939), Dr. Ehrlich's magic bullet (1940), The wolf man (1941), Kings row (1942), Frankenstein meets the wolf man (1943), I've always loved you (1946), and A kiss in the dark (1949); she died in 1949.
Acquisition information:: Gift of Elizabeth C. McKeen, 1952.
Physical location:: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Rules or conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Subjects:: Motion picture actors and actresses--Archival resources.
Acting teachers--United States--Archival resources.
Scripts (documents).

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé and edited by Josh Fiala.
Date Prepared:: © 2005
Date Encoded:: Text rekeyed by Caroline Cubé from in-house paper finding aid, April 2005 . Machine-readable finding aid derived from rekeyed finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Online finding aid edited by Josh Fiala. Date of source: unknown .

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Restrictions:: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Terms of access:: Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of 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:: [Identification of item], Maria Ouspenskaya Papers (Collection 646). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US