Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Rose C. Stolz collection of theatrical autographs
- Dates:
- 1890-1941
- Creators:
- Stolz, Rose C., collector.
- Abstract:
- Rose C. Stolz's collection of theatrical autographs, correspondence or small pieces of paper within folders or scrapbooks.
- Extent:
- 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
- Language:
- Finding aid is written in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Rose C. Stolz collection of theatrical autographs (Collection 1507). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of theatrical autographs dating from the late 1800s through the 1930s that Rose C. Stolz collected over her lifetime. Autographs are on correspondence or on small pieces of paper that are either in folders or scrapbooks within the collection. Some of the autographs include: actors Richard Bennett and Richard Carle, writer Lillian Smith, sopranos Alice Nielsen and Yvonne de Treville, and filmmaker Nunnally Johnson.
- Biographical / historical:
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Rose C. Stolz was a teacher and later a principal in the San Francisco area, who retired by 1936. She devoted a lifetime to collecting hundreds of autographs of opera and theatre stars. Stolz either knew the theatre celebrities personally or had seen them perform. In 1937 she gave her collection to actor, author, and poet Madefrey Odhner.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Chris Marino in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser, August 2011.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2012
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Microsoft Word finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Date of source: August 2011 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. 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], Rose C. Stolz collection of theatrical autographs (Collection 1507). UCLA Library 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