Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Cole Porter Foreign Language Grammars,
- Dates:
- 1931-1953
- Creators:
- Porter, Cole, 1891-1964
- Abstract:
- Cole Albert Porter (1891-1940) was a composer and lyricist for the Broadway musical theatre and wrote scores for Hollywood films. The collection consists of grammar books used by composer Cole Porter for learning Spanish, Italian, and French.
- Extent:
- 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Cole Porter Foreign Language Grammars (Collection 316). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
-
Collection consists of grammar books used by composer Cole Porter for learning Spanish, Italian, and French. Includes some notes and annotations in books.
- Biographical / historical:
-
Cole Albert Porter was born on June 9, 1891 in Peru, Indiana; born into wealth, he spent most of the 1920s in Europe; became composer and lyricist for the Broadway musical theatre; his hit shows included: Fifty Million Frenchmen (1929), Gay Divorcé (1932), Anything Goes (1934), Leave it to Me (1938), DuBarry Was a Lady (1939), Kiss Me, Kate (1948) and Can-can (1953); he composed such songs as: You Do Something to Me, Night and Day, I Get a Kick Out of You, Anything Goes, I Love Paris, Let's Do it, Begin the Beguine, and Just One of Those Things; he also wrote scores for Hollywood films, including Born to Dance and Broadway Melody of 1940; he died on October 15, 1964 in Santa Monica, California.
- 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.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Grammars.
- Names:
- Porter, Cole, 1891-1964--Archives.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1999
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from card-file by rekeying, May 1999 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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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], Cole Porter Foreign Language Grammars (Collection 316). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988