Finding Aid for the Jeanette MacDonald Papers, 1931-1951, bulk 1942-1951
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
© 1998
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Jeanette MacDonald Papers, 1931-1951, bulk 1942-1951
Collection number: 393
UCLA Library, Dept. of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff, 1992 & 1997
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Text converted and initial container list EAD tagging by:
- Apex Data Services
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Carol Turley, April 2001 and Amy Shung-Gee Wong, May 2001
© 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Jeanette MacDonald Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1931-1951, bulk 1942-1951
Collection number: 393
Creator:
MacDonald, Jeanette, 1903-1965
Extent: 9 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Jeanette MacDonald (1903-1965) was a Broadway chorus girl in 1920, and rapidly reached stardom in stage musicals and operettas.
Her film debut was
The Love Parade in 1929. She married actor Gene Raymond in 1937. She later retired from screen to seek a new career in concert halls and
on stage. The collection consists of scrapbooks containing mounted newspaper clippings, press reviews, photographs, and programs
that document MacDonald's career on stage, screen, and light opera.
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.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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.
Due to their extremely fragile nature, all of the scrapbooks have been microfilmed and closed to use. Readers wishing to consult
the collection must use the positive microfilm found in Box 9 of the collection.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Boxes 1-8 are unavailable for use due to the fragile condition of the original material.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jeanette MacDonald, 1964.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Jeanette MacDonald Papers (Collection 393). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Jeanette MacDonald was born June 18, 1903 in Philadelphia; Broadway chorus girl in 1920, rapidly reached stardom in stage
musicals and operettas; film debut,
The Love Parade, 1929; teamed with Maurice Chevalier at Paramount; from 1933 at MGM, she was paired with Nelson Eddy in singing partnership;
married actor Gene Raymond, 1937; retired from screen to seek a new career in concert halls and on stage; died in 1965.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of scrapbooks containing mounted newspaper clippings, press reviews, photographs, and programs that document
MacDonald's career on stage and screen, in light opera, and entertaining the troops during World War II.
Organization and Arrangement
Collection is arranged in chronological order.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
MacDonald, Jeanette, 1903-1965--Archives.
Motion picture actors and actresses--Archival resources.
Women singers--United States--Archival resources.
Scrapbooks.
Note
Boxes 1-8 are unavailable for use due to the fragile condition of the original material. Readers wishing to consult the collection
must use the positive microfilm found in Box 9.
Box 1
Scrapbook #1: Empire Paris-1931.
Note
UNAVAILABLE for use.
Box 2
Scrapbook #2: pp.1-46 [ca. 1942-1943].
Note
UNAVAILABLE for use.
Box 3
Scrapbook #2: pp.47-76 [ca. 1942-1943].
Note
UNAVAILABLE for use.
Box 4
Scrapbook #2: pp.77-102 [ca. 1942-1943].
Note
UNAVAILABLE for use.
Box 5
Scrapbook #2: pp.103-136 [ca. 1942-1943].
Note
UNAVAILABLE for use.
Box 6
Scrapbook #3: Concert. British Isles. 1946.
Note
UNAVAILABLE for use.
Box 7
Scrapbook #4: [ca. 1943-1951].
Note
UNAVAILABLE for use.
Scrapbook #5: Guardsman.
Note
UNAVAILABLE for use.
Box 8
7 photographs of Jeanette MacDonald singing on stage.
Box 8
2 photographs of Jeanette MacDonald with convalescing soldiers before rehearsal at Zoological Gardens Pavilion, Cincinnati,
Ohio. July 9, 1945.
Box 8
Gene Raymond: TWA Ambassador's Club certificate. 1955.
Box 9
Positive microfilm of scrapbooks.
Physical Description: (2 reels).
