The Department began to accept collections in the motion
pictures and television in the late 1950s. Tax laws were more beneficial at that time and UCLA received many choice collections very early. Family members
continue to foster these collections, such as Edie Adams (Kovacs), Sandy Sturges,
widow of Preston Sturges and Tom Sturges, son of Preston Sturges, Joan Benny,
the daughter of Jack Benny, and members of the Albert E. Smith Family. Materials
about Smith and the Vitagraph Studios were given in 1959.
There are also several
collections relating to the history of the dance, not represented in this
exhibit, the most important being the papers of Ruth St. Denis. Since 1950
the Dept. had had microfilm of her journals and later other materials; upon
her death, it acquired the actual journal volumes and further papers.
The
papers of Rudi Gernreich are the first substantial ones to be held by the
Dept in the area of fashion, and the Dept. is thus one of the first to hold
such papers. The papers of Peggy Hamilton Adams came about the same time and
document her career as editor of the Los Angeles Times rotogravure fashion
page. Other materials and scrapbooks chronicle her work as a fashion promoter
("first to hold a fashion show in the air") among other occupations.
- De Laban, Juana. "The Ruth St. Denis Dance Collection" In: UCLA
Librarian v.21 no.9 (1968 September), [39] - 40
DeLyser, Dydia. "Introducing Miss Peggy Hamilton: An Exhibit in the Department
of Special Collections, Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles
April - June 1988." Los Angeles: Department of Special Collections, University
Research Library, 1988.
"John Houseman Papers are Given to Library." In: UCLA Librarian v. 16
no.26 (1963 November 1), 205 - 206.
This seems to be one of the first collections in Theater Arts / Motion
Pictures / Television to be given notice in the UCLA Librarian.
Luckenbill, Dan. "The Lawrence Morton Papers." In UCLA Librarian
v.41 no.2. (1988 Jul), 13. Supplement to text by Philip Lehrman
Luckenbill, Dan. "Rex Evans and the Rex Evans Gallery: A Memoir."
In: UCLA Librarian v. 27 no.4 (1974 April), [19] - 21.
Luckenbill, Dan . "UCLA's Theatre Group, 1959 - 1966." In: UCLA Librarian
v.39 no. 6. (1986 Nov), 43 - 45.
Mehr, Linda Harris. Motion Pictures, Television, and Radio: A Union Catalogue
of Manuscript and Special Collections in the Western United States. Boston:
G. K. Hall, 1977.
Most Dept. collections are listed in this reference volume.
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