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DeMille family

 Family

Found in 604 Collections and/or Records:

Theater, 1936

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 6 Sub-Series 43
Scope and Contents From the Series:

These files are listed chronologically from 1868 to 1936 and are comprised of plays written by Henry C. DeMille, Cecil B. DeMille, William deMille, and David Belasco. Some are holographs, some are typescripts, and some are professionally printed and published. Many are annotated. Also in this series of 11 boxes is correspondence and material relating to the theater business of the family. See also: Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company/ Famous Players-Lasky Film Corporation.

Dates: 1936

This Day and Age, 1933

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: In 1932 DeMille returned to Paramount Pictures after an eight-year absence. There he set up his own production entity know to those on his Paramount lot as the DeMille Unit. This series is the largest single group of material in the DeMille Archives, numbering 450 boxes. It is organized into two main groups: General Correspondence and Motion Picture Production Files.General Correspondence is arranged chronologically, and then alphabetically within each year by individual,...
Dates: 1933

Tour schedules, awards, and interviews

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 16 Sub-Series 48 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Series: In 1932 DeMille returned to Paramount Pictures after an eight-year absence. There he set up his own production entity know to those on his Paramount lot as the DeMille Unit. This series is the largest single group of material in the DeMille Archives, numbering 450 boxes. It is organized into two main groups: General Correspondence and Motion Picture Production Files.General Correspondence is arranged chronologically, and then alphabetically within each year by individual,...
Dates: 1952-1959

Tour schedules, speeches, and honors

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 8 Sub-Series 17
Scope and Contents From the Series: In 1932 DeMille returned to Paramount Pictures after an eight-year absence. There he set up his own production entity know to those on his Paramount lot as the DeMille Unit. This series is the largest single group of material in the DeMille Archives, numbering 450 boxes. It is organized into two main groups: General Correspondence and Motion Picture Production Files.General Correspondence is arranged chronologically, and then alphabetically within each year by individual,...
Dates: 1906-1939

Transcribed interviews, mid-1930's-1959

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 9
Scope and Contents From the Series: Identified by DeMille as "Personal," this group of 196 boxes begins with 22 boxes dealing with the research and writing of the posthumously published The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1959), edited by Donald Hayne. The files are arranged chronologically by year, and items within each year are arranged alphabetically by subject or name. Over time, the organization of some of the files deteriorated into groups of unrelated records. Therefore, files...
Dates: mid-1930's-1959

Typescripts

 Sub-Series — Box 20: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197231221778], Folder: 21-22
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents From the Series: Identified by DeMille as "Personal," this group of 196 boxes begins with 22 boxes dealing with the research and writing of the posthumously published The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1959), edited by Donald Hayne. The files are arranged chronologically by year, and items within each year are arranged alphabetically by subject or name. Over time, the organization of some of the files deteriorated into groups of unrelated records. Therefore, files...
Dates: 1913-1958

Unconquered, 1944-1947

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 13
Scope and Contents From the Series: In 1932 DeMille returned to Paramount Pictures after an eight-year absence. There he set up his own production entity know to those on his Paramount lot as the DeMille Unit. This series is the largest single group of material in the DeMille Archives, numbering 450 boxes. It is organized into two main groups: General Correspondence and Motion Picture Production Files.General Correspondence is arranged chronologically, and then alphabetically within each year by individual,...
Dates: 1944-1947

Undated speeches

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 3 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series of 15 boxes contains speeches, requests for speeches, and related correspondence. Final drafts and notes on individual speeches are available dating from 1927 to 1958. Some were designated "political" or "non-political" in nature and are filed alphabetically by location or organization where the speech was delivered. Some speeches are chronologically.

Dates: 1927-1965

Union Pacific, 1906-1939

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents From the Series: In 1932 DeMille returned to Paramount Pictures after an eight-year absence. There he set up his own production entity know to those on his Paramount lot as the DeMille Unit. This series is the largest single group of material in the DeMille Archives, numbering 450 boxes. It is organized into two main groups: General Correspondence and Motion Picture Production Files.General Correspondence is arranged chronologically, and then alphabetically within each year by individual,...
Dates: 1906-1939

United States

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 13 Sub-Series 18 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Series: In 1932 DeMille returned to Paramount Pictures after an eight-year absence. There he set up his own production entity know to those on his Paramount lot as the DeMille Unit. This series is the largest single group of material in the DeMille Archives, numbering 450 boxes. It is organized into two main groups: General Correspondence and Motion Picture Production Files.General Correspondence is arranged chronologically, and then alphabetically within each year by individual,...
Dates: 1944-1947

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Archival Object 601
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Subject
Letters 602
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography 602
Drawings 571
Feature films 571
Paintings 571