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Box 4

 Container

Contains 7 Results:

Newspaper and fan magazine clippings, 1929-1930

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 32
Identifier: MSS 2383 Series 2
Dates: 1929-1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2383, Edwina Booth papers / Edwina Booth publicity papers

Edwina Booth fan mail, 1929-1987

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2383 Series 1
Scope and Contents

This sub-series was originally arranged in 17 bundles of fan mail and a number of unbundled letters. Many letters are from countries in Europe, South America, North America, as well as India and Hong Kong.

The letters are primarily requests for autographed pictures from Edwina Booth, and many are in Spanish, Portuguese and French. The bulk of the correspondence is from 1929-1931.

Dates: 1929-1987
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2383, Edwina Booth papers / Edwina Booth personal papers

Edwina Booth correspondence and personal papers, 1907-1994

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2383 Series 1
Scope and Contents This subseries contains Edwina Booth's personal papers. Because there is such an eclectic mix of items in this subseries' folders, the dates of origin vary widely, from 1907 to 1994. Included are personal correspondence, personal notes, travel memorabilia, invitations, newspaper clippings, a homemade book about her role as Nina T in trader Horn, testimonies and other documents related to her suit against Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer, obituaries (of Booth herself), documents related to the...
Dates: 1907-1994
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2383, Edwina Booth papers / Edwina Booth personal papers

Edwina Booth poetry, 1940-1975

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2383 Series 1
Scope and Contents

This subseries contain poetry authored by Edwina Booth. The folders contain poems that are loose and untitled, titled poems that are arranged in a collection, and two drafts of the book "A Twin for Jackie" that would have been illustrated by her sister Ruth Woodruff Andrews. Booth wished to have the book published, but was ultimately unable to find a publisher.

Most of the poems were written circa 1940-1975, and some touch on her illness.

Dates: 1940-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2383, Edwina Booth papers / Edwina Booth personal papers

Trader Horn publicity papers, 1929-1993

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2383 Series 2
Scope and Contents This subseries contains newspaper and magazine articles, Trader Horn pressbooks, opening night programs, photographs, and other advertising materials. The newspaper and magazine articles are primarily concerned with the production of Trader Horn as the first non-documentary film shot in Africa, and with introducing the director and actors through pictures, interviews, and reports. The pressbooks examine the background and plot of the movie, and introduce the actors. The opening night...
Dates: 1929-1993
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2383, Edwina Booth papers / Edwina Booth publicity papers

Edwina Booth publicity papers, 1927-1991

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2383 Series 2
Scope and Contents

This sub-series is primarily concerned with Edwina Booth's role in Trader Horn, although there are also obituaries and substantial coverage on her theater career before Trader Horn. There is also material on Suzette Duncan's alienation of affections suit against Booth, and fashion articles.

Dates: 1927-1991
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2383, Edwina Booth papers / Edwina Booth publicity papers

Fan mail and keepsake boxes marked "Foreign Letters Stamps", circa 1931

 File — Box: 4
Identifier: MSS 2383
Scope and Contents

This carton contains 19 bundles of fan mail and 4 boxes marked "Foreign Letters Stamps." Circa 1931.

Dates: circa 1931
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2383, Edwina Booth papers / Edwina Booth (Josephine Constance Woodruff) Inventory

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