Ithaca movie industry photograph collection
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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Photographs of movie actors and actresses, movie sets in Ithaca, New York, scenes from movies and various public events in Ithaca, collected by actress Mame (Mary L.) Hennessy. Also, personal photographs of Mary Hennessy, her family, friends and residences; letters and postcards, 1917-1964; news clippings, 1917, 1949-1961; miscellaneous manuscript and printed material, 1947-1965; and photographic negatives. Includes photographs of Irene Castle, Grace Darling, Doris Kenyon, Derwent Hall Caine, Florence Short, Marguerrete Marsh, Lillian Walker, Betty Howe, Frances White, Pearl White, Jean Sothern, Elsie Baker, Evelyn Ferris, Dick Steward, Eddie Kaw, E. Coit Albertson, and Creighton Hale.
Dates
- 1915-1965.
Creator
- Hennessy, Mame (Collector, Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Ithaca, New York was a silent film center from 1910 through the 1920s. The Wharton Brothers Studio was located in Renwick (now Stewart) Park.
Extent
.3 cubic feet. (.3 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Photographs of movie actors and actresses, movie sets in Ithaca, New York, scenes from movies and various public events in Ithaca.
SERIES LIST
Series I. Photographs
Subseries Ia. Still Photographs of Actors and Actresses Subseries Ib. Movie Sets, Lots, and Shooting Subseries Ic. Scenes from Movies Pre-1928 Subseries Id. Various Public Events in Ithaca Subseries Ie. Personal Photographs
Series II. Letters and Postcards
Series III. Miscellaneous Printed Material
Series IV. News Clippings
Physical Description
Photographs
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- September 2013
- EAD encoding:
- RMC Staff, September 2013
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, September 2013
- Albertson, E. Coit.
- Baker, Elsie.
- Caine, Derwent Hall.
- Castle, Irene, 1893-1969.
- Darling, Grace, 1893-1963.
- Farris, Evelyn.
- Hale, Creighton.
- Hennessy, Mary L.
- Howe, Betty.
- Ithaca (N.Y.)
- Kaw, Eddie.
- Kenyon, Doris.
- Marsh, Marguerrete.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Motion picture studios -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
- Photographs.
- Sothern, Jean.
- Stewart, Dick.
- Thixton, Lillian Walker.
- Tompkins County (N.Y.)
- Wharton Studio (Ithaca, N.Y.)
- White, Frances.
- White, Pearl, 1889-1938.
- Women in the motion picture industry.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- September 2013
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu