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Title: Zoë Akins Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1915-1958
Collection number: 1088
Creator:
Akins, Zoë, 1886-1958
Extent:
4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Zoë Akins (1886-1958) was born in Missouri and relocated to California in 1928. A playwright, Akins plays enjoyed great popularity
in the 1920s and 1930s on Broadway and in screen adaptations. The collection consists of Zoë Akins's literary manuscripts
of plays, screenplays, and stories. Also includes bibliographical material and a report of the Zoë Akins Collection at the
Huntington Library.
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.
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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dorothy Arzner, 1970.
[Identification of item], Zoë Akins Papers (Collection 1088). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Akins was born on October 30, 1886 in Humansville, Missouri; early poetry published in the St. Louis Mirror; her first play
produced in New York was
The Magical City (1919); Akins was made famous by her theatrical piece,
D?lass?, starring Ethel Barrymore; her plays enjoyed great popularity in the 1920s and 1930s; she moved to California in 1928; her
Broadway hit,
The Greeks Had a Word for It (1930) was filmed by Samuel Goldwyn in 1932; won the Pulitzer Prize with her 1935 stage adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel,
The Old Maid; collaborated with George Cukor on film,
Camille (1936), which starred Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor; died on October 29, 1958 in Los Angeles.
Collection consists of the literary manuscripts of Zoë Akins, including plays, screenplays, and stories. Also includes bibliographical
material and a report of the Zoë Akins Collection at the Huntington Library (1951). Also contains one piece of correspondence.
Arranged in the following series:
- Bibliographical material, 1 letter, report of Akins holding at the Huntington Library (Box 1).
- Literary manuscripts arranged alphabetically by title (Boxes 1-4).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Akins, Zoë, 1886-1958--Archives.
Screenwriters--United States--Archival resources.
Authors, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Dramatists, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Zoë Akins Collection
. Available at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.