Finding Aid for the Paul Hartman Papers, 1935-1965
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UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Note
Arts and Humanities --Film, Television and Broadcasting
Arts and Humanities --Performing Arts --Theater
Arts and Humanities --Performing Arts --Dance
Geographical (By Place) --United States (excluding California)
Finding Aid for the Paul Hartman Papers, 1935-1965
Collection number: 1456
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff, 1993
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, May 2002
© 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Paul Hartman Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1935-1965
Collection number: 1456
Creator:
Hartman, Paul, 1904-1973
Extent: 8 boxes (4.0 linear ft.)
12 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Paul Hartman (1910-1973) was born in San Francisco, California. He was a dancer, actor, magician and singer appearing in vaudeville,
the theater, film and television. The collection contains correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, diaries, clippings, programs,
sheet music, books, pamphlets, and memorabilia of Paul Hartman and family members.
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.
Administrative Information
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Restrictions on Access
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- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Frances Hartman, 1976.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Paul Hartman Papers (Collection 1456). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Biography
Paul Hartman was born in 1910 in San Francisco, California; studied dancing with his aunt, Flora Norris; made stage debut
at age of six weeks at the Tivoli Opera House, San Francisco, and first speaking role in the same theater in
Johnny Comes Marching Home (1912); graduated from University of California at Berkeley; became dancer, actor, magician and singer; married dancer, actress,
and singer Grace Barrett; they appeared in vaudeville in the act, Hartman and Barrett, and toured the Far East, Europe and
the United States; in New York, they played at the Empire Room of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and the Plaza Hotel, and appeared
at the Dorchester in London; Paul Hartman made his Broadway debut in
Ballyhoo of 1932, going on to play Alexander Throttlebottom in
Of thee I Sing (1952), Cap'n Andy in
Show Boat (1956), and Hines in
The Pajama Game (1957); appeared in five films, including
Inherit the Wind (1960); appeared in television programs, including
The Hartmans at Home,
The Twilight Zone,
Have Gun Will Travel,
The Lucy Show,
The Ed Sullivan Show, and
I've Got a Secret; received the Lambs Award for his contribution to the American theater (1958); he died on October 2, 1973.
Scope and Content
Collection contains correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, diaries, clippings, programs, sheet music, books, pamphlets,
and memorabilia of dancer, actor, magician and singer Paul Hartman. Materials also relate to his wife, dancer, actress and
singer Grace Barrett Hartman; their son Ted Hartman, a sketch writer; and Paul's father, Ferris Hartman, owner and director
of Ferris Hartman Comic Opera Company.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Photograph albums (Boxes 1,3,6-7,9).
- Dance descriptions notebook (Box 1).
- Magic and illusion: the Tarbell system (Box 2).
- Scrapbooks (Boxes 3,10-17).
- Correspondence (Boxes 4,7).
- Diaries (Box 5).
- Memorabilia (Boxes 7-8).
- Contracts (Box 8).
- Sheet music (Boxes 8,19-20).
- Phonograph records (Box 9).
- Programs and magazines featuring the Hartmans (Box 18).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Hartman, Paul, 1904-1973--Archives.
Hartman, Grace Barrett, 1907-1955--Archives.
Hartman family--Archives.
Hartman, Ferris--Archives.
Hartman, Ted--Archives.
Actors--United States--Archival resources.
Diaries.
Scrapbooks.
Photograph albums.
Container List
Box 1
Photograph albums, ca. 1906-1922; scrapbook, 1935-1936; dance descriptions notebook.
Box 2
Tarbell system Magic copyright, 1927.
Box 3
Scrapbook, 1922-1929; diary, n.d.; photograph album, ca. 1952; and correspondence, ca. 1944.
Box 4
Correspondence, personal papers and diaries.
Box 6
Photograph albums, ca. 1925-1930.
Box 7
Correspondence, photographs, memorabilia.
Box 8
Contracts, sheet music, memorabilia.
Oversize Box 9
Photograph album,
ca.1915-1970; phonograph records.
Oversize Box 10
Scrapbook, 1938-1943, loose photographs
ca.1935-1965.
Oversize Box 12
Scrapbooks, 1938, 1949-1950.
Oversize Box 13
Scrapbooks, 1939-1941 and 1947-1948.
Oversize Box 15
Scrapbook, 1927-1935.
Stage magazine, 1936-1938.
Oversize Box 16
Scrapbooks, 1930-1938 and 1940-1942.
Oversize Box 17
Scrapbooks, 1939-1950 and 1942-1944.
Oversize Box 18
Programs and magazines featuring the Hartmans.
Oversize Boxes 19-20
Sheet music for the Hartmans' vaudeville and nightclub acts.
