an article and note from Jack Aronson, actor (1971);a fountain pen that belonged to George Arliss, stage and film actor (1868-1946)

correspondence with the Fred Astaire family

autographs and autographed letters of obscure celebrities, last names A - G

autographs and autographed letters of obscure celebrities, last names H - M

autographs and autographed letters of obscure celebrities, last names N - S

autographs and autographed letters of obscure celebrities, last names T - Z

correspondence through Dolly Ashley about playwright Edwin Bronner (1972)

correspondence, columns by Herb Caen, columnist

information on Communism in the entertainnment industry, including letters, clippings, and concert programs

correspondence with Mike Connolly, columnist (1959-64)

correspondence, memorabilia, clippings about George Cukor, film director

2 copies, Doc's Apothecary Illustrated Miscellany, 1958

memorabilia, documents from the estate of Marie Dressler, stage and screen actress

correspondence with columnist E.V. Durling of the Los Angeles Examiner, 1949-54

correspondence with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. about theater history research, 1974

correspondence with Morgan Farley, stage and film actor

correspondence with stage and film actor Jose Ferrer, 1958-59

film history, clippings and articles

correspondence with Henry Fink, scriptwriter and hotel owner, 1958-60

correspondence with Billy Hoffman, collector, 1959-60

correspondence with and about K. T. Keller, president of Chrysler Corporation, 1946-51

clippings, photo of Harry Lewis, actor and restauranteur (founded Hamburger Hamlet)

Llanuza comic strips from 1912

correspondence with Edna May Oliver

clippings, Cole Porter

theatre and film souvenir programs

correspondence with May Robson (1939-42)and a tie she made and gave to Sam Stark in 1938

correspondence with writer Alice B. Saarinen (married to architect Eero Saarinen) concerning theatre history

correspondence about the San Francisco Theatre Union

correspondence with Arthur Schlobohm, collector, about acquiring a china Floradora Sextet figurine manufactured in 1900 (1973-77)

correspondence with Eddie Schwartz, advertiser

issues of the Eddie Schwartz newsletter

clippings about Gloria Swanson, silent screen and early sound film actress

correspondence with Victor Allen, screenwriter, actor, and author of Johnny Belinda

correspondence with Bert(ram) Yarborough, actor and stage director

Theatre Design - photos, articles, etc.

Theatre Design - Old European theatres - photos, drawings, etc.

Theatre History - Baltimore, MD - the Mechanic Theatre

Theatre History - Venetian marionettes - photos

Theatre History - minstrels - unidentified photos

Theatre History - Old American theatres - photos, clippings

Theatre History - Old California theatres - photos

Theatre History - The Play Pictorial magazine, 4 issues, nos. 66, 85, 140, 287 (circa 1909-1920)

Theatre History - San Francisco, CA - the Pantages (Orpheum) Theatre

Theatre History - St. Louis, MO - clipping, 1970-72

Theatre History - South San Francisco Opera House - photos, clippings, articles

Theatre History - Theatre obituaries

Theatre History - miscellaneous photos, clippings, etc.

contains the autograph book of Samuel Stark Gertzen from his schooldays at Wenonah Military Academy (1925)and the autograph book of the Viennese actress Edle von Brenneis (1896)

contains one VHS videotape of An Evening at the White House in Honor of Cole Porter, 2/19/88;2 reels of 1/4 inch audiotape recordings of the USC Friends of the Library Tribute to Cole Porter, 2/12/67,dubbed 5/18/71;4 Cole Porter postcards; one clipping from the 5/15/82L.A. Times concerning Cole Porter's former home; one framed photograph of Cole Porter autographed to Sam Stark; one photograph of inventor Jean A. Le Roy autographed to Roger Imhof; one letter plus enclosures to Sam Stark from Margaret Cole Richards; one framed U.S. Postal Service Cole Porter stamp set

contains one purple embossed leather scrapbook containing early 19th century documents in Spanish from colonial Latin America; [one red embossed leather scrapbook of theatre programs and theatre-related newspaper clippings

contains one large photo portfolio (woven grass cover) of 688 McCullough Drive, Brentwood, CA - a posh house Greta Garbo once lived in that Samuel Stark co-owned briefly

contains two scrapbooks of vaudeville theatre memorabilia left to Samuel Stark by Roger Imhof

4 books of music and lyrics by Cole Porter: Anything Goes, Can-Can, Kiss Me Kate, Songs by Cole Porter; two folders of Cole Porter Centennial memorabilia (Peru, Indiana 6/9/90)

contains one scrapbook - Roger Imhof's autograph collection (1930)

contains a photograph collection of Mr. Stark's (it had been bound in a red vinyl binder)

Card drawers of additional `Stark Index' cards, added to M0602.