Violet Schram papers, 1914-1963

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Summary

Abstract:
Violet Schram was an actress of the stage, radio, and film. The collection consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and a poster relating to Schram's theatrical, radio, and movie career.
Extent:
1.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes, 1 oversize box)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Violet Schram Papers (Collection 1103). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of photographs (mostly film stills), newspaper clippings, ephemera, and a poster relating to Violet Schram's theatrical, radio, and movie career, especially with Universal Studios. Includes a World War I Liberty poster of Schram draped in a flag. Also includes stills and ephemera from the following silent films: Knighthood in Hollywood (1915), Two Rebels (1916), Soldiers of the Legion (1917), Toby's Bow (1919), The Big Happiness (1920), Riders of the Dawn (1920), and White Lies (1920).

Biographical / historical:

Violet Schram was an actress of the stage, radio, and film; her silent film credits include Big happiness, The gray wolf's ghost, Out of the darkness, Riders of the Dawn, The walk-offs, White Lies, and The woman with the parakeets.

Processing information:

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Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff, 1998.

Physical location:
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. 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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Violet Schram Papers (Collection 1103). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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