Finding Aid for the Violet Schram Papers, 1914-1963

Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé

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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Finding Aid for the Violet Schram Papers, 1914-1963

Collection number: 1103

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, 1994
Encoded by:: Caroline Cubé
Online finding aid edited by:: Josh Fiala, November 2002

Descriptive Summary

Title: Violet Schram Papers,

Date (inclusive): 1914-1963

Collection number: 1103

Creator: Schram, Violet, 1898-

Extent: 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.) 1 oversize box

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.

Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

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.

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

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

Additional Physical Form Available

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Public Services 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

Preferred Citation

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

Biography

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.

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).

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Schram, Violet, 1898- --Archives.

Actresses--United States--Archival resources.

Motion picture stills.

Photographs.

Container List

Box 1

Ephemera re Violet Schram's theatrical, radio, and movie career.

Box 2, Folder 1-2

Knighthood in Hollywood. 1915.

Box 2, Folder 1

Ephemera.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Box 2, Folder 2

Stills.

Physical Description: 13 photographs.

Box 2, Folder 3-4

Two Rebels. 1916.

Box 2, Folder 3

Ephemera.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 2, Folder 4

Stills.

Physical Description: 8 photographs.

Box 2, Folder 5

Hell's Border. 1917 (?).

Physical Description: 1 item.

Scope and Content Note

Ephemera.

Box 2, Folder 6

Hell's Border. 1917 (?).

Physical Description: 13 photographs.

Scope and Content Note

Stills.

Box 2, Folder 7

Hot Applications. 1917.

Physical Description: 3 photographs.

Scope and Content Note

Stills.

Box 2, Folder 8

Nearly a Queen. 1917.

Physical Description: 1 photograph.

Scope and Content Note

Stills.

Box 2, Folder 9

The Spotted Lily. 1917.

Physical Description: 2 photographs.

Scope and Content Note

Stills.

Box 2, Folder 10

Soldiers of the Legion. 1917.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Scope and Content Note

Ephemera.

Box 2, Folder 11

Soldiers of the Legion. 1917.

Physical Description: 2 photographs.

Scope and Content Note

Stills.

Box 2, Folder 12

The Storm Woman. 1917.

Physical Description: 6 photographs.

Scope and Content Note

Stills.

Box 2, Folder 13

The Hell Cat (?). 1918.

Physical Description: 10 photographs.

Scope and Content Note

Stills.

Box 2, Folder 14

Between the Acts. 1919.

Physical Description: 5 photographs.

Scope and Content Note

Stills.

Box 2, Folder 15

Marjua. 1919 (?).

Physical Description: 2 items.

Scope and Content Note

Ephemera.

Box 2, Folder 16

Toby's Bow. 1919.

Physical Description: 4 items.

Scope and Content Note

Ephemera.

Box 2, Folder 17

Toby's Bow. 1919.

Physical Description: 4 photographs.

Scope and Content Note

Stills.

Box 2, Folder 18

The Big Happiness. 1920.

Physical Description: 6 items.

Scope and Content Note

Ephemera.

Box 2, Folder 19

The Big Happiness. 1920.

Physical Description: 7 photographs.

Scope and Content Note

Stills.

Box 2, Folder 20

Can a Woman Forget. 1920.

Physical Description: 11 items.

Scope and Content Note

Ephemera.

Box 2, Folder 21

Riders of the Dawn. 1920.

Physical Description: 22 items.

Scope and Content Note

Ephemera.

Box 2, Folder 22

Riders of the Dawn. 1920.

Physical Description: 6 photographs.

Scope and Content Note

Stills.

Box 2, Folder 23

White Lies. 1920.

Physical Description: 5 items.

Scope and Content Note

Ephemera.

Box 2, Folder 24

White Lies. 1920.

Physical Description: 21 photographs.

Scope and Content Note

Stills.

Box 2, Folder 25

Unidentified movie, John Steppling, director. 1923.

Physical Description: 1 photograph.

Scope and Content Note

Stills.

Box 2, Folder 26

Hall Room Boys. n.d.

Physical Description: 4 photographs.

Scope and Content Note

Stills.

Box 2, Folder 27

Unidentified movie starring Victor Potel, n.d.

Physical Description: 7 photographs.

Scope and Content Note

Stills.

Box 2, Folder 28

Undientified movie, Millard Wilson, director. n.d.

Physical Description: 7 photographs.

Scope and Content Note

Stills.

Box 2, Folder 29

White Eagle (?), n.d.

Physical Description: 15 photographs.

Scope and Content Note

Stills.

Box 3, Folder 1

Photographs of Violet Schram, motion picture stills, and presentation photographs to Violet Schram.

Box 4

Photographs of Violet Schram.

Physical Description: 5 items.

Scope and Content Note

Also, World War I Liberty poster of Schram draped in a flag.

Note

Box 4 is an oversize flat box.

Box 4

Violet Schram as Concepcion Arguello in La Golondrina by John Steven McGroarty. Tinted photograph on wood by Edgar Lyons, A.S.C. [Lyons was Violet Schram's husband].

Box 5

Chorus girls [?] 1915.

Scope and Content Note

E.S. Curtis photograph.

Box 5

Texas. 1922-1923.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Scope and Content Note

Ephemera.

Box 5

Texas. 1922-1923.

Physical Description: 6 items.

Scope and Content Note

Photographs.

Note

Also known as Texas Angel Citizens or Wolves of the Border.

Box 5

White Eagle. 1922.

Physical Description: 7 items.

Scope and Content Note

Photographs.

Note

Pathe release starring Ruth Roland. Violet Schramm as Indian princess Incadadee.

Box 5

Publicity shots - motion picture career.

Physical Description: 9 items.

Scope and Content Note

Photographs.

Box 5

Unidentified photographs - motion picture career. 1917-1919.

Physical Description: 27 items.

Scope and Content Note

Photographs.

Box 5

Motion picture stills and publicity shots - non-Schram.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Scope and Content Note

Photographs.

Box 5

Edgar Lyons.

Physical Description: 7 items.

Scope and Content Note

Photographs.

Box 5

Mission play and La Golondrina - theatre work.

Physical Description: 6 items.

Scope and Content Note

Photographs.

Box 5

Radio career - publicity shots.

Physical Description: 7 items.

Scope and Content Note

Photographs.

Box 5

Sunshine, Long Beach theater.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Scope and Content Note

Photographs.

Box 5

Advertisement for Southern California Gas Company.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Scope and Content Note

Photographs (photograph by Dick Whittington).

Box 5

War bond drive. 1918.

Physical Description: (Photocopy), 2 items.

Scope and Content Note

Clippings.

Box 5

Motion picture career, clippings.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Box 5

Correspondence re theatre career. 1924, 1950.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Scope and Content Note

1 letter from John Steven McGroarty, 22 May 1924.

Box 5

California, Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara. 1924.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Scope and Content Note

Programs.

Note

Violet Schram played Senorita Carmel Alvarado in this production.

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