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Paul Richard Palmer records, 1907-1986

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: MS#0968
Bib ID 4078471 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Palmer, Paul Richard, 1917-
Title Paul Richard Palmer records, 1907-1986
Physical Description 6 linear feet (6 boxes, 6 oversize folders)
Language(s) English .
Additional Description http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/35_P-PI_05.pdf
Access You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Arrangement

Arrangement

Selective items cataloged; remainder arranged. Box 1: Cataloged correspondence, A-Z & misc. autographs; Boxes 2-3: Cataloged photographs (signed or inscribed), A-Z; Boxes 4-6: Uncataloged photographs, A-Z; Oversize folders.

Description

Summary

Correspondence and inscribed photographs sent to Paul Palmer. Mr. Palmer has collected portraits of film and theater notables and other celebrities since the 1920s. Many of the photographs are inscribed to him and there is some correspondence as well as lobby display cards. Among the cataloged names are: Katharine Cornell, Lillian & Dorothy Gish, Rudyard Kipling, Gertrude Lawrence, Sir Compton Mackenzie, Mary Pickford, Constance & Norma Talmadge, Dame Sybil Thorndike, and H. G. Wells

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Paul Richard Palmer records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Paul R. Palmer, 1986-1994.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Palmer, Paul R. Method of acquisition--Gift, 1986, 1987 & 1988; Date of acquisition--10/15/1986. Accession number--M-86-10-15.

Photographs: Source of acquisition--Palmer, Paul R. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--12/20/1989. Accession number--M-89-12-20.

Photographs: Source of acquisition--Palmer, Paul R. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1991. Accession number--M-1990 & 1991.

Photographs: Source of acquisition--Palmer, Paul R. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1992. Accession number--M-1992.

16 photographs: Source of acquisition--Palmer, Paul R. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--12/29/1993. Accession number--M-93-12-29.

Photographs: Source of acquisition--Palmer, Paul R. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--08/12/1994. Accession number--M-94-08-12.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Processed 02/02/1988.

Photographs Processed HR 05/04/1990.

Photographs Processed HR 04/02/1992.

Photographs Processed HR 03/05/1993.

16 photographs Cataloged HR 12/13/1994.

Photographs Cataloged HR 05/10/2000.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Advertisements Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Autographs (manuscripts) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Correspondence Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Film stills Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Handbills Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Letters (correspondence) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Photographs Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Pictures (object genre) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Playbills Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Posters Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Press releases Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Programs (documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Sheet music Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Actors Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Actresses Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Advertising -- Motion pictures -- United States Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Autrey, Max Munn Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Book collectors -- United States -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Brown, Tom, 1913-1990 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bull, Clarence Sinclair, 1896-1979 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Celebrities Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
College librarians -- United States -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Cromwell, Richard, 1910-1960 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Engstead, John Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Gish, Dorothy Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hoppé, E. O (Emil Otto), 1878-1972 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hurrell, George Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lawrence, Gertrude Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Librarians -- United States -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Mackenzie, Compton, 1883-1972 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Motion pictures -- United States Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Namuth, Hans Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Niblo, Fred, 1874-1948 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Photographers Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Photography -- United States -- History -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Portraits Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Songs Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Talmadge, Constance, 1898-1973 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Talmadge, Norma, 1894-1957 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Theater Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Thorndike, Sybil, Dame, 1882-1976 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Valente, Alfredo Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Wilding, Dorothy, 1893-1976 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical sketch

Paul Richard Palmer, 1917- (Columbia M.S., 1950, M.L.S., 1955) formerly Curator of the Columbiana Collection.