Paul Richard Palmer records, 1907-1986

Summary Information

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

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.

Using the Collection

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Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

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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.

Biographical sketch

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

Subject Headings

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

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Genre/Form
Advertisements	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Autographs (manuscripts)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Correspondence	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Film stills	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Handbills	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Letters (correspondence)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Photographs	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Pictures (object genre)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Playbills	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Press releases	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Programs (documents)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Sheet music	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Name
Autrey, Max Munn	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Brown, Tom, 1913-1990	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Bull, Clarence Sinclair, 1896-1979	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Cromwell, Richard, 1910-1960	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Engstead, John	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Gish, Dorothy	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Hoppé, E. O (Emil Otto), 1878-1972	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Hurrell, George	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Lawrence, Gertrude	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Mackenzie, Compton, 1883-1972	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Namuth, Hans	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Niblo, Fred, 1874-1948	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Talmadge, Constance, 1898-1973	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Talmadge, Norma, 1894-1957	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Thorndike, Sybil, Dame, 1882-1976	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Valente, Alfredo	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Wilding, Dorothy, 1893-1976	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Subject
Actors	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Actresses	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Advertising -- Motion pictures -- United States	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Book collectors -- United States -- 20th century	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Celebrities	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
College librarians -- United States -- 20th century	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Librarians -- United States -- 20th century	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Motion pictures -- United States	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Photographers	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Photography -- United States -- History -- 20th century	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Portraits	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Songs	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Theater	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID