Folder 1: Biographical Material for Dana and Mary Todd Andrews, 1943, 1945, 1968, 1982, 1992
Scope and Contents
The Dana Andrews Collection is composed of 29 boxes. The collection focuses on the life, family, and acting career of Dana Andrews, as well as featuring the theater career and family of Mary Todd, Dana Andrews' wife.
Materials within the collection are mainly composed of photographs. Other materials include scrapbooks, correspondence, audiovisuals, magazines, programs, tickets, household documents, a ledger and diary, and materials about the Screen Actors Guild Inc.
Dates
- Creation: 1943
- Creation: 1945
- Creation: 1968
- Creation: 1982
- Creation: 1992
Extent
14 Sheets : Majority of materials are loose, some are stapled. Printed, typed, and handwritten.
15 Sheets (Clear archival sleeves.) : Business cards from restaurants, clubs, and bars. Passenger List booklet from the Cunard White Star cruise line. Membership cards from the National Congress of Parents and Teachers and the Dachshund Society. Football tickets from the University of Southern California and the Rose Bowl. Ticket for the Pasadena Playhouse. Voter's registration slip. ; Various sizes.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
Biographical Documents concerning Carver "Dana" Andrews. These documents include; Dana Andrews, a Biographical Sketch, by wife Mary Todd Andrews in 1982, "Story of Dana Andrews II," Ida Zeitlin, Los Angeles, California, and a draft of Mary Todd's birthday speech to Dana, and other materials dealing with Dana Andrews' life and death.
Repository Details
Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository