Scope and content
Papers pertain to Castle's film career and the early motion picture industry in Ithaca, New York. They include financial accounts of the Mrs. Vernon Castle Management and the Castle Club; copies of certificates of incorporation of Cayuga Pictures and Hol-Tre Producing Company of Ithaca, also other legal documents, correspondence, and accounts of the latter and of the W.W. Hodkinson Corporation, which produced and distributed films starring Irene Castle. Also, two scrapbooks about her, 1921-22; publicity galleys for the film "French Heels"; loose clippings; and sheet music for "Patria," ca. 1917.
Dates
- 1916 - 1946
- Majority of material found within 1916 - 1923
Creator
- Castle, Irene, 1893-1969. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Actress, dancer.
Extent
.4 cubic feet. (.4 cubic feet.)
Language of Materials
English
Alternate Form Available
Filmed as part of Women in New York State Project; see Reel #17.
- Accounts.
- Castle Club
- Castle, Irene, 1893-1969.
- Cayuga Pictures
- Hol-Tre Producing Company
- Motion picture actresses and actors -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
- Motion picture studios -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
- Mrs. Vernon Castle Management
- Scrapbooks
- W.W. Hodkinson Corporation
- Women in the motion picture industry.
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)