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Irene Castle papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2277

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

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.

Related Archival Materials

See also Sigma Chi records, #37-4-4090..

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

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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