Guide to the Ithaca Movie Industry Photograph Collection,
1915-1965

Collection Number: 2959

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Ithaca movie industry photograph collection, 1915-1965.
Collection Number:
2959
Creator:
Mame. Hennessy
Quantity:
.3 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Photographs of movie actors and actresses, movie sets in Ithaca, New York, scenes from movies and various public events in Ithaca, collected by actress Mame (Mary L.) Hennessy. Also, personal photographs of Mary Hennessy, her family, friends and residences; letters and postcards, 1917-1964; news clippings, 1917, 1949-1961; miscellaneous manuscript and printed material, 1947-1965; and photographic negatives. Includes photographs of Irene Castle, Grace Darling, Doris Kenyon, Derwent Hall Caine, Florence Short, Marguerrete Marsh, Lillian Walker, Betty Howe, Frances White, Pearl White, Jean Sothern, Elsie Baker, Evelyn Ferris, Dick Steward, Eddie Kaw, E. Coit Albertson, and Creighton Hale.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Ithaca, New York was a silent film center from 1910 through the 1920s. The Wharton Brothers Studio were located in Renwick (now Stewart) Park.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Photographs of movie actors and actresses, movie sets in Ithaca, New York, scenes from movies and various public events in Ithaca, collected by actress Mame (Mary L.) Hennessy. Also, personal photographs of Mary Hennessy, her family, friends and residences; letters and postcards, 1917-1964; news clippings, 1917, 1949-1961; miscellaneous manuscript and printed material, 1947-1965; and photographic negatives. Includes photographs of Irene Castle, Grace Darling, Doris Kenyon, Derwent Hall Caine, Florence Short, Marguerrete Marsh, Lillian Walker, Betty Howe, Frances White, Pearl White, Jean Sothern, Elsie Baker, Evelyn Ferris, Dick Steward, Eddie Kaw, E. Coit Albertson, and Creighton Hale.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Hennessy, Mame.
Albertson, E. Coit.
Baker, Elsie.
Caine, Derwent Hall.
Castle, Irene, 1893-1969.
Darling, Grace, 1922-
Ferris, Evelyn.
Hale, Creighton.
Howe, Betty.
Kaw, Eddie.
Kenyon, Doris.
Marsh, Marguerrete.
Sothern, Jean.
Steward, Dick.
Walker, Lillian.
White, Frances.
White, Pearl.
Wharton Studios.

Subjects:
Motion-picture actors and actresses.
Motion-picture studios.
Women in the motion picture industry.

Places:
Ithaca (N.Y.)
Tompkins County (N.Y.)
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Ithaca movie industry photograph collection, #2959. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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