Gish Film Theater collection
Collection Organization
Gish Film Theater records, 1969-2015
The Gish Film Theater records series includes correspondence, printed materials, film schedules, publicity, news clippings, press releases, blueprints, and photos relevant to the establishment and development of the Gish Film Theater and its ongoing programs dating from 1976 to 2015. Records documenting the theater’s National Advisory Committee (NAC), formed by Ralph Wolfe in 1987 as a fundraising arm for its endowment and renovation activities, comprise part of this series as well. Researchers interested in the establishment, expansion, and development of the theater and its various programs will find this series to be useful.
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- Creation: 1969-2015
History and fundraising, 1976-
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- Creation: 1976-
Correspondence regarding development and operation, 1982-
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- Creation: 1982-
Newsclippings and press releases, 1976, 1982-1992
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- Creation: 1976, 1982-1992
Newsclippings and press releases, 1993-
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- Creation: 1993-
Lists of Gish Film Theater donors and Gish sisters' chronologies, undated
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- Creation: undated
Miscellaneous letterhead, cards, etc., ca. 1987-
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- Creation: ca. 1987-
BGSU Gish Film Scholarship, 1987-
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- Creation: 1987-
Honorary degrees presented at Gish Film Theater (includes clippings, programs, and notes), 1976-
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- Creation: 1976-
Renovations, 1975-2015
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- Creation: 1975-2015
Correspondence, floor plans, and fundraising data for renovation and expansion projects, 1986-2015
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- Creation: 1986-2015
Proposals, specifications, and blueprints for renovations and expansion projects, 1987, 1996
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- Creation: 1987, 1996
Lecture Room renovation blueprint, November 26, 1975
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- Creation: November 26, 1975
Renovation blueprints, 2006
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- Creation: 2006
4 blueprints of Gish Film Theater renovation, 1982
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- Creation: 1982
7 blueprints of Gish Film Theater renovation, 1989
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- Creation: 1989
5 blueprints of Gish Film Theater floor plan, etc., circa 1989
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- Creation: circa 1989
9 blueprints of Gish Film Theater Gallery expansion, 1996
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- Creation: 1996
11 blueprints of Wolfe Video Viewing Center, March 2008
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- Creation: March 2008
Publicity and programs, 1969-
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- Creation: 1969-
Film schedules for 105 Hanna, 1969-1979
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- Creation: 1969-1979
Programs and brochures autographed by Lillian Gish and others, 1976-
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- Creation: 1976-
Programs and brochures (featuring Dorothy and Lillian Gish), 1976-1991
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- Creation: 1976-1991
Programs and brochures (featuring Dorothy and Lillian Gish), 1991-
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- Creation: 1991-
Film schedules, 1992-1994
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- Creation: 1992-1994
Film schedules, 1995-2001
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- Creation: 1995-2001
Film schedules, 2001-2005
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- Creation: 2001-2005
Film schedules, 2006-
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- Creation: 2006-
Programs and brochures (featuring others), 1987-
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- Creation: 1987-
Newsclippings and press releases regarding film programs, 1987-
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- Creation: 1987-
Newsclippings and press releases regarding visiting film directors, 1992-1996
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- Creation: 1992-1996
Other programs honoring Lillian Gish, 2002-
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- Creation: 2002-
Photographs, 1976-2012
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- Creation: 1976-2012
Lillian Gish at Theater dedication, and Theater gallery dedication, 1976, 1982
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- Creation: 1976, 1982
Gish Film Theater, exterior, 1982
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- Creation: 1982
Gish Film Theater, interior (gallery), 1990
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- Creation: 1990
Gish Film Theater, interior (auditorium), 1990
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- Creation: 1990
Proofsheet of G. F. T., 1990, undated
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- Creation: 1990
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Lillian Gish at BGSU, dedicating Gish Film Theater, receiving honorary degree, etc., undated
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- Creation: undated
Risingsun Opera House photoduplicates and miscellaneous snapshots of Ralph H. Wolfe at the opera house, used for BGSU publicity, undated
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- Creation: undated
Negatives of Gish Film Theater and Gallery, displays, Gish awards, Gish sisters images, and Eva Marie Saint awards and displays, 1990-2000
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- Creation: 1990-2000
List of Gish Film Theater National Advisory Committee members, undated
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- Creation: undated
Photo of exterior of Gish Film Theater, c. 1980
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- Creation: c. 1980
Two lists of contributors to the expansion of the Gish Film Theater Gallery, October 13, 1996
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- Creation: October 13, 1996
Photo of interior of Gish Film Theater, c. 1980
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- Creation: c. 1980
Poster for Canadian Film Series at Gish Film Theater, undated
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- Creation: undated
Resolution from the Mayor of Bowling Green for the Gish Film Theater's commemoration of the Gish Sisters first movie, the 1912 An Unseen Enemy, 2012
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- Creation: 2012
Photo of Lillian Gish and BGSU President Hollis Moore at the dedication of the Gish Film Theater, 1976
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- Creation: 1976
Assorted images of the theater dedication and family photos, undated
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- Creation: undated
National Advisory Committee, 1973-
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- Creation: 1973-
Correspondence (includes letters to and from Ralph Wolfe dealing with the Theater and the National Advisory Committee. Incoming letters include those from Herb Stern, Martha Scott, Anthony Slide, Roddy McDowall, Eileen Bowser, Jeanne Moreau, Mary Lea Bandy, Helen Hayes, and others), 1987-1993 scatt.
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- Creation: 1987-1993 scatt.
Correspondence - Lillian Gish to Ralph Wolfe and Marian Moore, 1973-1992 scatt.
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- Creation: 1973-1992 scatt.
Correspondence - James Frasher, bulk: 1988-
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1988-
Helen Hayes obituaries, memorial service programs, 1993, 2010
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- Creation: 1993, 2010
Lauren Hutton-autographed advertisement, newsclippings, promotional letter, material on film tribute, 1978-2000 scatt.
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- Creation: 1978-2000 scatt.
Roddy McDowall-material on film tribute, programs, letters, newsclippings, honorary degree, Double Exposure: Take Two (oversize), 1987-1998
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- Creation: 1987-1998
Anthony Slide correspondence, newsclippings, film program, bulk: 1987-
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1987-
Mike Kaplan--correspondence, newsclippings, program, bulk: 1988-
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1988-
Lily Tomlin--autographed programs, newsclippings, 1988-1994 scatt.
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- Creation: 1988-1994 scatt.
Buddy Rogers, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., 1916-2000 scatt.
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- Creation: 1916-2000 scatt.
Colleen Moore, bulk: 1985
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1985
Correspondence - Phyllis Diller, 2001, 2003
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- Creation: 2001, 2003
Miscellaneous Advisory Committee information, 1998-2002
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- Creation: 1998-2002
Collection on Dorothy Gish, 1930-2002, bulk: 1930-1946
The photographs comprising the bulk of the Collection on Dorothy Gish document her life with her mother and sister Lillian, her career, and her relationship with James Rennie. The images are individually identified in the inventory and date from approximately 1920 to 1964. Also included in the collection is a booklet autographed by Lillian Gish, entitled "Remembering Dorothy Gish," and a certificate of authenticity for an American flag which flew over the United States Capitol on Dorothy's birthday, March 11, 1990. The flag was presented to Lillian Gish in memory of her sister and is located with the Lillian Gish memorabilia (Series 4).
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- Creation: 1930-2002
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1930-1946
Newsclipping, television credits for Dorothy Gish, note tablet with Dorothy's image on cover, 1992, 2002, undated
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- Creation: 1992, 2002, undated
Booklet, "Remembering Dorothy Gish" (two copies), bulk: 1986
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1986
Certificate and letter regarding flag flown over U.S. Capitol in honor of Dorothy Gish's birthday, March 11, 1990
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- Creation: March 11, 1990
School of Drama of Yale University Salutes Dorothy Gish, November 6, 1965
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- Creation: November 6, 1965
Photographs with photocopies, undated
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The Mountain Girl, undated
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The Mountain Girl, undated
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Portrait, undated
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Portrait in unusual gown, undated
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Betty of Graystone, undated
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Romola, undated
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Betty of Graystone, undated
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Romola, undated
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Orphans of the Storm, undated
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Nell Gwyn, undated
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? Heaven (play about Emily Dickinson), undated
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The Bright Shawl, undated
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With Richard Barthelmess, undated
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Portrait from unkown silent film, undated
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Portrait from unknown silent film, undated
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Portrait from unknown silent film, undated
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Portrait, undated
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Portrait, undated
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Aboard the S. S. Aquitania, undated
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With husband, James Rennie, bulk: 1932
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1932
With husband, James Rennie, bulk: 1932
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1932
With James Rennie and parrot, c. 1920
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- Creation: c. 1920
Dorothy as the little disturber in "Hearts of the World" donated by Dr. Jan Wahl, undated
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Photographs with photocopies:, undated
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With dog, Grim, on S.S. Aquitania, undated
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Aboard the S.S. Europa, 1932
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- Creation: 1932
Aboard the S.S. Europa, 1932
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- Creation: 1932
Aboard the S.S. Berengaria, 1933
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- Creation: 1933
Aboard the S.S. Berengaria, 1933
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- Creation: 1933
Aboard the S.S. Berengaria, 1933
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- Creation: 1933
At International Flower Show in NY, March 1936
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- Creation: March 1936
Returning to Hollywood, 1938
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- Creation: 1938
Awarded Honorary Membership in Pennsylvania Economy League, 1941
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- Creation: 1941
Applying make-up for play John Faust, PhD, at University of Pennsylvania, c. 1930
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- Creation: c. 1930
Applying make-up for play John Faust, PhD, at University of Pennsylvania, c. 1930
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- Creation: c. 1930
With Jeanne Crain, 1945
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- Creation: 1945
In Life With Father at Philadelphia, 1941
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- Creation: 1941
At sewing machine making kits to use in bomb shelters in London, 1941
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- Creation: 1941
Life With Father with Louis Calhern, 1941
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- Creation: 1941
With mother, Mrs. James Gish, 1944
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- Creation: 1944
With Louis Calhern in play, The Magnificent Yankee, 1946
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- Creation: 1946
Over Twenty-One, 1945
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- Creation: 1945
After divorce papers filed-from James Rennie, 1935
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- Creation: 1935
After divorce papers filed-from James Rennie, 1935
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- Creation: 1935
At dress salon in NY City, 1958
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- Creation: 1958
Photocopy of Dorothy-no photograph, undated
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- Creation: undated
The Cardinal, 1964
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- Creation: 1964
Postcard (2) of Dorothy Gish, undated
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- Creation: undated
Two reprint photos of Dorothy Gish by BGSU news service, undated
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Publicity sheet for "Centennial Summer" and 2 copies of sheet music from same--Dorothy Gish pictured, bulk: 1946
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1946
Dot Gish, by Edna Wright, undated
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- Creation: undated
Program. Cinecon 22 Dorothy Gish Film Tribute, bulk: 1986
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1986
Correspondence. Mary E. Larson. Includes two photographs ca. 1920s, of possibly Dorothy and film location hotel, undated
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- Creation: undated
Filmstrip, audiocassette, and booklet on Dorothy Gish (Dorothy Gish: Actress, from Famous Women of America series, Group 2), undated
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Video--ALCOA Hour presentation of "Morning's at Seven", November 4, 1956
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- Creation: November 4, 1956
Glass slide, "Nell Gwyn", bulk: 1925
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1925
Metal medallion, The Comoedia Matinee Club Award presented by Mrs. Edw. B. Dickinson, on May 7, 1946, to Dorothy Gish for Her Excellent Performance as the Star of the Play "The Magnificent Yankee", undated
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Metal medallion, National Association of Women Artists, awarded to Dorothy Gish for distinguished work in dramatic arts, bulk: 1954
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1954
Brass fold-up clock (with fragile detached glass watch face), presented by the Players to Dorothy Gish for "Love for Love", June 1940
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- Creation: June 1940
Plaque, In Memory of Dorothy Gish, The Society for Cinephiles, August 31, 1986
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- Creation: August 31, 1986
Framed composition marking Dorothy's birthday, featuring two photographs and a period card reading "All happiness on your birthday", undated
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- Creation: undated
Collection on Lillian Gish, 1917-2000
The Collection on Lillian Gish includes correspondence, books, articles, news clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, awards and honors, videos, artwork, dress and costume pieces, and artifacts related to Lillian Gish. These documents and artifacts shed light on Lillian's film and stage career, her relationship with her family, fans, and Bowling Green State University. The Collection on Lillian Gish dates from the 1910s to 1997.
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- Creation: 1917-2000
Radio scripts: Lillian's debut at Risingsun, WFOB broadcast #29, 1988; "Life without Father", WTAM Cleveland, Ohio Bell Telephone Co., June 11, 1948
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- Creation: June 11, 1948
Book draft: "Lillian Gish: Madonna of the Shadows"-notes and rough draft by Rick De Croix, bulk: 1986
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1986
Article: Lillian Gish, "I Made War Propaganda" in Scribners, Commentator, November 1941
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- Creation: November 1941
Article: "A Star's First Day in the Movies" by Diane B. Williams (story about Lillian Gish; includes letter from Williams to Gish), bulk: 1987
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1987
Contract, signed, between Lillian Gish and Art Cinema Corporation, bulk: 1930
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1930
Scrapbook (photocopied) regarding Lillian Gish (arranged by subject, e.g., clothes, quotes) from John Sorensen, 1922-1988 (scattered)
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- Creation: 1922-1988 (scattered)
Proclamation: Mayor of Bowling Green honoring Lillian Gish, bulk: 1989
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1989
Newspaper clippings and magazine articles about Lillian Gish, 1956, 1969, 1971, 1982-89, 1992-93, undated
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- Creation: 1956, 1969, 1971, 1982-89, 1992-93, undated
Playbills, undated
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- Creation: undated
Films Nyheder--"Way Down East", Season, 1921-1922
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- Creation: 1921-1922
Empire Theater--"The Star Wagon", October 18, 1937
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- Creation: October 18, 1937
Pitt Theatre. Program including article about the film, announcing the showing of "The Birth of the Nation", September ? November 30, 1993
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- Creation: September ? November 30, 1993
National Theater. "Mr. Sycamore" with Lillian Gish, Oct. 26, [?]
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- Creation: Oct. 26, [?]
Sheet music from "Broken Blossoms", bulk: 1919
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1919
Program. University of Michigan. Lillian Gish in "The Trip to Bountiful", undated
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- Creation: undated
Retrospective Film Programs, undated
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- Creation: undated
Life Achievement Award, signed by Lillian Gish, 1984
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- Creation: 1984
Cinecon 22 Tribute to Dorothy Gish, 1986
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- Creation: 1986
D. W. Griffith Award, signed by Lillian Gish, 1987
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- Creation: 1987
M.O.M.A. Lillian Gish Retrospective, signed by Lillian Gish, 1980
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- Creation: 1980
(Photos now on permanent display at Gish Film Theater, BGSU), undated
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George Eastman House presentation of "Way Down East", 4-26-1986
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- Creation: 4-26-1986
Kennedy Center Honors Program/Calendar, bulk: 1982
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1982
Awards and Honors, undated
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- Creation: undated
Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations: Women of Achievement, 1954
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- Creation: 1954
Daughters of the American Colonists, member, 1964
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- Creation: 1964
School of Drama of Yale University Salutes Lillian Gish, November 1965
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- Creation: November 1965
American Mothers' Committee citation, May 9, 1968
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- Creation: May 9, 1968
Alpha Psi Omega dramatic fraternity (with membership card), June 15, 1971
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- Creation: June 15, 1971
Rosemary Awards program, 1972
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- Creation: 1972
James R. Quirk Award, January 20, 1976
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- Creation: January 20, 1976
Town of Hartford, Vermont--honorary citizen, April 4, 1979
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- Creation: April 4, 1979
David Wark Griffith Awards Program, 1981
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- Creation: 1981
Proclamation, City of Sacramento, California, January 27, 1981
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- Creation: January 27, 1981
Proclamation, County of Sacramento, California, February 27, 1981
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- Creation: February 27, 1981
Letter--Le Ministre de la Culture - Lillian Gish - Commandeur de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres, July 12, 1983
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- Creation: July 12, 1983
Certificate (in German) to Lillian Gish, 1984
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- Creation: 1984
Proclamation, City of Columbus, Ohio, March 16, 1984
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- Creation: March 16, 1984
The Critics' Circle Film Award, 1986
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- Creation: 1986
Letter--W.I.F. Crystall Awards, 1992
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- Creation: 1992
Again the Curtain Rises, The Theatre Goodman-includes photographs of plays in which Lillian Gish starred, bulk: 1985
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1985
American Film, "Lillian Gish" by Kevin Brownlow (p.22), bulk: 1984
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1984
Architectural Digest (Lillian Gish's New York apartment featured), (p.238), bulk: 1990
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1990
Bend of The River: The Magazine of the Historic Maumee Valley, including articles on Lillian and Dorothy Gish, bulk: 1995
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1995
Film Comment--articles on D. W. Griffith, or information about Griffith and Griffith Award update, Sept/Oct. 1989, Mar/Apr. 2000
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- Creation: Sept/Oct. 1989, Mar/Apr. 2000
Lillian Gish: An Interpretation, by Edward Wagenknecht, bulk: 1927
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1927
Miscellaneous theater tickets (non-Gish), undated
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- Creation: undated
Hollywood Studio Magazine-articles on Lillian Gish, Ann Southern and Bette Davis, bulk: 1988
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1988
Life, special issue on the movies with photographs of Lillian and Dorothy Gish, (p. 149), bulk: 1963
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1963
Life, special issue on the movies with photograph of Lillian Gish and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (autographed by Lillian), (p. 194), May 1986
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- Creation: May 1986
Modern Maturity, article on Lillian Gish, (p. 32), Dec. 1987/Jan. 1988
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- Creation: Dec. 1987/Jan. 1988
MB News (The Museum of Broadcasting Newsletter), article on silent movies including comments by Lillian Gish. Handwritten note on front cover from Eva Marie Saint to Ralph Wolfe, Vol 11, No. 1 (p. 45-47), Winter 1987
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- Creation: Winter 1987
The New Yorker--an article on Ollie North with comparison of eyes to Lillian Gish, (p. 19), bulk: 1987
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1987
Acting in the Cinema by James Naremore-chapter on Lillian Gish in True Heart Susie, bulk: 1988
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1988
Ohio Magazine--article on Lillian Gish, March 1984
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- Creation: March 1984
People Magazine--articles on Lillian Gish, February 9, 1987 (p. 70), (p. 71), December 14, 1987
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- Creation: December 14, 1987
Premiere--article on Whales of August, in French, (p. 150-152), May 1987
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- Creation: May 1987
Premiere--article on Lillian Gish, (p.62), October 1987
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- Creation: October 1987
Premiere Special-"100 years of movie making" article on Lillian Gish, (p. 65), Winter 1991
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- Creation: Winter 1991
Reader: Los Angeles Free Weekly--article on Hedda Hopper's Hollywood with quotes from Lillian Gish, April 4, 1986
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- Creation: April 4, 1986
Vanity Fair--article on Lillian Gish, (p. 98), October 1987
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- Creation: October 1987
The Smithsonian Associate, Lillian Gish, Ginger Rogers, Sally Fields..., April 1986
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- Creation: April 1986
American Cinematographer; Preview, Permiere 1990 articles on Lillian Gish, June 1984, October 1987, 27 July 1988
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- Creation: June 1984, October 1987, 27 July 1988
Harvard Magazine--picture of Lillian Gish, Nov/Dec 1989
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- Creation: Nov/Dec 1989
Festival International de Paris, Cover, November 10, 1983
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- Creation: November 10, 1983
- Language of Materials
- French
The Whales of August March of Dimes Benefit. "Whales" Premier invitation, 10-14-1987
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- Creation: 10-14-1987
Newsclippings and articles about L. Gish and "The Whales of August", bulk: 1987
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1987
The Whales of August presskit and other publicity including Japanese material, letter to Ralph Wolfe from Mike Kaplan, 1987, 1982
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- Creation: 1987, 1982
Photographs of Lillian Gish-copy prints from Public Relations Office at BGSU: Lillian Gish with her Oscar, and in various movie roles, some with Dorothy; also includes some publicity portraits, (scattered dates), undated
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- Creation: (scattered dates), undated
Photographs of Lillian Gish-8 photographs, 1 magazine picture (one signed to Dorothy Hanson), and 1 photocopy of Lillian in A Romance of Happy Valley, (1919), 1930, 1937, undated
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- Creation: (1919), 1930, 1937, undated
Line drawing of Lillian Gish, page from New Yorker, reproduction of 1919 cartoon of Gish sisters, 2-9-1998
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- Creation: 2-9-1998
Photographs of Lillian with photocopies as listed below, undated
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Portrait, 1919
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- Creation: 1919
Portrait (copy), 1919
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- Creation: 1919
Portrait, 1922
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- Creation: 1922
Portrait (2 copies), c. early 1920s
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- Creation: c. early 1920s
Portrait, c. early 1920s
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- Creation: c. early 1920s
At Newport Dog Show, 1922
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- Creation: 1922
With Elliott Dexter and Marie Doro, 1922
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- Creation: 1922
Portrait, 1922
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- Creation: 1922
White Sister, 1924
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- Creation: 1924
White Sister, 1924
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- Creation: 1924
White Sister, 1924
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- Creation: 1924
Romola, 1924
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- Creation: 1924
Romola, postcard, undated
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- Creation: undated
Portrait, 1924
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- Creation: 1924
Painting of Lillian at Chicago Art Institute, 1925
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- Creation: 1925
With Joyce Coad in "Scarlet Letter", 1926
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- Creation: 1926
Portrait, 1927
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- Creation: 1927
Portrait-publicity for "The Great Chase", 1927
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- Creation: 1927
Portrait-publicity for "The Great Chase", 1927
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- Creation: 1927
Wearing a Kasha coat, 1927
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- Creation: 1927
On S.S. Ile De France, 1928
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- Creation: 1928
4 Lillian Gish postcards and tiny portrait, 1920s
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- Creation: 1920s
Photographs of Lillian with photocopies as listed below, undated
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On S. S. Ile De France, 1931
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- Creation: 1931
Portrait, 1932
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- Creation: 1932
Portrait, 1932
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- Creation: 1932
On S. S. Europa, 1932
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- Creation: 1932
On S. S. Olympia, 1933
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- Creation: 1933
On a ship, 1936
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- Creation: 1936
With Mary Lewis, Zoe Akins and Tallulah Bankhead, 1936
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- Creation: 1936
White Sister, 1937
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- Creation: 1937
With mother, Mary Robinson Gish, 1937
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- Creation: 1937
Testifying before Senate Subcommittee on Education and Labor on establishing a Federal Bureau of Art, 1938
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- Creation: 1938
Publicity shot, 1938
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- Creation: 1938
On S. S. Ile de France, 1938
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- Creation: 1938
On S. S. Ile de France, 1938
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- Creation: 1938
On S. S. Ile de France, 1938
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- Creation: 1938
With Burgess Meredith and Jane Cowl testifying before Senate Subcommittee on Education and Labor on Federal Bureau of Art, 1938
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- Creation: 1938
With Cyril Scott, Edna Wallace Hopper and Burgess Meredith, bulk: 1938
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1938
With Beulah Bondi, 1939
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- Creation: 1939
Photographs of Lillian with photocopies as listed below, undated
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- Creation: undated
In "Life with Father", 1940-1941
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- Creation: 1940-1941
Selling ticket for special concert of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1941
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- Creation: 1941
On train with dog, Malcolm, 1942
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- Creation: 1942
With Elizabeth Fraser, 1942
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- Creation: 1942
Signing contract with Mary Pickford looking on, 1942
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- Creation: 1942
Portrait, 1943
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- Creation: 1943
Publicity shot, 1943
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- Creation: 1943
With secretary and dog, Malcolm, 1943
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- Creation: 1943
At desk, 1943
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- Creation: 1943
With dog, Malcolm, 1943
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- Creation: 1943
With dog, Malcolm, 1943
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- Creation: 1943
With Donald O'Connor, 1943
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- Creation: 1943
With movie children for "Commandoes Strike at Dawn", 1943
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- Creation: 1943
Lobby card, "Commandoes Strike at Dawn", 1943
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- Creation: 1943
With Joseph Cotton in "Duel in the Sun" also one color photo of Lillian in the movie, 1947
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- Creation: 1947
With playwright, Charles MacArthur and his brother, John D. MacArthur, 1949
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- Creation: 1949
On the Queen Mary, 1952
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- Creation: 1952
Portrait, 1954
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- Creation: 1954
Relaxing in dressing room for "The Cobweb", 1955
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- Creation: 1955
Celebrating the opening of the New York Public Library's Theater Collection, 1956
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- Creation: 1956
Photographs of Lillian with photocopies as listed below, undated
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- Creation: undated
With E. G. Marshall on "The Defenders", 1962
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- Creation: 1962
With E. G. Marshall on "The Defenders", 1962
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- Creation: 1962
With E. G. Marshall on "The Defenders", 1962
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- Creation: 1962
On "The Defenders", 1962
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- Creation: 1962
On "The Defenders", 1962
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- Creation: 1962
On "The Defenders", 1962
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- Creation: 1962
With Dean Jagger on "Novak", 1963
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- Creation: 1963
With Dean Jagger on "Novak", 1963
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- Creation: 1963
With Martha Graham and Katharine Cornell, 1965
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- Creation: 1965
The Comedians, 1967
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- Creation: 1967
The Comedians, 1967
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- Creation: 1967
The Comedians, 1967
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- Creation: 1967
Presenting her collection to L. Quincy Mumford, Library of Congress, 1970
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- Creation: 1970
Visiting Statue of Evangeline in Nova Scotia, 1972
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- Creation: 1972
Celebrating 55th birthday with Charles Laughton and Paul Gregory, 1971
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- Creation: 1971
With Miki Iveria-"Order to Kill", undated
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- Creation: undated
Photographs of Dorothy and Lillian Gish, undated
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- Creation: undated
With Mother on way to California, 1924
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- Creation: 1924
With Richard Barthelmess in Italy, 1928
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- Creation: 1928
On the S. S. Corte di Savoia, 1935
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- Creation: 1935
Opening of "Life with Father" in Chicago, 1940
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- Creation: 1940
With Susanna Foster at Universal Studios, 1943
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- Creation: 1943
On S. S. Gripsholm, 1946
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- Creation: 1946
With lifeguard on Isle of Capri, 1955
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- Creation: 1955
Copy prints of the two, various dates
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- Creation: various dates
Photographs of Lillian Gish with her manager James Frasher, ca. 1979, 1980
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- Creation: ca. 1979, 1980
Photograph of Lillian Gish and William H. Eells, w/ letter to Marcia Latta from Eells, bulk: 1982
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1982
Photo postcards of dwellings at Cuddebackville, NY, Photographs of D. W. Griffith's studio, Mamaroneck, NY, c. 1920
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- Creation: c. 1920
Photographs of Lillian Gish in various performances, i.e., "Within the Gates", undated
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- Creation: undated
Photographs (3) of Lillian Gish receiving Ohio Governor's Award, and with groups, bulk: 1963
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1963
Photograph of Lillian Gish and group at Kennedy Center Honors Gala, bulk: 1979
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1979
Invitation and program--Distinguished Women of Northwood Institute--includes photographs of Lillian and others, bulk: 1981
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1981
Lillian Gish star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, undated
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- Creation: undated
Tape recording (2 audio cassettes) of Lillian Gish interview and tribute at Phoenix Radio and Arizona State University, November 15-16, 1985
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- Creation: November 15-16, 1985
Tape recording of Memorial Service for Dorothy Hanson (audio cassette), July 21, 1985
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- Creation: July 21, 1985
Videos, undated
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- Creation: undated
The Whales of August (television clips), undated
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- Creation: undated
The Making of The Whales of August, December 1987
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- Creation: December 1987
Videos, media, undated
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- Creation: undated
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. "Happy Birthday Lillian", Oct 1989
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- Creation: Oct 1989
Gish press conference, October 1982
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- Creation: October 1982
5 1/4" Floppy computer disk: Gish, Remember, undated
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- Creation: undated
Videos, undated
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- Creation: undated
"The Trip to Bountiful" (VHS and DVD copies), bulk: 1953
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1953
The Actor's Life for Me PBS American Masters, bulk: 1988
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1988
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., bulk: 1990
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1990
Video--AFI Life Achievement Awards honoring Lillian Gish, bulk: 1989
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1989
DVD - AFI Life Achievement Awards honoring Lillian Gish, bulk: 1989
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1989
Video--"The White Sister", undated
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- Creation: undated
Video - Romola, undated
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- Creation: undated
CD - Marry for Murder, radio drama, bulk: 1943
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1943
Video - The Man Who Had Influence, bulk: 1950
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1950
Video - Warning Shot, bulk: 1967
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1967
Video - D.W. Griffith: Father of Film, PBS American Masters, undated
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- Creation: undated
Video - The Silent Feminists by Anthony Slide, undated
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- Creation: undated
DVD - Never Apologize (Lindsay Anderson tribute by Mike Kaplan), bulk: 2011
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 2011
DVD - The Wind, Lillian Gish interview, and Intolerance, 12/17/2012
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- Creation: 12/17/2012
Newsclippings, articles, programs about Lillian Gish (such as the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize), bulk: 1993-
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1993-
Newsclippings. Articles on Lillian Gish's death, bulk: 1993
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1993
Program. Memorial Service for Lillian Gish, March 11, 1993
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- Creation: March 11, 1993
"A Moment with Miss Gish" by Peter Bogdanovich, bulk: 1995
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1995
Lillian Gish: First Lady of the Screen, Lillian Gish Centenary. Museum of Modern Art, October 14, 1993
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- Creation: October 14, 1993
Catalog. "Property From the Estate of Lillian Gish, Sale 1509 at Sotheby's", June 23, 1995
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- Creation: June 23, 1995
Will. Lillian Gish, bulk: 1995
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1995
Information packet. Dedication ceremony. The Museum of Modern Art, Celeste Bartos Film Preservation Center (Partial funding for the center was provided by the Lillian Gish Trust), June 20, 1996
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- Creation: June 20, 1996
Programs, exhibits, etc. honoring Lillian Gish since her death, undated
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- Creation: undated
Photos of Lillian Gish's clothing, some of which was donated to CAC, bulk: 1995
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1995
Photos of Lillian Gish donated by John P. Kokales, 1940's and 1950's
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- Creation: 1940's and 1950's
Photos of Lillian Gish donated from various sources, 1920-1990 scattered
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- Creation: 1920-1990 scattered
Photos - miscellaneous, undated
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- Creation: undated
Emil Dansker gift - Lillian Gish ephemera, 1920-1997
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- Creation: 1920-1997
Materials that were once restricted, undated
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- Creation: undated
Gish Theater Advisory Board, 1987-1993 (scattered)
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- Creation: 1987-1993 (scattered)
Dorothy Hanson Scrapbook of Lillian Gish correspondence, 1933-1956 (scattered)
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- Creation: 1933-1956 (scattered)
Lillian Gish Correspondence, 1973-1992
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- Creation: 1973-1992
Contract for "One Romantic Night", 1930
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- Creation: 1930
Lauren Hutton correspondence, 1988
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- Creation: 1988
Roddy McDowall correspondence, 1987-1998
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- Creation: 1987-1998
Lily Tomlin correspondence, 1988
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- Creation: 1988
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. correspondence, 1988-1995
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- Creation: 1988-1995
Lindsay Anderson correspondence, 1993
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- Creation: 1993
Letter to Hollis A. Moore from U.S. President Gerald Ford, June 22, 1976
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- Creation: June 22, 1976
Phyllis Diller correspondence, 2001, 2003
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- Creation: 2001, 2003
Signed programs, 1982-1988
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- Creation: 1982-1988
Signed programs, 1990-2001
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- Creation: 1990-2001
Signed programs (film directors), 1993-1996
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- Creation: 1993-1996
Autographed copies of program booklet, Eva Marie Saint Theatre dedication, March 6, 1987
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- Creation: March 6, 1987
Cocktail napkins from BGSU Lillian Gish birthday party, bulk: 1989
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1989
T-shirt from "Miss Lillian", September 26-29, 2002
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- Creation: September 26-29, 2002
Ralph Wolfe scrapbook--Clippings, articles, photographs, correspondence on the establishment of the Gish Film Theater and Lillian Gish's honorary degree, 1971-1981
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- Creation: 1971-1981
Ralph Wolfe scrapbook--Clippings, articles, photographs, correspondence on Lillian Gish, her career, and the Gish Film Theater, 2-15-1982 - March 1984
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- Creation: 2-15-1982 - March 1984
Ralph Wolfe scrapbook--Clippings, articles, photographs, correspondence on Lillian Gish, her career, and the Gish Film Theater, March 1984-
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- Creation: March 1984-
Scrapbook kept by Wilna Krisher, West Unity, Ohio, of correspondence (including clippings and articles) Lillian Gish, 1981-1991
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- Creation: 1981-1991
Scrapbook (part 1), "Gishiana" of Gish newspaper clippings kept by Dorothy Hanson, scattered dates
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- Creation: scattered dates
Scrapbook (part 2), "Gishiana" of correspondence between Dorothy Hanson and Lillian Gish, loose clippings, 1933-1956, 1933-1979 (scattered)
- Dates
- Creation: 1933-1956, 1933-1979 (scattered)
Scrapbook of newsclippings about Dorothy and Lillian Gish, when they appeared in Romola, bulk: 1924
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1924
Gish-related books, 1917-1990
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- Creation: 1917-1990
Romola by George Eliot-published with scenes from photoplay produced by Inspiration Pictures, Inc., undated
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- Creation: undated
The Clansman by Thomas Dixon, illustrated with scenes from the photoplay, The Birth of a Nation, undated
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- Creation: undated
The White Sister by F. Marion Crawford-published with scenes from the photoplay produced by Inspiration Pictures, Inc. Signed by Lillian Gish, bulk: 1917
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1917
Dorothy and Lillian Gish by Lillian Gish, bulk: 1973
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1973
La Boheme by Marie Coolidge-Rask, bulk: 1926
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1926
An Actor's Life for Me by Lillian Gish, signed & inscribed, bulk: 1987
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1987
Lillian Gish: The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me, by Lillian Gish (includes hard cover and soft cover (signed) and Japanese translation, with correspondence, 1969, 1990
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- Creation: 1969, 1990
Double Exposure--Take Two by Roddy McDowall, bulk: 1989
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1989
A Celebration of the 80s --portraits by Nancy Rica Schiff, bulk: 1983
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1983
Limelight (2 copies) photographs by James Abbe, including images of Dorothy and Lillian Gish. Dorothy appears on the cover of both the hard and soft cover editions, undated
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- Creation: undated
The Glory that was Gold--Central City Opera House history, (Miss Gish performed here), July 16-23, 1932
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- Creation: July 16-23, 1932
Orphans of the Storm, by Henry MacMahon, undated
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- Creation: undated
Way Down East (2 copies: one copy with a dust jacket from Jan Wahl, second copy with no dust jacket from Todd Light), undated
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- Creation: undated
Family Photographs, c. 1918-1970
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- Creation: c. 1918-1970
Mary Gish (Lillian's mother) in large frame, c. 1918
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- Creation: c. 1918
Mary Gish, seated, by Kenneth Alexander, c. 1918
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- Creation: c. 1918
Clay McConnell (Lillian's first cousin), c. 1970
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- Creation: c. 1970
Clay McConnell, c. 1930
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- Creation: c. 1930
Clay McConnell, c. 1920
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- Creation: c. 1920
Edmund Gish, bulk: 1925
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1925
Photographs (8) of Dorothy, taken in her early career, including one of her in "Magnificent Yankee", undated
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- Creation: undated
Lillian Gish wearing Valentina hat, ca. 1950
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- Creation: ca. 1950
Unidentified miniature family photos and a portrait on an early plastic, undated
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- Creation: undated
Framed photo of Dorothy Gish by Nell Dorr, undated
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- Creation: undated
Framed photo of Lillian and Mary Gish by Nell Dorr, undated
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- Creation: undated
Family Photographs and Miniature Portraits Originally Displayed by Lillian Gish in Frames on a Small Table, c. 1860-1940
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- Creation: c. 1860-1940
Photo of Lillian's photo table at Gish Film Theater, miniature painting of Dorothy and Lillian c. 1918, 3 photos of the Gish sisters as children, c. 1901
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- Creation: c. 1901
2 Photos of Dorothy Gish, c. 1901, c. 1930
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- Creation: c. 1901, c. 1930
6 Photos of Mary Gish, Mary Gish with baby, Mary Gish with her dog, 2 photos of Mary Gish with Lillian, Mary with Lillian and Dorothy, and a miniature painting of Mary Gish, c. 1890-1930
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- Creation: c. 1890-1930
Photo of Mary and James Gish, c. 1890
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- Creation: c. 1890
Photo of Elizabeth "Lillie" Ellen Robinson McConnell and Henry Clay McConnell (Lillian's maternal grandparents), and copy photo of Elizabeth, c. 1860
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- Creation: c. 1860
Photo of Emily McConnell (aunt) and a photo of Frank Cleaver (uncle), c. 1890
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- Creation: c. 1890
2 framed original photos of Emily Merrill (cousin), c. 1980
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- Creation: c. 1980
4 framed original photos of Gish pets, c. 1920-1940
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- Creation: c. 1920-1940
Framed copy photo of Lillian and Dorothy Gish and a copy of a painting of them on ivory, undated
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- Creation: undated
4 framed copy photos of Dorothy Gish, undated
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- Creation: undated
4 framed copy photos of Mary Gish and a copy of a painting of her on ivory, undated
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- Creation: undated
2 framed copy photos of Mary and Lillian Gish, undated
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- Creation: undated
Framed copy photo of Mary and James Gish, undated
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- Creation: undated
Framed copy photo of Elizabeth and Henry McConnell, undated
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- Creation: undated
Framed copy photo of Emily McConnell, undated
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- Creation: undated
Framed copy photo of D.W. Griffith, undated
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- Creation: undated
Framed photos, unidentified, undated
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- Creation: undated
Photographs, Friends and Colleagues, c. 1918-1980
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- Creation: c. 1918-1980
Richard Barthlemess and daughter, Mary, c. 1920
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- Creation: c. 1920
Richard Barthlemess and daughter, Mary, c. 1920
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- Creation: c. 1920
Richard Barthlemess and his mother, c. 1918
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- Creation: c. 1918
Richard Barthlemess/Clairine Seymour in Scarlet Days, c. 1919
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- Creation: c. 1919
F. Baum, author, signed & inscribed to Lillian, undated
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- Creation: undated
Lina Cavalieri -Paris- inscribed to Lillian, bulk: 1930
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1930
Paul Gregory and Charles Laughton, c. 1970
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- Creation: c. 1970
Helen Hayes and her children, c. 1940
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- Creation: c. 1940
Helen Hayes and son James MacArthur, c 1960
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- Creation: c 1960
Arthur Hopkins-Broadway Producer, c. 1930
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- Creation: c. 1930
Marie "Petty" Kratsh - Lillian Gish's chaperon in Italy, by Kenneth Alexander, c. 1920
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- Creation: c. 1920
Henry Langlois -Peje Dimiz- Paris, bulk: 1973
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1973
Louis S. Levy, head of Chadbourn, Stanchfield and Levy, New York, bulk: 1920
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1920
James MacArthur and his family (2 photos), c 1980
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- Creation: c 1980
Actress Mae Marsh, c. 1920
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- Creation: c. 1920
Armina Marshall and Lawrence Langner, c. 1980
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- Creation: c. 1980
Guthrie McClintic, c. 1940
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- Creation: c. 1940
Guthrie McClintic (copy), c. 1940
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- Creation: c. 1940
Melwitz, head of United Artists in Germany, bulk: 1928
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1928
Phyllis Moir (Mrs. Henry Forbes) by G. Maillard Kesslere, N.Y., former secretary of Lillian Gish, c. 1940
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- Creation: c. 1940
Alexander P. Moore -U.S. Ambassador to Spain- inscribed to Lillian, April 3, 1923
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- Creation: April 3, 1923
George Jean Nathan, c. 1920
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- Creation: c. 1920
Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright, signed & inscribed, bulk: 1934
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1934
Ronald Reagan--signed & inscribed, bulk: 1982
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1982
Nancy Reagan--signed & inscribed, bulk: 1982
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1982
Constance Talmadge by Henry Waxman (fragile), c. 1930
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- Creation: c. 1930
Constance Talmage, c. 1930
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- Creation: c. 1930
Charron Follet Trout, actress, and family, (2 photos), c. 1980
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- Creation: c. 1980
Baroness Von Uxkull by V. Gudenberg, c. 1928
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- Creation: c. 1928
Baroness von Uxkull with Christopher, bulk: 1938
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1938
Roland Young in His Double Life, bulk: 1932
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1932
Roland Young in His Double Life, bulk: 1932
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1932
Honors and Awards on paper (framed), 1957-1985
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- Creation: 1957-1985
Life Achievement Award from the Woman's National Republican Club, Inc., bulk: 1984
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1984
Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Art Alliance Award of Merit, March 17, 1970
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- Creation: March 17, 1970
Proclamation--Governor of Arizona, November 15, 1985
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- Creation: November 15, 1985
Popular Culture Association--Award of Excellence, bulk: 1979
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1979
Resolution from State of California, February 20, 1981
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- Creation: February 20, 1981
Resolution from the Commonwealth of Kentucky making Lillian Gish a Kentucky Colonel, October 13, 1981
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- Creation: October 13, 1981
Framed print on plastic--Kennedy Center Honorees, including Lillian Gish, August 16, 1982
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- Creation: August 16, 1982
Photo of Lillian Gish and fellow actors/actresses receiving the George Eastman House Award, bulk: 1957
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1957
Honors and Awards - Plaques, 1951-1987
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- Creation: 1951-1987
Stock Manager Association, bulk: 1951
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1951
Central City Opera House Association, Lillian Gish Patio dedication, June 26, 1971
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- Creation: June 26, 1971
Rosemary Award Association Plaque, bulk: 1972
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1972
St. Genesius Award--Catholic Actors Guild, November 6, 1982
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- Creation: November 6, 1982
D.W. Griffith Career Achievement Award, bulk: 1987
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1987
National Board of Review--D. W. Griffith Awards--Film in Review, Best Actress Lillian Gish and Holly Hunter, bulk: 1987
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1987
Resorts International, Showcase Honors Lillian Gish, September 16, 1987
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- Creation: September 16, 1987
Presidents Club, Bowling Green State University, undated
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- Creation: undated
Dorothy and Lillian Gish Award, undated
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- Creation: undated
CBS-TV "An American Portrait", March 20, 1985
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- Creation: March 20, 1985
Ohio Governor's Award to Lillian Gish, bulk: 1963
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1963
Ohio Women Hall of Fame to Lillian Gish, bulk: 1980
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1980
Dartmouth Film Award poster, April 4, 1979
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- Creation: April 4, 1979
Trophies, 1969, 1980
- Dates
- Creation: 1969
- Creation: 1980
Ohio Women Hall of Fame, August 26, 1980
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- Creation: August 26, 1980
Golden Chair, In Honor of Lillian Gish, Central City's Own First Lady of the Theater and Beloved "Camille", May 13, 1969
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- Creation: May 13, 1969
Artwork on Paper (many from fans), c. 1936-1990
- Dates
- Creation: c. 1936-1990
Watercolor of Lillian Gish as she would have appeared in Camille or Life with Father, by John Hapgood (16 x 20), undated
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- Creation: undated
Print by Ruth Hammond inscribed by the artist of a scene from Life with Father (8 x 10), belonged to Dorothy Gish, undated
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- Creation: undated
Watercolor of a scene from possibly Life With Father (8 x 5), belonged to Dorothy Gish, bulk: 1940
- Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1940
Watercolor of old homestead, perhaps Deerfield, MA (Nimm's family), Lillian Gish's mother's family (17 x 12 3/4), undated
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- Creation: undated
Photos of art and newsclippings from a Lillian Gish exhibit mounted by artist Christopher Shaner at the Rocky Hill Town Library, Connecticut, May 30, 1971
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- Creation: May 30, 1971
Ballpoint pen sketch of Lillian Gish as she may have appeared in Miss Susie Slagle by T. H. Dodson (9 3/4 x 13), bulk: 1972
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1972
Pencil portrait of Dorothy Gish by Michael G. Reagan (10 x 15), bulk: 1983
- Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1983
Pencil portrait of Lillian Gish by Christopher Shaner called "Anna Moore" (16 x 20), April 1971
- Dates
- Creation: April 1971
Print of Lillian Gish by Christopher Shaner as Anna Moore in Way Down East (11 x 14 1/2), October 1970
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- Creation: October 1970
Pencil portrait of Reba Hart, companion to the Gishs' by MacDonald (9 1/4 x 12), c. 1937
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- Creation: c. 1937
Pencil sketch of Lillian Gish in Orphans of the Storm by Towler (6 x 8 1/2), c. 1980
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- Creation: c. 1980
Pencil sketches of Lillian Gish by Towler (6 x 9 1/2), c. 1980
- Dates
- Creation: c. 1980
Pencil portrait of Lillian Gish by N. Baechli (8 1/4 x 9 1/4), c. 1970
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- Creation: c. 1970
Artist's proof of photo titled "Blanche Sweet" by Patricia Smart (6 3/4 x 9 1/4), c. 1975
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- Creation: c. 1975
Artist's proof of print of Lillian Gish as a girl probably by Patricia Smart (6 1/2 x 9 1/2), c. 1975
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- Creation: c. 1975
Artist's proof of print of Lillian Gish from possibly Night of the Hunter by Patricia Smart (9 1/2 x 13 1/4), c. 1975
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- Creation: c. 1975
Artist's proof of print of Lillian and Dorothy Gish, titled Two Orphans by Patricia Smart (9 1/4 x 13 1/4), c. 1975
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- Creation: c. 1975
Photo engraving ? entitled "Lillian Gish, Montague Love and the Family Portrait" by Patricia Smart, c. 1975
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- Creation: c. 1975
Pastel portrait of Lillian Gish by Tom Dodson (9 1/2 x 12 3/4), bulk: 1972
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1972
Watercolor and colored pencil portrait of Lillian Gish by Barbara A. Kuhn (13 x 17), bulk: 1972
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1972
Charcoal portrait of Lillian Gish by Cal (16 x 19); Handwritten note to Lillian from Cal on back, May 9, 1979
- Dates
- Creation: May 9, 1979
Photo collage birthday card for Lillian Gish from crew of "The Whales of August", October 14, 1986
- Dates
- Creation: October 14, 1986
Photo collage of Lillian Gish fur ad, undated
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- Creation: undated
Pencil drawing of Dorothy Gish by L. J. Malba, c. 1936
- Dates
- Creation: c. 1936
Watercolor of Lillian Gish in Way Down East, by Howard Gilligan (7 x 9), with D. W. Griffith stamp incorporated into design, undated
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- Creation: undated
Watercolor on envelope of Lillian Gish in The Scarlet Letter, by Howard Gilligan (7 3/4 x 10), with D. W. Griffith stamps incorporated into design, bulk: 1974
- Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1974
Watercolor of Lillian Gish in Duel in the Sun by Howard Gilligan (10 x 11 3/4) with D. W. Griffith stamps incorporated into design, c 1970
- Dates
- Creation: c 1970
Watercolor on envelope of Lillian Gish in Romola, by Howard Gilligan (5 x 7), with stamp incorporated into design, bulk: 1975
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- Creation: Majority of material found in 1975
Pencil portrait of Lillian Gish, 10 x 9, undated
- Dates
- Creation: undated
Eight hand-made Christmas cards from Japanese students to Lillian Gish, with letter from their teacher, December 1, 1990
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- Creation: December 1, 1990
Photographs and broadsides, 1919-1984
- Dates
- Creation: 1919-1984
Pages from the "Mid Week Pictorial" featuring publicity for various Gish films, 1920-1926 (scattered)
- Dates
- Creation: 1920-1926 (scattered)
D. W. Griffith stamp poster (housed in Perrysburg at CAC Preservation Lab), May 27, 1975
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- Creation: May 27, 1975
D. W. Griffith photo with stamp--first day issue, May 27, 1975
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- Creation: May 27, 1975