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Special Collections and Archives

Lois Wilson, Papers, 1923-1988

Lois Wilson, Papers, 1923-1988

Finding Aid

Prepared for by Barbara Bass, July 12, 2002; Updated August 2006
8 record storage boxes, 3 oversize flat boxes, 1 oversize folder, 11 cubic feet

This material is housed in an off-site storage facility and requires up to 5 business days for retrieval. Please call or email the department with requests for this material prior to your visit.

Oversized boxes and folders remain in Special Collections and Archives.

Biographical Note

Film and stage actress, Lois Wilson began her career in 1916 and was a leading lady of the silent film era. Two of her best known roles were Molly Wingate in "The Covered Wagon" and Daisy Buchanan in the 1926 version of "The Great Gatsby" for which she won the Photoplay magazine best performance award. She later acted in sound movies and also performed on Broadway several times. She also appeared in several soap operas, including "Guiding Light" and "Edge of Night."

Among her other activities, Wilson served as a volunteer for Actor's Equity for 18 years and the Equal Opportunity Committee for AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Actors). She was also a charter member of the Screen Actors Guild.

Wilson was a guest for the Artist-Lecture series at Kent State University in 1973 and was asked at that time to donate her papers to Special Collections and Archives. In 1975, she was awarded KSU's first honorary degree in preforming arts for her performance in "The Women."

Lois Wilson died of pnuemonia on March 3, 1988, at the age of 93.

Scope and Content

Lois Wilson's papers include correspondence, photographs of her performances in silent screen, sound movies and plays, and programs from her career as a silent screen star. Correspondence is written to Lois Wilson unless otherwise noted. Her collection also includes programs from her stage performances.

Description of Series:

Series 1: Correspondence

Box 1

Folder -- Contents
  1. Correspondence: Aguirre, Javier: Apr. 29, 1954
  2. Correspondence: Alcorn Family: n.d.
  3. Correspondence: Allen, Joyce: Nov. 28, 1945
  4. Correspondence: Amrein, Mrs. John D. (Frances): Apr. 15, 1968
  5. Correspondence: Anderson, Robert: Oct. 3, 1971
  6. Correspondence: Appleton, Lewis Wilson Jr.: Feb. 2, 1944
  7. Correspondence: Arthur, Fredric Mae: Dec. 18, 1944
  8. Correspondence: Baker, Jerry: Mar. 1, 1943
  9. Correspondence: Baker, Pvt. Lester: n.d.
  10. Correspondence: Bayuk, Connie (Mrs. Edward): Sept. 18, n.y.
  11. Correspondence: Bayuk, Edward: Dec. 27, 1944
  12. Correspondence: Bea, Connie: July 11, n.y.
  13. Correspondence: Bea, Connie: n.d.
  14. Correspondence: Bea, Connie: n.d.
  15. Correspondence: Bennett, Sherry: Nov. 28, 1945
  16. Correspondence: Berlin, Irving: July 22, 1966; June 21, 1968
  17. Correspondence: Bishop, Dick: Nov. 28, 1945
  18. Correspondence: Booth, Shirley: Oct. 4, 1965
  19. Correspondence: Borg, Ruthy: Nov. 28, 1945
  20. Correspondence: Brock, Al to Alex Gildzen: Nov. 3, 1971
  21. Correspondence: Brown, John Mason: n.d.
  22. Correspondence: Brownie: n.d.
  23. Correspondence: Buck, Gene: Nov. 13, 1944
  24. Correspondence: Caltillo, Luis: May 4, 1954
  25. Correspondence: Capelle, Henry: Sept. 13, n.y.
  26. Correspondence: Carleton, May (Mrs. William P.): n.d.
  27. Correspondence: Carson, G. William, M.D.: Mar. 14, 1949
  28. Correspondence: Casey, Robert: n.d.
  29. Correspondence: Charles: Mar. 20, 1973
  30. Correspondence: Chatterton, Ruth: Jan. 4, 1960
  31. Correspondence: Clarence, Eileen: n.d.
  32. Correspondence: Clark, Monsignor Eugene V.: June 24, 1975
  33. Correspondence: Clune, Bette: Aug. 14, 1944
  34. Correspondence: Collins, William S. to Alex Gildzen: Jan. 1, 1972
  35. Correspondence: Collins, William S. to Alex Gildzen: Mar. 22, 1972
  36. Correspondence: Collyer, Bud: n.d.
  37. Correspondence: Cooke, Terence J., Archbishop-designate: Mar. 13, 1968
  38. Correspondence: Cooke, Terence J., Archbishop of New York: May 9, 1969
  39. Correspondence: Conley, Richard J.: Sept. 19, 1944
  40. Correspondence: Cousins, Diana (Mrs. Ralph): May 20, 1947
  41. Correspondence: Cousins, Diana (Mrs. Ralph): Jan. 25, 1948
  42. Correspondence: Cousins, Diana (Mrs. Ralph): Feb. 25, n.y.
  43. Correspondence: Cousins, Diana (Mrs. Ralph): n.d.
  44. Correspondence: Cousins, Diana (Mrs. Ralph): n.d.
  45. Correspondence: Cousins, Ralph P.: n.d.
  46. Correspondence: D., Mary: July 4, n.y.
  47. Correspondence: Dalrymple, Jean: Nov. 28, 1945
  48. Correspondence: David, Judy: n.d.
  49. Correspondence: DeMille, Agnes George: May 11, 1970
  50. Correspondence: DeMille, Agnes George: Mar. 13, 1971
  51. Correspondence: Denton, Willard K.: Nov. 29, 1944
  52. Correspondence: Denton, Willard K.: Dec. 13, 1944
  53. Correspondence: Donna: n.d.
  54. Correspondence: Dreyfus, Charles: May 1, 1943
  55. Correspondence: Duncan, Angus: May 28, 1970
  56. Correspondence: Duncan, Angus: June 12, 1970
  57. Correspondence: Dunn, Irene: Oct. 25, 1957
  58. Correspondence: Dunn, Irene: n.d.
  59. Correspondence: Edith: Mar. 6, n.y.
  60. Correspondence: Edmund: Sept. 25, 1952
  61. Correspondence: Edmund: Christmas, n.y.
  62. Correspondence: Edmund: n.d.
  63. Correspondence: Elizabeth: n.d.
  64. Correspondence: Erdmann, Louis O.: Mar. 26, 1973
  65. Correspondence: Erin: n.d.
  66. Correspondence: Fairbanks, Douglas: July 18, 1966
  67. Correspondence: Fairbanks, Douglas: Sept. 8, 1966
  68. Correspondence: Farrar, John: Jan. 29, 1968
  69. Correspondence: Fernandez, Paulino San Martin: May 4, 1954
  70. Correspondence: Fitzmaurice, Patricia: n.d.
  71. Correspondence: Fitzmaurice, Sheila: Jan. 2, 1947
  72. Correspondence: Fitzmaurice, Sheila: n.d.
  73. Correspondence: Flack, Sgt. Frank M.: Aug. 30, 1944
  74. Correspondence: Flobe and Shirl: n.d.
  75. Correspondence: Fulbright, Thomas: Jan. 28, 1972
  76. Correspondence: G., Herman H.: n.d.
  77. Correspondence: G., Herman H.: n.d.
  78. Correspondence: Gassner, Mordi: Feb. 20, 1957
  79. Correspondence: Gillette, Ruth: Aug. 30, 1965
  80. Correspondence: Gish, Lillian: Apr. 6, 1949
  81. Correspondence: Gish, Lillian: May 5, 1971
  82. Correspondence: Gish, Lillian: n.d.
  83. Correspondence: Gonzalez, Bill: Dec. 25, n.y.
  84. Correspondence: Goyette, George: July 26, 1944
  85. Correspondence: Grant, Micki: June 15, 1972
  86. Correspondence: Grant, Micki: June 3, 1975
  87. Correspondence: Grant, Micki, June 10, 1975
  88. Correspondence: Green, Ronald: Feb. 18, 1972
  89. Correspondence: Green, Ron to Alex Gildzen: Sept. 12, 1972
  90. Correspondence: Green, Ronald: Sept. 22, 1972
  91. Correspondence: Gressley, Gene M.: Oct. 23, 1972
  92. Correspondence: Griffin, Irene Dunne: n.d.
  93. Correspondence: Hanrahan, Mary: Nov. 28, 1945
  94. Correspondence: [Harrigan], Nedda: n.d.
  95. Correspondence: [Hatton], Elaine and Brad: Nov. 28, 1945
  96. Correspondence: Havenstrite, R.E.: Dec. 14, 1953
  97. Correspondence: Happeny, Thomas H.: Apr. 3, 1975
  98. Correspondence: Happeny, Thomas H.: May 9, 1975
  99. Correspondence: Harris, Marjorie A.: Aug. 15, 1944
  100. Correspondence: Hart, Moss: Dec. 3, 1942
  101. Correspondence: Henderson, Natalie (Mrs. E.O.): Sept. 29, 1949
  102. Correspondence: Hildegarde: Sept. 1, 1966
  103. Correspondence: Hildegarde: Jan. 11, 1970
  104. Correspondence: Hildegarde: Jan. 30, 1973
  105. Correspondence: Horan, James: Sept. 27, 1944
  106. Correspondence: Hunter, Ross: Feb. 25, 1970
  107. Correspondence: Huth, John F. Jr. to Alex Gildzen: Feb. 8, 1972
  108. Correspondence: Jacobs, Dave and Joan: Dec. 1, 1952
  109. Correspondence: Jellen, Henry: Mar. 31, 1943
  110. Correspondence: Jestice, Catherine: July 16, 1973
  111. Correspondence: Johnson, Lois: Mar. 19, 1943
  112. Correspondence: Johnson, Rev. William Bush Jr.: Sept. 1, 1944
  113. Correspondence: [Joy], Leatrice: n.d.
  114. Correspondence: Karloff, Boris: May 25, 1953
  115. Correspondence: Keegan, Ross E. and Sally: Aug. 19, n.y.
  116. Correspondence: Keller, Dean H.: Nov. 2, 1972
  117. Correspondence: King, Loretta: Apr. 30, n.y.
  118. Correspondence: Kirby, Anastasia: July 23, 1943
  119. Correspondence: Kirkwood, Jim: May 28, 1956
  120. Correspondence: Kirkwood, Jim: June 5, 1976
  121. Correspondence: Klein, Addie: Nov. 28, 1945
  122. Correspondence: Kramer, Rosemary I.: Nov. 20, 1944
  123. Correspondence: Kutzmer, Mrs. Estelle: July 27, 1969
  124. Correspondence: Lawler, Irene (O'Connor): n.d.
  125. Correspondence: Le Galliene, Eva: n.d.
  126. Correspondence: Irene: Jan 6, 1950
  127. Correspondence: Joanie: June 22, 1942
  128. Correspondence: Joy: n.d.
  129. Correspondence: [Lewis], Connie Bea: July 19, 1963
  130. Correspondence: [Lewis], Connie Bea: July 1968
  131. Correspondence: Lewis, Connie: Jan. 5, n.y.
  132. Correspondence: Lewis, Connie: Jan. 16, n.y.
  133. Correspondence: Lewis, Connie: Sept. 15, n.y.
  134. Correspondence: Lewis, George C.: Apr. 30, 1946
  135. Correspondence: Lewis, George C.: July 30, n.y.
  136. Correspondence: Lewis, George C.: n.d.
  137. Correspondence: Lewis, George C.: n.d.
  138. Correspondence: Lewis, Richard: Feb. 24, 1952
  139. Correspondence: Leyendecker, Frank S.: Sept. 5, 1944
  140. Correspondence: Limbacher, James L.: Sept. 25, 1972
  141. Correspondence: Lindsay, John V.: May 15, 1969
  142. Correspondence: Lloyd, Harold: July 13, 1966
  143. Correspondence: Lollie: June 28, 1943
  144. Correspondence: Luce, Henry R.: n.d.
  145. Correspondence: Luque, Tomas: Apr. 22, 1954
  146. Correspondence: Lyons, Ben: Apr. 30, 1971
  147. Correspondence: Marcartney-Filgate, Jessie: Feb. 8, 1973
  148. Correspondence: Malik, Luff J.: n.d.
  149. Correspondence: Manfred, Ernest Fred: Aug. 29, 1944
  150. Correspondence: Manisoff, Manuel: n.d.
  151. Correspondence: Mansfield, Irving: Oct. 7, 1974
  152. Correspondence: Mansfield, Irving: n.d.
  153. Correspondence: Marcom, Jimmy: Feb. 11, n.y.
  154. Correspondence: Marion, Frances
  155. Correspondence: Marsh, Lucien A.: June 28, 1944
  156. Correspondence: Marshall, Armina: May 18, 1970
  157. Correspondence: Martin, Mary: n.d.
  158. Correspondence: Mason, Charles: Dec. 20, 1950
  159. Correspondence: Maurice: Aug. 23, 1944
  160. Correspondence: Mazza, P.F.C. John: Jan. 1, 1945
  161. Correspondence: McCrary, Jinx Falkenfurg: n.d.
  162. Correspondence: McDowell, Roddy
  163. Correspondence: McKiernan, Don: Dec. 28, 1942
  164. Correspondence: McLaughline, Katherin: Mar. 1, 1925
  165. Correspondence: Meyers, F.F.C. John, Jr.: Oct. 22, 1944
  166. Correspondence: [Moench, Mrs. Wilford]: n.d.
  167. Correspondence: Moore, Grace E.: Jan. 3, 1945
  168. Correspondence: Moreno, Jose: Apr.5, 1954
  169. Correspondence: [Myers], Carmel: n.d.

Box 2

Folder -- Contents
  1. Correspondence: {Nagel, Ruth and Conrad ): Mar. 17 1923
  2. Correspondence: Nolan, Robert H.: Dec. 28, 1944
  3. Correspondence: Nugents: Nov. 8, 1945
  4. Correspondence: O'Connor, Miss Ethel Campbell: May 17, 1943
  5. Correspondence: Olds, Glenn A.: July 6 and Dec. 20, 1973
  6. Correspondence: Olds, Jan 21, 1976
  7. Correspondence: Pankey, Tom: Nov. 25, 1944
  8. Correspondence: Pattie: n.d.
  9. Correspondence: Pattie: n.d.
  10. Correspondence: Penn, Arthur: Oct. 29, 1954
  11. Correspondence: Perry, Ty: Nov. 28, 1945
  12. Correspondence: Rano, Renie: Nov. 29, 1945
  13. Correspondence: Red Cloud Indian School: Nov. 17, 1980
  14. Correspondence: Remey, Ethel: Nov. 28, 1945
  15. Correspondence: Revine, Harold: Spr. 4, 1943
  16. Correspondence: Rion, Juan: Apr. 12, 1954
  17. Correspondence: Rogers, Ginger: July 20, 1966
  18. Correspondence: Rooney, Eddie: n.d.
  19. Correspondence: Ruark, Robert: Feb. 16, 1954
  20. Correspondence: Sanders, Blanche: Aug. 17, n.y.
  21. Correspondence: Schary, Dore: Mar. 30, 1972
  22. Correspondence: Sharp, Doris: Nov. 28, 1945
  23. Correspondence: Shay, Cameron Mitchell: n.d.
  24. Correspondence: Shay, Diana Rene, n.d.
  25. Correspondence: Shay, Ralph Douglas: June 10, 1970
  26. Correspondence: Shay, Sheila: n.d.
  27. Correspondence: Shay, William Gregory: n.d.
  28. Correspondence: Sheen, Fulton J.: Feb. 15, 1954
  29. Correspondence: Sheen, Fulton J.: n.d.
  30. Correspondence: Silbert, Harold: July 18, 1953
  31. Correspondence: Slide, Anthony: Sept. 4, 1970
  32. Correspondence: Speech nominating Theodore Bikel re-elect, 1st V.P. Actors' Equity: n.d.
  33. Correspondence: Spellman, F. Cardinal: May 31, 1966
  34. Correspondence: Stans, Lionel F., Jr.: June 10, 1968
  35. Correspondence: Stellar Enterprises: Feb. 27, 1950
  36. Correspondence: Stroh, Timothy Joseph: May 20, 1947
  37. Correspondence: [Stroub], Janice. Nov. 28, 1945
  38. Correspondence: [Stroub], Janice: Dec. 3, 1945
  39. Correspondence: [Stroub], Janice: Mar. 22, 1970
  40. Correspondence: Stroub, Janice (Mrs. Harold L.) to Alex Gildzen: Feb. 23, 1972
  41. Correspondence: Stroub, Janice (Mrs. Harold L.) to Alex Gildzen: June 8, n.y.
  42. Correspondence: Stroub, Janice (Mrs. Haorld L.) to Alex Gildzen: June 30, n.y.
  43. Correspondence: Stroub, Janice (Mrs. Harold L.): Aug. 5, n.y.
  44. Correspondence: Stroub, Janice (Mrs. Harold L.): Nov. 1, n.y.
  45. Correspondence: Stroub, Janice (Mrs. Harold L.): Nov. 10, n.y.
  46. Correspondence: Stroub, Janice (Mrs. Harold L.): Dec. 27, n.y.
  47. Correspondence: Stroub, Janice (Mrs. Harold L.): n.d.
  48. Correspondence: Stroub, Janice (Mrs. Harold L.): n.d.
  49. Correspondence: Stroub, Janice (Mrs. Harold L.): n.d.
  50. Correspondence: Stroub, Janice (Mrs. Harold L.): n.d.
  51. Correspondence: Stroub, Janice (Mrs. Harold L.): Sept. 26, n.y.
  52. Correspondence: Stroub, Janice (Mrs. Harold L.): Oct. 28, n.y
  53. Correspondence: Struth, Rev. August M.: Nov. 8, 1944
  54. Correspondence: [Susann], Jackie, n.d.
  55. Correspondence: Swanson, Gloria: Nov. 15, 1960
  56. Correspondence: Swanson, Gloria: Dec. 26, 1966
  57. Correspondence: Swanson, Gloria: Nov. 8, 1970
  58. Correspondence: [Swanson], Gloria: Mar. 28, 1974
  59. Correspondence: Swithe, Clare: Feb. 10, 1944
  60. Correspondence: T., David: June 18, 1952
  61. Correspondence: Teppor, Kathryn J. (Mrs. Sanuel): Apr. 1, 1944
  62. Correspondence: Thad: Nov. 5, 1973
  63. Correspondence: Thad: June 24, n.y.
  64. Correspondence: Thibault, Mary & Vincent: Nov. 8, 1945
  65. Correspondence: Timilty, Joseph F.: July 27, 1943
  66. Correspondence: Tom: n.d.
  67. Correspondence: Torquemada, Antonio De: Aug. 10, 1954
  68. Correspondence: Tris: Jan. 23, 1973
  69. Correspondence: Trotta, Rose and Vincent: Nov. 8, 1945
  70. Correspondence: Uys, Hannes: Apr. 29, 1966
  71. Correspondence: Uys, Hannes: Aug. 20, 1966
  72. Correspondence: Van Sickle, Ray: Nov. 28, 1945
  73. Correspondence: [Venable], Fay and Reg: Nov. 28, 1945
  74. Correspondence: Walker, Alyce B.: Apr. 26, 1954
  75. Correspondence: Walker, Janice B.:[July 1971]
  76. Correspondence: [Walters], Gwenn and Mac: Nov. 13, 1945
  77. Correspondence: [Walters?], Gwenn: Aug. 14, 1944
  78. Correspondence: Washichek, Miriam and Joe: Nov. 13, 1945
  79. Correspondence: Weems, Robert Walton: Aug. 19, 1944
  80. Correspondence: Weston, Eddie: May 8, 1970
  81. Correspondence: [White], Jane. n.m., 27, n.y.
  82. Correspondence: White, Jane: n.d.
  83. Correspondence: Wilkenson, Harry: Mar. 31, 1975
  84. Correspondence: Williams, Nancy: Aug. 17, 1971
  85. Correspondence: Williamson, E.G.: Mar. 2, 1944
  86. Correspondence: Wilson, Mrs. Andrew K.: Apr. 22, 1943
  87. Correspondence: Wilson, Mrs. Andrew K.: Aug. 8, 1943
  88. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Bayuks: June 5, 1952
  89. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Bayuks: n.m. 6, 1952
  90. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Actors' Equity Association: Mar. 28, 1968
  91. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Actors' Equity Association: May 18, 1970
  92. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Allen, F.C. Ranger Rich's Nature Club: Apr. 25, 1970
  93. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Bayuk, Mrs. Robert: Apr. 15, 1970
  94. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Church League of America: Apr. 25, 1970
  95. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Club Cars, Inc.: Apr. 25, 1970
  96. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to La Condesa Fontanar: Apr. 25, 1970
  97. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Alex Gildzen: June 27, 1972
  98. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Alex Gildzen: [Oct. 25, 1972]
  99. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Alex Gildzen: May 12, 1976
  100. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Alex Gildzen: May 28, 1976
  101. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Alex Gildzen: June 17, 1976
  102. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Alex Gildzen: n.d.
  103. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Alex Gildzen: n.d.
  104. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Alex Gildzen: n.d.
  105. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Alex Gildzen: n.d.
  106. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Alex Gildzen: n.d.
  107. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Senator Charles Goodell: Apr. 25, 1970
  108. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to James Hatcher: Apr. 25, 1970
  109. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Senator Jacob Javits: Apr. 25, 1970
  110. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Hyman Kritzer: July 7, 1972
  111. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Hyman Kritzer: Oct. 18, 1972
  112. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Manufacturers Trust Co.: July 7,1966
  113. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Ruth Moesel: Apr. 25, 1970
  114. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Glenn A. Olds: Oct. 20, 1971
  115. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Social Security: Aug. 1, 1963
  116. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Murray Summers: Apr. 25, 1970
  117. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Swiss Colony: Apr. 25, 1970
  118. Correspondence: Wilson, Lois to Bert Wheeler: July 9, 1966
  119. Correspondence: Wood, Peggy: Jan. 19, n.y.
  120. Correspondence: Wood, Peggy: Jan. 1976
  121. Correspondence: Wright, Harry Thomson: n.d.
  122. Correspondence: Wyatt, Jane: n.d.
  123. Correspondence: Yablans, Frank: Dec. 21, 1972
  124. Correspondence: Yakus, Milton: July 6, 1943
  125. Correspondence: Young, Marian: Sept. 22, 1944
  126. Correspondence: Young, Sam: July 6, 1943
  127. Correspondence: Young, William to Alex Gildzen: July 1, 1973
  128. Correspondence: Zimand, Savel: Nov. 9, 1944
  129. Correspondence: Zulkie, Lambert C.: May 28, 1970
  130. Correspondence: Zukor, Adolph: Feb. 16, 1973
  131. Correspondence: Miscellaneous: n.d.
  132. Correspondence: Miscellaneous: Nov. 6, 1970
  133. Correspondence: Miscellaneous: Oct. 24, 1943
  134. Correspondence: Miscellaneous: Mar. 1, 1953
  135. Correspondence: Miscellaneous: July 23, 1954
  136. Correspondence: Miscellaneous: Sept. 4, 1943
  137. Correspondence: Miscellaneous: Feb. 25, 1952
  138. Correspondence: Miscellaneous: Mar. 13, 1954
  139. Correspondence: Miscellaneous: n.d.
  140. Correspondence: Miscellaneous: n.d.
  141. Correspondence: Miscellaneous: n.d.
  142. Correspondence: Miscellaneous: n.d.
  143. Correspondence: Miscellaneous: Christmas 1944
  144. Correspondence: Miscellaneous: n.d.
  145. Correspondence: Miscellaneous: Mar. 5, 1954
  146. Correspondence: Miscellaneous: n.d.
  147. Correspondence: Announcements
  148. Correspondence: Cards (business, floral, etc.)
  149. Correspondence: Fan mail: 1943-45
  150. Correspondence: Invitations
  151. Correspondence: Last Will and Testament: June 28, 1961
  152. Correspondence: Miscellaneous cards
  153. Correspondence: Miscellaneous
  154. Correspondence: Return addresses
  155. Birthday cards to Lois Wilson
  156. Christmas cards to Lois Wilson
  157. Christmas cards and calling cards from Lois Wilson
  158. Get well cards to Lois Wilson
  159. Holiday cards to Lois Wilson
  160. Miscellaneous cards to Lois Wilson
  161. Postcards (unsent), Canada
  162. Postcards (unsent), Gibralter
  163. Postcards (unsent), Italy
  164. Postcards (unsent), Mexico
  165. Postcards (unsent), New York
  166. Postcards (unsent), Spain
  167. Postcards (unsent), Theater

Series 2: Subjects

Box 2A

Folder -- Contents
  1. Clippings: "Another Scandal"
  2. Clippings: "Behind the Curtain"
  3. Clippings: "Bella Donna"
  4. Clippings: "Bluebeard's Seven Wives"
  5. Clippings: "Broad Daylight"
  6. Clippings: "Call of the Canyon"
  7. Clippings: Chicken Every Sunday"
  8. Clippings: "Chivalry"
  9. Clippings: "The City of Silent Men"
  10. Clippings: "Contraband"
  11. Clippings: "Covered Wagon" (file 1)
  12. Clippings: "Covered Wagon" (file 2)
  13. Clippings: "Covered Wagon" (file 3)
  14. Clippings: "Dumb Girl of Portici"
  15. Clippings: "Fair Week"
  16. Clippings: "Feet of Clay"
  17. Clippings: "A Full House"
  18. Clippings: "The Gamblers"
  19. Clippings: "The Great Gatsby"
  20. Clippings: "The Hell Diggers"
  21. Clippiings: "His Poor Wife"
  22. Clippings: "Hollywood"
  23. Clippings: "Icebound"
  24. Clippings: "Irish Luck"
  25. Clippings: "Is Matrimony a Failrue"
  26. Clippings: "Junior Miss"
  27. Clippings: "Kiss and Tell"
  28. Clippings: "The Last Frontier"
  29. Clippings: "Let's Get Married"
  30. Clippings: "The Light of the Western Stars"
  31. Clippings: "The Lost Romance"
  32. Clippings: The Love Light"
  33. Clippings: "The Man Who Fights Alone"
  34. Clippings: "A Man's Man"
  35. Ciipplings: "Manslaughter"
  36. Clippings: "Marry Me"
  37. Clippings: "Mermaid's Singing"
  38. Ciippings: "Midsummer Madness"
  39. Clippings: "Miss Lulu Bett"
  40. Clippings: "Monsieur Beaucaire"
  41. Clippings: "New York"
  42. Clippings: "No Greater Glory"
  43. Clippings: "North 36"
  44. Clippings: "Old Acquaintance"
  45. Clippings: "Old Lady 31"
  46. Clippings: "Only 38"
  47. Clippings: "Our Leading Citizen"
  48. Clippings: "Pied Piper Malone"
  49. Clippings: "Rugged Water"
  50. Clippings: "Ruggles of Red Gap"
  51. Clippings: "Seed"
  52. Clippings: "The Show Off"
  53. Clippings: "The Thundering Herd"
  54. Clippings: "To the Last Man"
  55. Clippings: "The Vanishing American"
  56. Clippings: "Welcome Home"
  57. Clippings: "White Tie and Tails"
  58. Clippings: "Wingfield"
  59. Clippings: "Without Compromise"
  60. Clippings: "The Women"
  61. Clippings: "The World Champion"
  62. Clippings: 1921
  63. Clippings: 1922
  64. Clippings: 1923
  65. Clippings: 1924
  66. Clippings: 1925
  67. Clippings: 1926
  68. Clippings: 1927
  69. Clippings: 1928
  70. Clippings: 1929
  71. Clippings: 1931
  72. Clippings: 1937
  73. Clippings: 1939
  74. Clippings: 1942
  75. Clippings: 1943
  76. Clippings: 1944
  77. Clippings: 1945
  78. Clippings: 1946
  79. Clippings: 1947
  80. Clippings: 1948
  81. Clippings: 1949
  82. Clippings: 1950
  83. Clippings: 1951-52
  84. Clippings: 1959
  85. Clippings: 1963
  86. Clippings: 1964
  87. Clippings: 1965
  88. Clippings: 1966
  89. Clippings: 1967
  90. Clippings: 1968
  91. Clippings: 1969

Box 3

Folder -- Contents
  1. Clippings: 1970
  2. Clippings: 1971
  3. Clippings: 1972
  4. Clippings: 1973
  5. Clippings: 1973
  6. Clippings: 1974
  7. Clippings: 1975
  8. Clippings: 1976
  9. Clippings: 1977
  10. Clippings: 1978
  11. Clippings: 1979
  12. Clippings: 1980
  13. Clippings: 1981
  14. Clippings: 1983
  15. Clippings: 1988
  16. Clippings: n.d.
  17. Christmas Poem: n.d.
  18. Film lists
  19. Foreign Clippings: n.d.
  20. Honorary degee, Kent State University: June 1975
  21. Letter: n.d.
  22. Pencil drawing
  23. Playbills
  24. Playbills
  25. Playbills
  26. Playbills
  27. Playbills
  28. Radio interview
  29. Sheet music
  30. Magazines: Movie Weekly (Mar. 31, July 7, 1923); Theatre Magazine (Aug. 1926)
    Film scripts
  31. Chodorov, Jerome. Junior Miss: [1942]
  32. McConnor, Vincent. Servicetime--it's maritime: Dec. 12, 1944
  33. Ledpstein, Julius. Chicken every Sunday: [1944]
  34. Van Druten, John. The mermaids singing: [1945]

Series 3: Personal

Box 4

Folder -- Contents
  1. Actor's Equity Association
  2. Biographical information
  3. Check receipt books: 1944-1947; 1952
  4. Contracts
  5. Ephemera
  6. Holy cards
  7. ID cards
  8. Income tax information
  9. Miscellaneous
  10. Programs
  11. Receipts

Series 4: Scrapbooks, Ephemera and Photographs

Box 5

Folder -- Contents
  1. Scrapbook of photographs: stills from "French Dressing"
  2. Scrapbook of photographs: stills of Lois Wilson
  3. Lois Wilson spoon: Oneida's Paramount series: From the Collection of Motion Picture and Television Performing Arts: (ca. 1925)
  4. Rosemary Award Association Plaque: 1972
  5. Hildegarde: signed: Oct. 12, 1966
  6. Sidney Blackmere and Lois Wilson: "Chicken Every Sunday"
  7. Lois Wilson and Diane Kane (her sister): "The Society Scandal"
  8. Lois Wilson, Madame Schuman Heinke and granddaughter, Barbara
  9. Lois Wilson, Joan Parker, Ceasar Romero, Claire Trevor: Dec. 2, 1935
  10. Randolph Scott, Lois Wilson, Richard Barthelmess, Philip Reed, Leila Hyams: 1935
  11. through 41 are stills from unidentified plays or movies

Box 5A

Folder -- Contents
  1. "A Bird in Hand": 1929
  2. "The Age for Love": 1931
  3. "Alias Lone Wolf": 1927
  4. "Another Scandal": 1924
  5. "The Best Man": 1919
  6. "Bluebeard's Seven Wives": 1925
  7. "Bright Eyes": 1934
  8. "Broad Daylight": 1922
  9. "Broadway Nights": 1927
  10. "Burgler-Proof": 1920
  11. "The Call of the Canyon": 1923
  12. "Cappy Rick Returns": 1935
  13. "Come Again Smith" ("Why Smith Left Home"): 1919
  14. "Conquest": 1928
  15. "Contraband": 1925
  16. "The Covered Wagon": 1923
  17. "The Crash": 1932
  18. "The Deluge": 1933
  19. "The Devil is Driving": 1932
  20. "Divorce in the Family": 1932
  21. "Drifting Souls": 1932
  22. "End of the Game": 1919
  23. "The Expert": 1932
  24. "For Beauty's Sake": 1941
  25. "For Love or Money": 1939
  26. "French Dressing": 1927
  27. "The Furies": 1930
  28. "The Gamblers": 1929
  29. "The Gingham Girl": 1927
  30. "The Girl From Jones Beach": 1949
  31. "The Great Gatsby": 1926
  32. "The Hell Diggers": 1921
  33. "Icebound": 1924
  34. "In the Money": 1934
  35. "Irish Luck": 1925
  36. "Is Matrimony a Failure": 1922
  37. "Kid Gloves": 1929
  38. "Langdon's Legacy": 1915
  39. "Laughing At Trouble": 1936
  40. "Law and Order": 1932
  41. "Let's Get Married": 1926
  42. "Life Returns": 1935
  43. "The Lost Romance": 1921
  44. "Lovin' the Ladies": 1930
  45. "Manslaughter": 1922
  46. "Measure of a Man's Hand": 1917-18
  47. "Midsummer Madness": 1920
  48. "Miss Lulu Bett": 1921
  49. "Monsieur Beaucaire": 1924
  50. "New York": 1927
  51. "No Greater Glory": 1934
  52. "North of '36": 1924
  53. "Obey the Law": 1933
  54. "Object Alimoney": 1928
  55. "On Trial": 1928
  56. "Only 38": 1923
  57. "Once a Gentleman": 1930
  58. "Our Leading Citizen": 1922
  59. "Public Opinion": 1935
  60. "Ransom": 1928
  61. "Rider of Death Valley": 1932
  62. "Rugged Water": 1925
  63. "Secrets of Wu Sin": 1932
  64. "Seed": 1931
  65. "The Show Off": 1934
  66. "Show of Shows": 1929
  67. "Society Fever": 1935
  68. "Temptation": 1930
  69. "There's Always Tomorrow": 1934
  70. "The Thundering Herd": 1925
  71. "Three X Gordon": 1918
  72. "To the Last Man": 1923
  73. "Vanishing American": 1925
  74. "Wedding Rings": 1929
  75. "Welcome Home": 1925
  76. "What Every Woman Knows": 1921
  77. "Wat's Your Hurry": 1920
  78. "The World's Champion": 1922
  79. "Your Uncle Dudley": 1935

Box 6

Folder -- Contents
  1. B. Manual: Apr. 1946
  2. Baron L. Nishi, Olympian: 1932
  3. Characterization of Lois Wilson
  4. Charlie (?): signed
  5. Drawing from "The Women"
  6. Hyman Kritzer, Lois Wilson, and unidentified man in Special Collections, Kent State University
  7. James J. Stapp and Lois Warren Swiggett
  8. Jean Cooney
  9. Lois Wilson
  10. Lois Wilson and Alex Gildzen in Speical Collections, Kent State University
  11. Lois Wilson and artist
  12. Lois Wilson and friends at Casino Russe
  13. Lois Wilson and Gloria Swanson
  14. Lois Wilson and Gloria Swanson in Spain
  15. Lois Wilson and group of unidentified people
  16. Lois Wilson and others
  17. Lois Wilson and others
  18. Lois Wilson and Snowy Baker
  19. Lois Wilson and unidentified woman
  20. Lois Wilson and unidentified woman
  21. Lois Wilson and unidentified woman
  22. Lois Wilson at Kent State: Mar. 1971
  23. Lois Wilson in group
  24. Lois Wilson, Ruth (?) and others: signed by Ruth
  25. Lois Wilson with Mr. Diego Nararro, Publicity Manager of Spain
  26. Lois Wilson with "Red", her horse
  27. Lois Wilson with Ronald Reagan and unidentified man
  28. Lois Wilson with unidentified people
  29. Lois Wilson-WPIX Interview: 1948?
  30. Marian (?): signed
  31. Mary Pickford: signed
  32. Maurice at Tobin, Mayor
  33. Motor Hotel marquee
  34. Mrs. Taur Mee, Lois Wilson; Mrs. Bill Shea, Irene Dunne, Conrad Hilton, Hedda Hopper
  35. On Saturnia
  36. On stage of "The Women": 1937
  37. Photos from "This Is Your Life"
  38. Photos of 50th birthday cake: 1965
  39. Photos of 50th birthday celebration: 1965
  40. Photo stills
  41. Photo stills
  42. Photo stills
  43. Photo stills
  44. Photo stills
  45. Photo stills
  46. Photo stills
  47. Photo stills
  48. Photo stills
  49. Portraits
  50. Portraits
  51. Portraits
  52. Portraits
  53. Portraits
  54. Portraits
  55. Portraits
  56. Portraits
  57. Portraits
  58. Portraits
  59. Portraits
  60. Portraits
  61. Portraits
  62. Portraits
  63. Portraits
  64. Portraits
  65. Portraits
  66. Portraits
  67. Portraits
  68. Portraits
  69. Portraits
  70. Portraits
  71. Portraits
  72. Portraits
  73. Portraits
  74. Portraits
  75. Portraits
  76. Portraits
  77. Portraits
  78. Portraits
  79. Portraits
  80. Portraits
  81. Portraits
  82. Portraits
  83. Portraits
  84. Portraits
  85. Portraits
  86. Portraits
  87. Portraits
  88. Portraits
  89. Portraits and negatives
  90. Portraits and negatives
  91. Portraits of Rose (?): signed
  92. Queen Elizabeth and others
  93. Robert Stroh
  94. Ruth Gellette - signed
  95. Shirley Temple signed
  96. Sketch of boy and girl
  97. Snapshot of Lois Wilson: Nov. 1975
  98. Snapshots of Lois Wilson and Alex Gildzen
  99. Snapshot
  100. Snapshot
  101. Snapshot
  102. Snapshot
  103. Snapshot
  104. Snapshot
  105. Snapshot
  106. Snapshot
  107. Snapshot
  108. Snapshot
  109. Snapshot
  110. Snapshot
  111. Snapshot
  112. Snapshot
  113. Snapshot
  114. Snapshot
  115. Snapshot
  116. Snapshot
  117. Snapshot
  118. Snapshot
  119. Snapshot
  120. Snapshot: 1952
  121. Snapshot
  122. Snapshot
  123. Snapshot
  124. Snapshot
  125. Snapshot
  126. Snapshot
  127. Snapshot
  128. Snapshot
  129. Snapshot
  130. Snapshot
  131. Snapshot
  132. Snapshot
  133. Snapshot
  134. Snapshot
  135. Snapshot
  136. Snapshot: Leatrice Joy, Peggy Wood and Lois Wilson: at Peggy Wood's 80th birthday
  137. Snapshots: unidentified
  138. 2 girls
  139. Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon
  140. Unidentified
  141. Unidentified
  142. Unidentified
  143. Unidentified
  144. Unidentified
  145. Unidentified
  146. Unidentified
  147. Unidentified
  148. Unidentified
  149. Unidentified
  150. Unidentified
  151. Unidentified
  152. Unidentified
  153. Unidentified
  154. Unidentified
  155. Unidentified boy
  156. Unidentified family portrait
  157. Unidentifed group
  158. Unidentified group
  159. Unidentifed man
  160. Winston Churchill and others
  161. Zene Keefer, Leatrice Joy, Lois Wilson and Beverly Bayne
  162. Miscellenous

Box 7

Oversize photographs and scrapbooks

Folder--Contents
  1. American Film Institute Life Achievement Award Dinner: Mar. 1, 1977
  2. Conrad [Nagel?]: signed
  3. Gilbert ?: signed: 1932
  4. Jean [Harlow]: signed
  5. Ralph ?: signed
  6. Renee ? : signed: May 1925
  7. Rich ?: signed
  8. Gloria [Swanson]: signed
  9. Loretta [Young]: signed
  10. Lois Wilson, Hernive (?) Munrot; Edward Nugent; "Junior Miss": 1942-44
  11. Lois Wilson and others : The Kenilworth, Miami Beach: Sept. 20, 1954; one signed by Madelon Reid; one signed John and Madelon Reid
  12. Joseph T. Ti... (?): Police Commissioner
  13. Leatrice Joy and her daughter
  14. Irene Rich: signed: 1940
  15. Virginia (?): signed
  16. Lois Wilson: "Covered Wagon":
  17. "Junior Miss": 2 photos of some cast members
  18. Lois Wilson: 3 photos
  19. Lois Wilson: 13 photos
  20. Lois Wilson: 3 photos
  21. Lois Wilson: 5 photos
  22. Lois Wilson and May McAvoy
  23. Lois Wilson and Edward Nugent in Summer Stock (no title for the play)
  24. Lois Wilson and Gloria Swanson: 3photos
  25. Lois Wilson and others: unidentified movies
  26. Andrianne Marden: "Junior Miss"
  27. Unidentified: 4 photos
  28. Unidentified: 4 photos
  29. Lois Wilson album: 1936
  30. Movie posters

Box 8

Folder -- Contents
  • Framed photograph of Chick Baruch: signed
  • Framed certificate
  • Oversize posters (Kept in map case)

Box 9

  • Scrapbook
  • Guest book