Scope and Contents
Personal and business correspondence of Vera Zorina and her family. Files may also include drafts of replies, contracts, agreements, programs, memoranda, notes, invitations and other enclosures. Also includes fan mail and numerous holiday and greeting cards.
Most correspondents address Vera Zorina as Brigitta, her real first name.
Dates
- Creation: 1910-2001
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1933-2001
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English, Norwegian, German, and French.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Most of this collection is not housed at the Harvard Theatre Collection but is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
73.4 linear feet (158 boxes)Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent or the title of the project.Cards from the correspondents for whom individual files have been established are filed with the correspondence, the rest are
Unsigned letters and letters signed with first name only are filed at the end of the series as unidentified and arranged alphabetically wherever possible.
The majority of the greetings cards are grouped together and arranged by size, but some are filed together with the correspondence.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository, b
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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