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GC 1295 Walt Disney Collection Repository GC 1295 Walt Disney Collection Repository: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Span Dates: 1906 - 1980, undated (bulk is 1930s-40s) Extent: (Boxes: 3 ½ letter, 2 letter, 6 flat, 2 ov; 7 ov folders) Language: English; 1 item in Hungarian; 1 item in Italian; 1 item in Russian Conditions Governing Use: Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder Conditions Governing Access: Research is by appointment only Preferred Citation: Walt Disney Collection, Seaver Center for Western History Research, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Abstract: Collection covers facets of Walt Disney Productions, including the development of Mickey Mouse, the Silly Symphonies series and other animated characters; animation cameras, animators at work; the Hyperion Avenue studio building and Mickey Mouse promotions. Related Holdings: GC 1095 Motion Pictures Collection GC 1108 Animation Collection P-16 Disney Transparency Collection, ca.1940 Seaver Center for Western History Research 1108 P-74 Film Frame Collection Scope and Content: Collection covers facets of Walt Disney Productions, including the development of Mickey Mouse, the Silly Symphonies series and other animated characters; animation cameras, animators at work; the Hyperion Avenue studio building and Mickey Mouse promotions. Manuscripts including Mickey Mouse fan mail; drawings; animation cels and backgrounds; film frames; photographs; posters; newspaper clippings; publications including ones by Earl Theissen; and ephemera. Also comic strip engraving plates for Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies series. Background Note: The collection was donated by Walt Disney Productions in the 1930s. Items with later dates are filed in this collection due to subject appropriateness. Container List: See spreadsheet on following pages Animation Collection 7/2/2015 2 Seaver Center for Western History Research 1295 Catalog Number Description Date GC-1295-1-0 Disney transparencies. 6 items n.d. Matthews, Ransom - Correspondence, 1930-1972. GC-1295-1-1 Correspondence. 1930-1972 Matthews, Ransom - Christmas Cards, 1948-1964. GC-1295-1-2 Correspondence. 1948-1964 GC-1295-1-3 Matthews, Ransom - Misc. Correspondence. GC-1295-1-4 Theissen, Earl - Correspondence , 1934-35. Correspondence. 1934-1935 GC-1295-1-5 Theissen, Earl - Christmas Cards. Correspondence. GC-1295-1-6 "Mickey Mouse" fan mail, 1931. Correspondence. 1931 "Mickey Mouse" fan mail (envelopes only), 1931-35. GC-1295-1-7 Correspondence. 1931-1935 GC-1295-1-8 Correspondence - Misc. Correspondence. GC-1295-1-9 Christmas Cards - Unidentified recipients. Correspondence. Animation camera - Disney Studios, ca. 1932 (Bill Cottrell at GC-1295-2-1 camera). Photographs. ca. 1932 GC-1295-2-2 Animation rig with camera. Photographs. GC-1295-2-3 Animators at work drawing originals. Photographs. GC-1295-2-4 Disney Studios. Photographs. GC-1295-2-5 Disney Studios. Photographs. Disney Studios-Animator studying own expression for character. GC-1295-2-6 Photographs. n.d. GC-1295-2-7 Disney Studios-Checking completed cels. Photographs. Disney Studios, Hyperion Ave. - Exterior shot, 1930's (during GC-1295-2-8 construction). Photographs. 1930s GC-1295-2-9 Disney Studios, Hyperion Ave. - Front view. Photographs. n.d. Disney Studios, Hyperion Ave. - Employee group shot, 1930s. GC-1295-2-10 Photographs. 1930s Disney Studios - Story conference with Walt Disney. GC-1295-2-11 Photographs. n.d. GC-1295-2-12 "Disneyland, U.S.A." Photographs. GC-1295-2-13 Film Frame enlargement - "Bouncing Ball". Photographs. Walt Disney Collection 7/2/2015 1 of 12 Seaver Center for Western History Research 1295 Catalog Number Description Date GC-1295-2-14 Film Frame enlargement - "Laugh-O-Grams". Photographs. GC-1295-2-15 Film Frame enlargement - ["Steambot Willie"]? Photographs. GC-1295-2-16 Gag meeting. Photographs. GC-1295-2-17 Gag meeting. Photographs. J. Stuart Blackton - "Humorous Phases of Funny Faces" from 1906; Disney "Blue Rhythm" with Mickey Mouse. Copy print GC-1295-2-18 photographs from Earl Theisen's Film Frame Collection n.d. GC-1295-2-19 "Johnny Tremain". Photographs. GC-1295-2-20 "Mickey Mouse" fan mail. Photographs. n.d. "Mickey Mouse" merchandise. Photographs. GC-1295-2-21 See also GPF.7122 n.d. GC-1295-2-22 "Mickey Mouse" stage production, ca. 1930s. Photographs. ca. 1930s GC-1295-2-23 "Mickey Mouse" toys. Photographs. GC-1295-2-24 Mt. Flohri, background artist. Photographs. GC-1295-2-25 Multi-plane animation camera, ca. 1940. Photographs. ca. 1940 Original manuscript of song, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad GC-1295-2-26 Wolf?" Photographs. GC-1295-2-27 Recording camera. Photographs. GC-1295-2-28 Recording music on sound stage. Photographs. GC-1295-2-29 Scenic department. Photographs. GC-1295-2-30 Section of animation. Photographs. GC-1295-2-31 "Silly Symphonies" animation cel - Background. Photographs. "Silly Symphonies" poster - "Flowers and Trees". Photographs. GC-1295-2-32 See also GPF.8952 in color. 1932 "Silly Symphonies" film frame enlargements - "Skeleton Dance". GC-1295-2-33 Photographs. GC-1295-2-34 Toys and novelties. Photographs. Walt Disney Collection 7/2/2015 2 of 12 Seaver Center for Western History Research 1295 Catalog Number Description Date Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse. Photographer: Clarence GC-1295-2-35 Sinclair Bull. See also GPF.7121 ca. 1930 Adventure in Disneyland (comic book by Richfield), 1955. GC-1295-3-1 Publications. 1955 California, "Mickey Mouse - Million Dollar Merchant," March GC-1295-3-2 1937. Publications. March, 1937 The Family Circle, "Snow White's Daddy," 06/24/1938. GC-1295-3-3 Publications. June 24, 1938 "It All Started with a Mouse," (Glendale Federal), 1979. GC-1295-3-4 Publications. 1979 Los Angeles County Museum - Retrospective Exhibition - Walt GC-1295-3-5 Disney Medium, 1940. Publications. 1940 Mr. Grasshopper Wins His Wings, Walt Disney, 1943. GC-1295-3-6 Publications. 1943 New Explorations in True-Life Adventures and People and GC-1295-3-7 Places, Walt Disney, 1953. Publications. 1953 Orange Coast, "America's Favorite Cartoon Character Celebrates GC-1295-3-8 His 50th Birthday," 11/1978. Publications. November, 1978 The Story of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventure Series, 1952. GC-1295-3-9 Publications. 1952 GC-1295-3-10 "Teaching Mickey Mouse to Walk," Earl Theissen. Publications. ca. 1930s GC-1295-3-11 Time, "Cinema" [Walt Disney], 12/27/1937. Publications. December 27, 1937 Western Family, (cover photo by Walt Disney), 06/20/1946. GC-1295-3-12 Publications. June 20, 1946 Western Family, (cover photo by Walt Disney), 11/06/1947. GC-1295-3-13 Publications. November 6, 1947 "What Makes Mickey Move?" (from Modern Mechanix and GC-1295-3-14 Inventions for April, 1934). Publications. April, 1934 The World Today - Encyclopedia Britannica, "The Story of the GC-1295-3-15 Animated Cartoon," Earl Theissen, (09/1934). Publications. September, 1932 GC-1295-4-1 Drawing - Mickey Mouse. Ephemera. n.d. Walt Disney Collection 7/2/2015 3 of 12 Seaver Center for Western History Research 1295 Catalog Number Description Date GC-1295-4-2 Drawing - [Three pigs and wolf]. Ephemera. Manuscript - "Mickey Mouse Sound Stage," ca. 1930. GC-1295-4-3 Ephemera. ca. 1930 GC-1295-4-4 Newspaper clippings, 1930-1971. Ephemera. 1930-1971 GC-1295-4-5 Advertisement - "Four Wonderful Worlds of Disney". Ephemera. GC-1295-4-6 Film footage table. Ephemera. n.d. GC-1295-4-7 Flyer - "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," 1938. Ephemera. 1938 GC-1295-4-8 Greeting card calendar, 1945. Ephemera. 1945 GC-1295-4-9 Greeting card calendar, 1946. Ephemera. 1946 GC-1295-4-10 Invitation - "Disneyland Day", 09/27/1959. Ephemera. September 27, 1959 GC-1295-4-11 Invitational press preview ephemera, July 1955. Ephemera. Jul-55 Invitations - Walt Disney exhibition, 1940 (LACNHM). GC-1295-4-12 Ephemera. 1940 Leaflet - "Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphony GC-1295-4-13 Cartoons," (Cine Art Home Movies). Ephemera. GC-1295-4-14 Leaflet - "Welcome to Disneyland", 1956. Ephemera. 1956 GC-1295-4-15 Letterhead, Walt Disney Productions, Ltd. Ephemera. Memoranda (Notes from Walt Disney to cameramen). GC-1295-4-16 Ephemera. 4 items n.d. GC-1295-4-17 Parking stub (Disneyland). Ephemera. Receipt - Walt Disney Productions to Ransom Matthews. GC-1295-4-18 Ephemera. Rolled animation cels of sun, clouds, lightning stapled to a GC-1295-5-1 painted sky background. Unique Items. n.d. Book: Mickey Mouse the Mail Pilot by Walt Disney, 1933. GC-1295-5-2 Unique Items. 1933 "Babes in the Woods," 1932 (Silly Symphonies) - Animation Cel. GC-1295-6-1 Animation Cels and Backgrounds. 1932 "Babes in the Woods," 1932 (Silly Symphonies) - Animation Cel. GC-1295-6-2 Animation Cels and Backgrounds. 1932 Walt Disney Collection 7/2/2015 4 of 12 Seaver Center for Western History Research 1295 Catalog Number Description Date "Babes in the Woods," 1932 (Silly Symphonies) - Background. GC-1295-6-3 Animation Cels and Backgrounds. 1932 "Band Concert, The" 1935 - Animation Cel. Animation Cels and GC-1295-6-4 Backgrounds. 1935 "Barnyard Broadcast, The" 1931 - Animation Cel. Animation GC-1295-6-5 Cels and Backgrounds. 1931 "Barnyard Broadcast, The" 1931 - Background. Animation Cels GC-1295-6-6 and Backgrounds. 1931 "Barnyard Olympics," 1932 - Animation Cel. Animation Cels GC-1295-6-7 and Backgrounds. 1932 "Barnyard Olympics," 1932 - Background. Animation Cels and GC-1295-6-8 Backgrounds. 1932 "Barnyard Olympics," 1932 (Mickey pole-vaulting) - Animation GC-1295-6-9 Cel. Animation Cels and Backgrounds. 1932 "Barnyard Olympics," 1932 (Mickey pole-vaulting) - Animation GC-1295-6-10 Cel. Animation Cels and Backgrounds. 1932 "Barnyard Olympics," 1932 (Mickey pole-vaulting) - Animation GC-1295-6-11 Cel. Animation Cels and Backgrounds. 1932 "Barnyard Olympics," 1932 (Mickey pole-vaulting) - Film Neg. GC-1295-6-12 Animation Cels and Backgrounds. 1932 "Barnyard Olympics," 1932 (Mickey pole-vaulting) - Film Neg. GC-1295-6-13 Animation Cels and Backgrounds.
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