Papers, 1897-1933.

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Papers, 1897-1933.

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Collection consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, albums, photographs, auditor's reports, and trade agreements pertaining to the business of the Vitagraph Company of America, of which Smith was co-founder. Runs of ephemeral publications, Vitagraph releases (1916-1920) and six bound volumes of the Vitagraph bulletin (1906-1916) complete the Vitagraph documentation. There are 17 reels of audiotapes recorded by Smith on the subject of motion picture history, as well as a copy of his autobiography.

15 boxes (7.5 linear ft.)6 oversize boxes.

University of California, Los Angeles

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University of California, Los Angeles

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Blackton, J. Stuart (James Stuart), 1875-1941

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Vitagraph Company of America

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Smith, Albert E.

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Smith was born in 1875 in Faversham, England; co-founded the Vitagraph Company of America as the Reader, Smith, and Blackton Combination in 1894; Vitagraph producer, writer, and executive with actor and director J. Stuart Blackton until sale of the company to Warner Brothers in 1925; invented the Vitagraph, one of the first successful motion picture projectors, in 1896; had a wife, Lucile, and 6 children; died Aug. 1, 1958 in Los Angeles. From the description of Papers, 1897-1933. (U...