Series I. Dated material, 1920-1947
Correspondence, clippings, 1920-1923
Scope and Contents
Includes a 1923 newspaper engagement notice with a photograph of Aileen St. John-Brenon.
Correspondence, clippings, 1924
Correspondence, 1925
Scope and Contents
Includes letters on "Cecil B. De Mille Pictures Corporation" stationery, and a letter from theatrical impresario Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel.
Correspondence, clippings, ephemera, 1926
Correspondence, ephemera, publicity, 1927
Scope and Contents
Includes an exchange, beginning in December, with Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel, regarding Aileen St. John-Brenon's discovery that she had been replaced as publicity manager during a trip to Europe.
Also includes a broadside (6 December 1927) for Bill and Cobina Wright's "Circus" (for others, see box 1, folder 8).
Roxy Theatre publicity, clippings, 1927
Correspondence, ephemera, 1928
Scope and Contents
Includes draft of last will and testament of Frances (Harris) St. John-Brenon (1848-1931), grandmother of Aileen (28 August 1928).
Correspondence, ephemera, 1929
Scope and Contents
Includes two broadsides for Bill and Cobina Wright's "circus" at the Sherry-Netherland (5 January 1929; for another, see box 1, folder 5), and a broadside for a production of "The Black Crook" at the Lyric Theatre, Hoboken, New Jersey, with sets designed by Cleon Throckmorton, Aileen's brother-in-law (11 March 1929).
Correspondence, 1930 January-June
Correspondence, ephemera, 1930 July-December
Scope and Contents
Includes a broadside announcing Herbert Brenon's "Beau Ideal," a sequel to his 1926 film "Beau Geste" (see 16 September 1930).
"Her Man" (film) publicity, [1930]
Scope and Contents Note
"Her Man," a 1930 film retelling of the stage play "Frankie and Johnny," was directed by Tay Garnett and produced by Pathé Exchange. It starred Phillips Holmes, Helen Twelvetrees, and Marjorie Rambeau.
Talking pictures articles, [1930]
Scope and Contents
Assorted pieces on the science of sound motion pictures, including a memo from Joseph P. Kennedy (father of President John F. Kennedy), in his role as chairman of Pathé Exchange, a film distribution company. With additional memos on Kennedy's retirement from the film industry and the sale of Pathé Exchange to R.K.O.
Correspondence, clippings, 1931 January-June
Correspondence, clippings, 1931 July-December
Scope and Contents
Includes an obituary for Aileen's grandmother, the writer Frances (Harris) St. John-Brenon (1848-1931), from the New York Herald Tribune, Tuesday 14 July 1931.
Correspondence, 1933-1936
Correspondence, 1937-1939
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence from painter Grant Wood (1891-1942), and Aileen St. John-Brenon's husband, the art critic and lecturer Thomas Jewell Craven (1888-1969). A letter from Noll Gurney, Aileen's cousin, mentions her "friend Harrity," presumably playwright Richard Harrity, her future second husband, whom she would marry after she divorced Craven in 1947.
Correspondence, 1940
Correspondence, clippings, ephemera, 1941
Scope and Contents
Includes a list of Cleon Throckmorton's productions (23 May 1941).