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Guide to the Rose Cumming, Russell L. Cecil,
and Affiliated Families Photographs and Papers
1870s-2012
PR 393
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
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Cecil, Russell L. (Russell La Fayette), 1881-1965 |
| Creator:
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Cumming, Rose, 1887-1968 |
| Title: |
Rose Cumming, Russell L. Cecil, and affiliated families photographs and papers |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1870s-2012 |
| Abstract: |
Family photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and ephemera documenting
the lives and careers of Australian-American sisters Rose Stuart Cumming (1887–1968),
a groundbreaking interior decorator; Dorothy Cumming (1894–1983), a silent film actress
best known for playing the Virgin Mary in Cecil B. DeMille's "King of Kings" (1927);
and Eileen Cumming Cecil (1892–1982), a writer, advertising executive, and designer,
who married noted rheumatologist and medical textbook author Dr. Russell LaFayette
Cecil (1881–1965). Of note are the photographs of interiors decorated by Rose Cumming,
a scrapbook of Florsheim Shoes advertisements by Eileen Cumming Associates, and a
booklet of production stills from "King of Kings." The collection includes a small
group of textile samples made by Rose Cumming Chintzes that reproduces some of Rose's
original floral designs.
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| Quantity: |
16 Linear feet in 13 boxes (7 record cartons and 6 flat boxes). |
| Call Phrase: |
PR 393 |
