June Knight papers,

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Overview of the Collection

Creator Knight, June, 1913-1987 Title June Knight papers Dates 1858-1987 (inclusive)

1858 1987 1913-1987 (bulk) 1913 1987

Quantity 38 cubic ft. and artifacts (13 document boxes, 1 slim document box, 3 record boxes, 1 F31 box, 3 F24 boxes, 1 F22 box, 2 F17 boxes, 1 CAR card file box, 1 PRB phonograph record box and artifacts) Collection Number 05731

Summary Papers document Knight’s life as a star of stage and screen. The bulk of the material covers her career, which was at its peak in the 1930s.

There are some items documenting her personal life when she was younger, but not much on her later years.

Repository University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center American Heritage Center

University of Wyoming 1000 E. University Ave.

Dept. 3924 Laramie, WY 82071

Telephone: 307-766-3756 ahcref@uwyo.edu

Access Restrictions Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

Languages English and , French

Sponsor The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid was made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.

Historical Note

Actress, singer and dancer June Knight was born Margaret Rose Vallikett, January 22, 1913 in Los Angeles, California. An only child to parents Holley and Beryl Vallikett, Margaret Rose turned an early handicap into a very successful career. Due to health problems, she was almost forced into show business.

Margaret Rose was diagnosed with infantile paralysis soon after birth, then a whole list of other illnesses befell her. At the age of twenty months, she contracted the measles. The very next day she was diagnosed with scarlet fever and almost died. She slowly got better, but remained very weak. Soon after recovering from scarlet fever, she got diphtheria, and was not fully recovered from the diphtheria when she contracted a mastoid infection. She then developed pneumonia followed by whooping cough.

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Margaret had been sick so long and was so weak that her father sent her and her mother to live in Arizona. After several months, they returned to L.A. She was then five years old and while her lungs were stronger, she was still unable to walk. Her legs were too frail to support the weight of her body, and even when sitting, her back had to be supported because it was so weak. At that point, doctors predicted Margaret had just two years to live. With her mother's help, Margaret would try to drag herself around for a few minutes at a time. There began to be signs of improvement, and she was shown leg exercises that she could easily do in bed.

By the time she was six, Margaret was able to walk by herself but her legs were still very weak. A doctor told her mother that dancing would help strengthen them, so she enrolled Margaret in a dancing class. Gradually Margaret's legs became stronger, and after only one year she was the star pupil of the dance school.

Margaret's first job came at age nine, with a leading role in juvenile theater. Her slot in the children's chorus of movie palace (Grauman's Egyptian Theater) prologues to Son of the Sheik (starring Rudolph Valentino) and Al Jolson's The Singing Fool among others propelled her into full-time stage work. At age 13 she got her first stage role as a dancer in Vaudeville and in 1927 became a member of "The Gingham Girls," an act that eventually went on tour in Fanchon and Marco's revue Pep Idea. She appeared in the dance chorus of Gold Diggers of Broadway and also worked with the Duncan Sisters in the prologue of their film Topsy & Eva. She became a member of the dancing stock company at Warner Bros. Studios in 1928, when musicals were in their heyday. Her performances in dance choruses in the late 1920s earned her $30 to $45 per week.

At age 15, she was dubbed a "headline girl" and adopted the stage name Marie Valli. Cecil B. DeMille heard her singing one day and immediately signed her. Her first bit part was in Warner Brothers' 1929 film On With The Show, the first feature-length movie filmed entirely in color. After doing some work with Vitaphone in 1929, Marie had the opportunity to go to New York and appear in the well-known musical Fifty Million Frenchmen. At this time, however, her mother became very ill so Marie left the show and returned to Hollywood.

In 1930 Marie was signed for the dance stock of Babes in Toyland and was then given a bit part in DeMille's Madame Satan, a film noted for the costume Marie wore which consisted of more than 2,000 yards of pink silk net. At age 17 she was invited to MGM studios to perform an oriental dance. She had never done this type of dance before, but made such an impression that she became Greta Garbo's double in the dance scenes of the 1931 film Mata Hari. Marie also had a part in the 1930 musical touring company of Girl Crazy starring with Ethel Merman and Ginger Rogers.

In 1931 at the age of 18, Marie became the dance partner of Jack Holland, earning $200 per week.

Jack and Marie were an exhibition dance team. They danced at the famous Cocoanut Grove where they were an instant success and soon became known as one of the most popular dance teams on the West Coast. Jack Holland gave Marie the stage name "June Knight," the name of his previous dance partner. In April 1932, Marie Valli (Margaret Rose Vallikett) legally changed her name to June Knight.

June later had to sue Jack Holland for the complete rights to her now legal name because after she left the partnership, he gave her replacement the same name.

Her next engagement after Girl Crazy was with Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. Mr. Ziegfeld had heard about June and signed her for his new show Hot-Cha! in 1932, along with Lupe Velez and Bert Lahr. Although she was signed to sing in this show, June wanted to dance. The day she signed the contract she had to be rushed to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy. While in the hospital she received a note from Mr. Ziegfeld that read, "Even if you are stubborn and want to dance, the Almighty says NO, you'll sing."

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In 1932 June also appeared on Broadway in Humpty Dumpty and in the stage version of Take A Chance, with Ethel Merman and Jack Haley. In 1933, she was offered a starring role in Paramount's film version of the same play, making $1,000 per week.

While appearing on Broadway, talent scouts from Universal Film Company saw June and offered her a screen test. She signed with Universal in March 1933 and starred in her first Universal Picture, Ladies Must Love. In 1934 she played roles in the films Cross Country Cruise and Wake Up And Dream with Russ Columbo. After making the film Gift of Gab, June quit Universal because she didn't like the role she was given in Wake Up And Dream and wanted to free-lance. Universal released her out of her contract in September 1934.

In June 1934, June bought a walnut ranch in California and gave it to her parents. Her personal life was quite eventful about this same time also. The press said that she was, "Always reportedly engaged to someone." She had been engaged once in 1932 to actor Jimmy Dunn (who co-starred in Take A Chance) but he called it off. She had also been seen with heavyweight boxing champ Max Baer. When she was in-between romantic engagements, June always wore a diamond ring on her left hand for good luck, given to her when she was a young girl by her father.

In March 1934, June met Paul Ames, a Palm Beach stockbroker. It was rumored that she had been forced to turn down three New York stage offers in order to keep Paul, who preferred to live in

Hollywood. Paul and June were married November 30, 1934, and separated less than two weeks later.

Their honeymoon was reportedly ruined by Paul's insistence that their Best Man accompany them on the trip. They were divorced soon after in Florida.

In October 1934 June signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios. She sang and danced in the 1935 film Broadway Melody of 1936, which won an Academy Award for best production number that year. She then immediately returned to the New York stage for the lead in Cole Porter's Jubilee. Cole Porter productions were June's specialty. While starring in Jubilee, she earned the highest paid salary on Broadway at that time - $1,125 per week.

June broke her contract with MGM in 1936 to go to England because she didn't like the movie parts that she was being offered. She became disillusioned because MGM producers wanted her to do dramatic roles instead of the musical comedy parts she desired. After Broadway Melody was finished and Jubilee ended, June went to England to appear on stage and reportedly took London by storm in a series of musicals and movies.

The 1936 stage revue Going Places brought June great individual success in England, but the show had a short run. She then made the British film The Lilac Domino. The London press dubbed June the

"New 'IT' Girl" with "sex appeal to the nth degree." She was an overnight, sensational success, earning

$3,250 (US) per week. After The Lilac Domino she went immediately into rehearsal for the stage show And On We Go, which was another success for June personally, but also had a short run. After making the 1937 film Break The News, she left England and returned to the U.S. to star in Cole Porter's Leave It To Me.

June walked away from Leave It To Me for another man, Arthur Cameron, a Texas oil millionaire she had only known for a few months. Cole Porter had written a number for her, which was to be followed by an innocent strip tease. Cameron objected to the strip tease and gave June an ultimatum. She was forced to make a choice between staying in the show or being with him, so she quit the show, opting for marriage and a family, and announced their engagement. June was replaced in Leave It To Me by a then unknown actress named Mary Martin, who went on to become a star in her own right. She did

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June's next film was House Across the Bay in 1940. In 1943 she divorced Arthur Cameron and emerged from retirement in 1944 to star on the New York stage in Dream With Music, at a salary of

$650 per week. She quit the show after only four weeks due to dissatisfaction with her role. 1944 also saw June on the stage in Glad To See You.

Next, June would appear in a series of Army/Air Force War Bond Shows entitled Shot From the Skies.

Cole Porter gave June permission to rewrite his song, "Love For Sale," into the bond-selling song,

"Bonds For Sale." The shows were done to help boost war loan drives. June also participated in the Boston Port Security program - a broadcast campaign to safeguard war information.

Now approaching the end of her theatrical career, June played on stage in the 1945 play The Overtons (Or Married Alive). In 1946 she co-starred in what was supposed to be her final Broadway show, The Would-Be Gentleman, with Bobby Clark but she toured with him one last time in 1947 in Sweethearts.

In 1949 June retired from stage and screen for good when she married Carl B. Squier. Squier, a top executive of Lockheed Aircraft, had the distinction of being the 13th licensed pilot in the United States.

The marriage lasted 18 years, until his death in 1967. Two years after Squier's death June married Jack Buehler, another Lockheed executive and close friend of her and her late husband. She was married to him from 1969 until her death.

In addition to her acting, singing and dancing career, June had many other hobbies and talents to occupy her spare time. One of her favorite activities was sketching and painting. She would sketch or paint her friends and co-stars, fashion illustrations, and works of pure fantasy. Her art would occasionally be shown and sometimes sold. Another favorite activity was needlework. June could be found backstage between scenes knitting or doing embroidery to pass the time. She was also a writer and wrote for various motion picture magazines about beauty secrets, including hair and makeup tips, and wrote an article about her experiences working with actor Robert Taylor. June designed her own clothes and actually designed all her costumes for the London stage play Going Places.

Perhaps the most surprising of all June's hobbies was that of being an inventor. In 1936 she designed the "Widow's Peak Coiffure Clip," a fashion accessory that fastened on the hair at the forehead, decorated with plain and baguette diamonds. In 1945 she proposed a new perfume line called

"Embraceable," and also the "Tip Toes" or "Mad Money" garter. The garter was made from lace with a small, inch square change purse attached, decorated with a lace rosette and red satin ribbon. The garter was to be worn just above the knee, pretty enough to be seen if the wind caught a girl's skirt. The change purse was large enough to hold taxi fare home if needed after an "eventful" date. Girls used to carry money for this reason in their shoes, and June thought a garter would be much more comfortable.

In 1946 June invented the "June Chic" collapsible camp toilet. The idea came to her after she was invited to go on a camping trip with friends. June was wary of finding the necessary "facilities" out in the woods, so she invented a type of "portable powder room." A friend of June's, Carl Bruno, drew up plans for the "June Chic" and also for the "Magic Wonder Automatic Climbing Stilts" along with marketing plans and patent searches.

June Knight Buehler died June 16, 1987, of complications from a stroke that she had suffered several weeks earlier. She was 74. Honored on Hollywood's famous "Walk of Fame," June's star is at 6247 Hollywood Blvd., on the north side of the street between Vine Street and the Pantages Theater.

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The June Knight papers, 1858-1987, include correspondence, diaries, photographs, clipping

scrapbooks, and costumes and gowns documenting her life as a star of stage and screen. The bulk of the material covers her career, which was at its peak in the 1930s. There are some items documenting her personal life when she was younger, but not very much on her later years. Titles in the folder list that are in quotations are June Knight's original labels.

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Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, June Knight papers, 1858-1987, Collection Number 05731, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Administrative Information

Arrangement

Papers organized into eight series: I. Personal Papers; II. Stage and Screen Career; III.

Correspondence; IV. Photographs; V. Articles and Clippings; VI. Artwork; VII. Audio-Visual Materials;

VIII. Artifacts.

Related Materials

There are no other known archival collections created by June Knight at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

The June Knight papers were given to the American Heritage Center in two shipments. The first shipment was received in December 1974 from June Knight herself, and the second in February 1988 from June Knight's husband, Jack M. Buehler, in accordance with her final wishes. The papers and artifacts were received in good condition, and some contained notes or labels hand written by June Knight establishing provenance.

Processing Note

Processing Information

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gowns and costumes. This included sewing on loose buttons, sequins and beads, and mending small tears. 1.0 cubic feet of financial records, duplicate items (mostly photos) and secondary material were separated.

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series I.: Personal Papers, circa 1923-1981

1.35 cubic ft. (3 document boxes)

Arranged alphabetically. Contains address books, biographical information, books, diaries, financial and legal files, mementos, product ideas and miscellaneous subject files.

Container(s) Description Dates

Box Folder

1 1 Address Books circa 1930s

1 2 Address Book and Birthday List 1964-1981

1 3 Biographical File 1924-1963

15 1 Biographical File June 15, 1926

Books:

Box Folder

1 4 The Blue Book of the Screen, Hollywood, California 1924

1 5 Figure Drawing For All It's Worth by Andrew Loomis 1944

Diaries:

Box Folder

1 6 Mile Stones: A Five Year Diary January 1928-

September 1930

1 7 A Line a Day: Five Year Diary January 1931-

December 1935

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2 1 Five Year Diary: A Daily Line March-June 1934

2 2 A Line A Day January 1936-

July 1938

Box Folder

2 3 Financial File November 1934-

circa 1963

2 4 Guest Book January 1946-

January 1972

Legal Files:

Box Folder

2 5 Contracts 1926-1945

2 6 Divorce from Arthur Cameron 1945

2 7 June Knight vs. Jack Holland 1932-1936

2 8 Mme. Berthe vs. June Knight 1945

2 9 Morrison vs. June Knight 1934-1935

2 10 Name Change 1932

Box Folder

2 11 Lessons; Voice, Reading, Dancing circa 1923

Mementos:

Box Folder

2 12 Bekonscot Miniature Village and Railway Postcards circa 1937

3 1 Cecil B. DeMille's "The Sign of the Cross" Souvenir Book 1933

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3 2 "Cole: An Entertainment Based on the Words and Music of Cole Porter" Program

1974

3 3 "The Convict Ship 'Success'" Official Catalogue 1933

3 4 "The Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth" Official Souvenir Program

May 12, 1937

15 2 "The Hollywood Revue of 1929" World Premiere, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, June 20, 1929, Program

June 20, 1929

3 5 "Official Program, Xth Olympiad, Los Angeles, CA" July 30, 1932

3 6 The Palace of Holyroodhouse, Scotland, Snapshot booklet September 1936

3 7 University of Notre Dame "Official Football Review"

Rockne Memorial Edition Program

1931

Box Folder

3 8 "My Graduation Journal" 1926-1927

Product Ideas:

Box Folder

3 9 Collapsible Toilet, "June Chic" September-

November 1946

3 10 Garter, "Tip Toes" June-September

1945

3 11 Perfume Line, "Embraceable" May-June 1945

Subject Files:

Box Folder

3 12 Christmas Cards Personalized "June Knight" 1931, undated

3 13 Craig, Walter Scott 1938-1952

3 14 Cruise Ship Passenger Lists, Program, Bar Charges 1937

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3 15 Lockheed Aircraft Corporation: "Starletter: A Report to Stockholders"

May 25, 1970

3 16 Plan for Proposed Production Company 1945

3 17 Powell, Eleanor undated

3 18 Squier, Carl B. and Mrs. June 1952-1969

Series II.: Stage and Screen Career, 1920-1981

2.51 cubic ft. (2½ document boxes plus 1½ F24 flat boxes)

Arranged alphabetically. Contains books and periodicals June is noted in, ephemera, song lyrics, orchestral scores, press kits, programs, scrapbooks, scripts and sheet music.

Books:

Box Folder

4 1 Cars of the Stars and Movie Memories by Floyd Clymer 1954

4 2 Favorite Foods of Famous Stars by Norge Corporation 1934

15 3 John Perona's El Morocco Family Album by Lucius Beebe and Jerome Zerbe

1937

4 3 A Pictorial History of the American Theater: 1900-1956 by Daniel Blum

1956

4 4 The Stars of Yesteryear: Wherever is…? by Jess L.

Hoaglin

1981

Box Folder

4 5 Ephemera 1948

Lyrics:

Box Folder

4 6 "Glorious Betsy" undated

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4 6 "Gold Diggers" circa 1928

4 6 "June Knight's Verse Bed of Roses" undated

4 6 "Love For Sale/Bonds For Sale" circa 1944

4 6 "Opening Number for Warner's New Theatre" April 26, 1928

4 6 "Why Shouldn't I?" 1935

Orchestral Scores:

Box Folder

4 7 "Hey Good Lookin'" 1943

4 8 "I Love You" 1943

4 9 "Love For Sale" 1930

4 10 "Should I Be Sweet" undated

Box Folder

4 11 Periodicals 1930-1975

Periodicals:

Box Folder

15 4 The American Weekly, pg. 5 July 8, 1945

15 5 Cinearte, pg. 28 September 15,

1933

15 6 Life, pg. 24 September 7,

1962

15 7 The New York Times Magazine, pg. 30 June 9, 1963

Box Folder

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15 8 Poster; Franklin D. Roosevelt, with thank-you letter for June's work with the National Recovery Act

September 23, 1933

Press Kits:

Box Folder

15 9 Broadway Melody of 1936 1936

15 10 Take A Chance 1933

Programs:

Box Folder

4 12 Margaret Vallikett appearing June 4, 1925

4 13 Marie Valli appearing 1928-1929

Folders

5 1-2 June Knight appearing 1931-1946

Folder

5 3 Miscellaneous 1932-1947

Scrapbooks:

Box Folder

15 11 "1st Book - 1920-1929, Picture of me and Joe E. Brown" 1920-1929

16 1 "1933 - also 1936 London" October 1933-

October 1936

Scripts:

Box Folders

5 4-6 Broadway Melody of 1935 December 1934-

May 1935

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Folder

5 7 Curiosity undated

5 8 Delirium 1947

5 9 Going Places 1936

6 1 Jubilee 1935

6 2 The Lilac Domino 1936-1937

6 3 The Overtons 1945

6 4 Salvation Army Free-Food Plan circa 1932

Sheet Music:

Box Folder

6 5 "Gee! I'd Love to be a (Whew Whew) Girl" 1943

6 5 "A Toast to the Service" undated

Series III.: Correspondence, 1858-1987

0.45 cubic ft. (1 document box)

Arranged alphabetically. Contains correspondence with agents, thank you letters, party invitations, requests for appearances, messages, fan mail and opening night congratulatory telegrams; birthday and Christmas cards received, 25th birthday telegrams, postcards to and from family and friends, love letters, and letters written in French to June's grandmother, which have been translated.

Sub-series 1.: Career Related 1925-1987

Box Folder

6 6 Career related correspondence April 1925-June

1945

6 7 Fan Mail 1931-April 1987

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Opening Night Congratulatory Telegrams:

Box Folder

6 8 Holland & Knight, Hot-Cha!, Humpty Dumpty, Take A Chance

May 1931-April 1933

6 9 Jubilee and other August 1935-

May 1936

Sub-series 2.: Personal 1858-1978

Box Folder

6 10 "Birthday (25th) Telegrams from Billy Seymour" January 22, 1938

6 11 "Letters From Bob Ritchie and cables" 1937

6 12 "Letters in French to my Grandmother" 1858-1897

7 1 Miscellaneous circa 1926-

August 1978

7 2 Postcards circa 1938-circa

1962

7 3 "Telegrams from Mr. Lee" (Tommy Lee) August 1935- February 1936

Series IV.: Photographs, circa 1887-1986

3.51 cubic ft. (5¾ document boxes, 1 F24 flat box)

Arranged alphabetically then chronologically. Contains photos of June taken throughout her life and career, wedding photos, her parents and other family members; fashion and other advertising shots, stills from stage and screen performances, news photos, and those from MGM and Universal Pictures touting June as a movie star; snapshots, sketches and portraits of others - mainly other celebrities, some autographed.

Sub-series 1.: Snapshots and Portraits circa 1887-1986

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Box Folders

17 1-2 Age birth to 17 yrs. old circa 1918, circa

1927-1929

7 4-6 Age birth to 18 yrs. old 1913-1931

Folder

17 3 Age 46 yrs. old 1959

7 7 Age 62-73 yrs. old circa 1975-1986

7 8 Album 1913-1934

8 1 Album July-October

1927

8 2 Ames, Paul and June Knight 1934

8 3 Baer, Max and June Knight circa 1933

8 4 Bruno of Hollywood, NYC, Photographer March 1, 1944

17 4 Bruno of Hollywood, NYC, Photographer March 1, 1944

8 5 Cameron, Arthur and June Knight 1938-1942

8 6 Cameron home, Evansville, Indiana 1942

8 7 Cameron home, Houston, Texas 1939-1941

8 8 Cameron Wedding August 29, 1938

8 9 Craig, Walter Scott III circa 1940-1947

Folders

8 10-11 Family circa 1887-1969

Folder

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17 5 "Farewell Dinner to June Knight by her Friends" June 6, 1933

8 12 Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1950-1969

8 13 "Lockheed People and Nightclubs" circa 1945- circa 1957

Miscellaneous:

Box Folder

8 14 June Knight circa 1931-circa

1946

1935

1946

9 2 Other undated

Box Folder

17 7 Miscellaneous Proofs circa 1931-circa

1933

9 3 Miscellaneous Proofs 1932

9 4 Murray Korman, N.Y., Photographer circa 1933

17 8 Murray Korman, N.Y., Photographer circa 1933

17 9 Outdoor group photo circa 1935

9 5 Squier, Carl and June Knight 1949-1978

9 6 S.S. Normandie 1937-1938

9 7 Sunbathing on New York City rooftop 1932

17 10 White Studio, NY, Photographer circa 1933

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Sub-series 2.: Publicity 1929-1948

Box Folder

9 8 Advertising 1932-circa 1937

9 9 Archery: 55th National Archery Association Tournament, University of California

August 1935

9 10 "Christening plane for Mr. Robert Blythe" circa 1931

17 11 Dance Production October 1929

Dance Production with Jack Holland:

Box Folder

9 11 Garden of Youth July 3, 1931

9 12 Oh Teacher August 6, 1931

9 13 Three Long Weeks August 13, 1931

Box Folder

9 14 England 1936-1938

9 15 Holland, Jack and June Knight 1931

17 12 Holland, Jack and June Knight 1931

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:

Box Folder

9 16 Publicity shots touting June as an MGM star circa 1934-1935

Folders

10 1-3 Publicity shots touting June as an MGM star 1935-1936

Folder

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10 4 Lake Arrowhead, California, Winter Carnival January 17, 1935

10 5 Rhumba Costume 1936

10 6 "Tea Time At The Zoo" 1935

17 13 "Tea Time At The Zoo" 1935

Box Folder

10 7 News Photos circa 1932-July

1947

10 8 Paramount Publix Corporation circa 1933

10 9 Paramount Theater, NY September 1933

11 1 "Pictures With People" circa 1930-1946

17 14 "Pictures With People" circa 1945

11 2 Public Relations, Bolling Field, Washington, D.C. circa 1944

11 3 "Red Feather Campaign" 1948

Screen Productions:

Box Folder

11 4 Break The News (London) 1937

17 15 Break The News (London) 1937

11 5 Broadway Melody of 1936 1935

11 6 Cross Country Cruise 1934

11 7 House Across the Bay 1940

11 8 Ladies Must Love 1933

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11 9 The Lilac Domino (London) 1937

11 10 Mata Hari 1931

11 12 Vacation From Love 1938

12 1 Wake Up And Dream 1934

Box Folder

12 2 Sculling and Rowing circa 1937

Stage Productions:

Box Folder

12 3 And On We Go (London) 1937

12 4 Dream With Music 1944

17 16 Fifty Million Frenchmen October 1929

17 17 Glad To See You 1944

12 5 Going Places (London) 1936

12 6 Hot-Cha! 1932

17 18 Hot-Cha! 1932

12 7 Jubilee 1935

12 8 The Overtons 1945

12 9 Sweethearts 1946-1947

17 19 Sweethearts 1947

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12 11 The Would-Be Gentleman 1945

17 21 The Would-Be Gentleman 1946

Box Folder

12 12 Texas Centennial Exposition, Dallas, Texas 1936

Folders

12 13-15 Universal Pictures 1933-1934

Folder

17 22 Universal Pictures 1933-1934

13 1 Western States' Jewelry Trades Show 1935

Sub-series 3.: Friends 1906-1945

Box Folder

13 2 Friends circa 1920- circa

1945

17 23 Friends circa 1930s

13 3 Friends: Signed Photos 1906-1934

Series V.: Articles and Clippings, 1931-1985

0.59 cubic ft. (3/4 of a document box and 1 slim document box)

Arranged chronologically. Contains miscellaneous newspaper and magazine articles about June as well as family members and other stars, newspaper tear sheets and pages from disassembled clipping scrapbooks.

Box Folder

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13 4 Miscellaneous 1933-1983

Newspaper Tear Sheets:

Box Folder

16 2 Deseret News, Weekly Magazine; "June Knight, Crippled Child, Danced to Fame and Beauty"

November 1936

16 2 Des Moines Sunday Register; "June Knight's Fight For Beauty"

November 17, 1935

16 2 Los Angeles Sunday Times; pg. 3, "When Stars of the Films Were Young," pg. 4 fashion spread, "Fashions Today"

August 12, 1934

16 2 Los Angeles Times; pg. 1, "Married Bliss Lasts Less Than Fortnight"

December 13, 1934

16 2 Mid-Week Pictorial; pg. 30, advertisement for Hot-Cha! March 19, 1932

16 2 St. Louis Globe Democrat; "Movie Dressographs" December 1, 1935

16 2 Unknown newspaper's Magazine Section; pg. 17, "This Year Skirts Will Be Slimmer and Shoulders Wider"

March 12, 1933

Box Folder

13 5 Other People 1931-1985

Folders

13 6-10 Scrapbooks March 1931-April

1941

14 1-6 Scrapbooks September

1936-January 1939, November 1942-September 1943, March 1944-July 1948

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0.04 cubic ft. (½ F24 flat box)

Contains sketches, fashion illustrations and watercolors done by June, portraits of June by other artists and miscellaneous pieces of art.

Sub-series 1.: Sketches by June Knight Arranged chronologically.

1926-1943

Box Folder

16 3 "Red Hots," illustrated and written by Margaret Vallikett (age 13)

September 3, 1926

16 3 Pencil and watercolor art by Marie Valli (age 15-20) 1928-1933

16 3 Pencil and watercolor art by June Knight 1933-1943

Sub-series 2.: Sketches of June Knight by Other Artists

Arranged alphabetically.

circa

1930s-1940s

Box Folder

16 4 Arno, Peter: watercolor undated

16 4 Berry, Michael: pencil sketch undated

16 4 Femaire: pen and ink fashion sketch circa 1936

16 4 Flagg, James Montgomery: two copies of a pencil sketch printed on a postcard, with negative

circa 1940

16 4 Hoffman: two pen and ink sketches circa 1930s

16 4 LaFoulthy: charcoal sketches of June Knight, her father Holley Vallikett and mother Beryl

1937

16 4 Lane, Jane: pencil sketch undated

16 4 Merrell, Marshall: pencil sketch circa 1930s

16 4 Unknown artist: watercolor sketch undated

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16 4 Zito: caricature undated

Sub-series 3.: Miscellaneous Artwork Arranged alphabetically.

undated

Box Folder

16 5 Dsumis, Morgan: "Listen," sketch of Scottie dogs undated

16 5 Zito: "Dogs by Zito," nine cartoon sketches undated

Series VII.: Audio-Visual Materials, circa 1933-circa 1953

0.8 cubic ft. (1 PRB phonograph record box and 1 CAR 3x5 card file box) Contains recordings of June and 8mm home movies.

Sub-series 1.: Phonograph Records Arranged alphabetically.

circa 1933-1945

Folder

Audio- Visual Storage

1 Brown, Les and His Orchestra undated

Folders

2-11 Knight, June 1937-1938,

1944, 1945, undated

Folder

12 Knight, June & BBC Male Voice Quartet and Orchestra 1937

Folders

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13-19 Knight, June circa 1935, 1937,

1938, undated

Folder

20 Whiteman, Paul and His Orchestra circa 1933

Sub-series 2.: Home Movies

Arranged chronologically. (Audio-Visual Storage)

1948-circa 1953

Box Item

17A 1 Palm Springs circa 1948

17A 2 Palm Springs November 1948

17A 3 Roscoe and Marie, Snow circa 1949

17A 4 Fishing, Texas circa 1949

Items

17A 5-6 Texas? June 1950

Item

17A 7 Texas? July 1950

17A 8 Doolittle Pool, Julie September 1950

17A 9 Ghost Town, Pool, Guests, Holly September 1950

17A 10 Santa Barbara circa 1952

17A 11 Mexico circa 1952

17A 12 Not labeled circa 1953

Series VIII.: Artifacts, circa 1880-circa 1987

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music box, plaques, and a printing block; handbags, hats, shoes, undergarments, pinafores, dresses, layette, linens, bonnets, nightwear, booties and shoes, undergarments, gloves, toilette set, teething toy, and needlework samples; dance costumes, evening gowns, a kimono, blouse, lace cape, dresses, lounging pajamas, tuxedo and a Rhumba costume.

Sub-series 1.: Art Arranged alphabetically.

1946-circa 1987

Art Storage Broadside: The Would-Be Gentleman 1946

Art Storage Painting: Oil portrait of Mrs. June Knight Buehler circa 1969-1987

Sub-series 2.: Non-clothing Items Arranged alphabetically.

circa 1920s-1983

Artifact Storage

Trunk circa

1920s-1930s

Box

18 Banner 1945

19 Cigarette Box circa 1940s

19 Music Box undated

19 Plaques June 8, 1977,

February 4, 1983

19 Printing Block circa 1930s

Sub-series 3.: Women's Accessories Arranged chronologically.

circa 1905-circa 1940s

Box

20 Artificial Flower circa 1927

20 Ballet Shoes circa early 1920s

20 Handbag 1932

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20 Hats circa 1933, undated

20 Tap Shoes circa 1930s

21 Hat circa 1923

21 Shoes circa 1940s

22 Hawaiian Costume undated

22 Jabot circa 1905

22 Panties circa mid 1930s

22 Panty Shield circa mid 1930s

22 Peasant Costume from film The Lilac Domino 1937

22 Sleeve circa 1896-1906

22 Stockings circa 1930s

Sub-series 4.: Infant and Child Clothing and Accessories Arranged chronologically.

circa 1887-1923

Box

23 Apron/Pinafore circa 1920 or

earlier

23 Blanket circa 1913 or

earlier

23 Dresses circa 1913 or

earlier, circa 1916 or earlier

23 Dress and Slip circa 1889

23 Dress/Pinafore undated

23 Jacket and Skirt Outfit circa 1887

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23 Layette circa 1913 or earlier

23 Nightgown circa 1913 or

earlier

23 Pelisse (Cloak) circa 1914

23 Pillowcase circa 1913 or

earlier

23 Wrapper circa 1913 or

earlier

24 Bag circa 1918

24 Bib October 23,

1923

24 Bonnets circa 1913, circa

1914

24 Bootees (Booties) circa 1913 or

earlier

24 Caps circa 1913 or

earlier

24 Diaper Cover

24 Diaper Drawers circa 1913 or

earlier

24 Gloves circa 1910-1920,

circa 1920s

24 Mitts circa 1890s to

1920s

24 Sacque and Bonnet Set circa 1913 or

earlier

24 Shoes circa 1913

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24 Socks 1915

24 Stockings circa 1913 or

earlier

24 Teething Toy circa 1913

24 Toilette Set circa 1913

24 Undershirts circa 1913, circa

1914

Sub-series 5.: Women's Gowns and Costumes Arranged chronologically.

circa 1880-1950

Box

25 Dance Costume circa 1927

25 Evening Gowns circa 1931, 1933

25 Evening Gown with Bolero Jacket circa 1933

25 Kimono circa 1930s

26 Blouse circa 1900

26 Bolero Jacket circa 1940

26 Cape circa 1880

26 Dance Costume circa 1931

26 Evening Gowns circa 1933, circa

late 1930s

26 Lounging Pajamas circa 1930-1939

26 Negligee/Nightgown circa 1940-1950

27 Evening Gown circa 1940

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Hanging Cheongsam (Chinese Dress) circa 1930

Hanging Day Dress circa 1949

Hanging Evening Gowns circa early

1930s, circa mid 1930s, circa 1938, circa 1940-1950

Hanging Gown with Jacket 1937

Hanging Jacket circa 1930s

Hanging Pajama Set circa 1930s

Hanging Rhumba Costume 1934

Hanging Smock/Overblouse undated

Hanging Tuxedo 1933

Names and Subjects

Subject Terms :

Theater--Twentieth century.

Personal Names : Porter, Cole, 1891-1964.

Corporate Names : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Universal Pictures Company.

Form or Genre Terms : Costume.

Diaries.

Film stills.

Love letters.

Phonograph records.

Scores.

Scrapbooks.

Scripts.

Sketches.

Occupations : Actors.

Dancers.

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Women inventors.

Processed by Ronda Frazier 2006