University of Wyoming
Music -- Phonograph records -- 33 rpm.
Speeches -- Phonograph records -- 33 rpm.
Plays -- Motion pictures -- 16 mm.
Commercials -- Motion pictures -- 35 mm.
Edwin Cooper was a Broadway, movie, and television actor who was active between the 1920s and 1980s. He was born in Illinois on September 15, 1894. He started acting on Broadway during the 1920s and appeared in numerous Broadway productions throughout the course of his life, including "Life with Father", "Kiss and Tell", and "1776". Cooper started appearing regularly in movies during the mid 1940s and had parts in several well known films, including "Blondie Knows Best" (1946), "The Hucksters" (1947), and "Ragtime" (1981). He also appeared in a number of television shows and commercials. Edwin Cooper passed away in Danbury, Connecticut on February 2, 1984.
Collection documents Edwin Cooper's life and acting career between the 1930s and 1980s. It contains subject files (which consist of correspondence, manuscripts, and clippings), diaries, photographs, phonograph records, and motion pictures. Collection also holds a number of books and artifacts.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
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There are no known other archival collections created by Edwin Cooper at the date of processing.
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.