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June Knight papers, 1858-1987
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Knight, June, 1913-1987
- Title
- June Knight papers
- Dates
- 1858-1987 (inclusive)18581987
1913-1987 (bulk)19131987 - 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
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American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu - Access Restrictions
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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 NoteReturn to Top
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. Her parents and doctors did not expect her to live through one more night. Then at age four she got tuberculosis.
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." So sing she did, for a salary of $300 per week. June was said to be the last girl "glorified" by the great Ziegfeld, who died in 1932.
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 delay her wedding to Cameron to complete a role in the film Vacation From Love. They were married in 1938, a marriage that lasted five years. She was 25, he was 38.
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.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
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.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyright InformationThe researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Preferred Citation
Preferred CitationItem Description, Box Number, Folder Number, June Knight papers, 1858-1987, Collection Number 05731, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
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
Related MaterialsThere are no other known archival collections created by June Knight at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition InformationThe 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 InformationThe collection was processed by Ronda Frazier in January 2002. Knight's original arrangement and folder titles were maintained where possible. Minor conservation was performed on some of the 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 CollectionReturn to Top
Series I.: Personal Papers, circa 1923-1981Return to Top
Arranged alphabetically. Contains address books, biographical information, books, diaries, financial and legal files, mementos, product ideas and miscellaneous subject files.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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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: |
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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: |
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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 |
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: |
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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: |
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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 |
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: |
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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: |
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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 |
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, 1920-1981Return to Top
Arranged alphabetically. Contains books and periodicals June is noted in, ephemera, song lyrics, orchestral scores, press kits, programs, scrapbooks, scripts and sheet music.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Books: |
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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: |
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Box | Folder | ||
4 | 6 | "Glorious Betsy" |
undated |
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: |
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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: |
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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 | ||
15 | 8 | Poster; Franklin D. Roosevelt, with thank-you letter for June's work with the National Recovery Act |
September 23, 1933 |
Press Kits: |
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Box | Folder | ||
15 | 9 | Broadway Melody of 1936 |
1936 |
15 | 10 | Take A Chance |
1933 |
Programs: |
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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: |
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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: |
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Box | Folders | ||
5 | 4-6 | Broadway Melody of 1935 |
December 1934-May 1935 |
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: |
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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, 1858-1987Return to Top
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.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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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 |
Opening Night Congratulatory Telegrams: |
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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 1887-1986Return to Top
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.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Sub-series 1.: Snapshots and Portraits |
circa 1887-1986 | ||
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 | |||
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: |
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Box | Folder | ||
8 | 14 | June Knight |
circa 1931-circa 1946 |
17 | 6 | June Knight |
circa 1933-circa 1935 |
9 | 1 | June Knight |
circa 1931-circa 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 |
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: |
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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: |
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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 | |||
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: |
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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 |
11 | 9 | The Lilac Domino (London) |
1937 |
11 | 10 | Mata Hari |
1931 |
11 | 11 | Take A Chance |
1933 |
11 | 12 | Vacation From Love |
1938 |
12 | 1 | Wake Up And Dream |
1934 |
Box | Folder | ||
12 | 2 | Sculling and Rowing |
circa 1937 |
Stage Productions: |
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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 |
12 | 10 | Take A Chance |
1932 |
17 | 20 | Take A Chance |
1932 |
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, 1931-1985Return to Top
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.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
13 | 4 | Miscellaneous |
1933-1983 |
Newspaper Tear Sheets: |
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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 |
Series VI.: Artwork, 1926-1943Return to Top
Contains sketches, fashion illustrations and watercolors done by June, portraits of June by other artists and miscellaneous pieces of art.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 1953Return to Top
Contains recordings of June and 8mm home movies.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Sub-series 1.: Phonograph Records Arranged alphabetically.
|
circa 1933-1945 | ||
Folder | |||
Audio-Visual Storage | 1 | Brown, Les and His Orchestra |
undated |
Folders | |||
Audio-Visual Storage | 2-11 | Knight, June |
1937-1938, 1944, 1945, undated |
Folder | |||
Audio-Visual Storage | 12 | Knight, June & BBC Male Voice Quartet and Orchestra |
1937 |
Folders | |||
Audio-Visual Storage | 13-19 | Knight, June |
circa 1935, 1937, 1938, undated |
Folder | |||
Audio-Visual Storage | 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 1987Return to Top
Contains a broadside and oil portrait of June; a wardrobe trunk, advertising banner, cigarette box, 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.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 SubjectsReturn to Top
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.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Singers.
- Women inventors.