University of Wyoming
Irving Asher, a motion picture producer, was associated with the London studios of Warner Brothers and Columbia in the 1930s and early 1940s. In 1945, he was president of Rainbow Productions, and in the late 1950s, he was with TCF Television Productions. His movies included "Elephant Walk," which starred Elizabeth Taylor. Asher was a personal friend of Louis Mountbatten, former New York City Mayor James Walker, and actor Errol Flynn. He was married to silent film actress Laura La Plante. He was also a collector of U.S. Presidential memorabilia.
Collection contains correspondence to Asher from Louis Mountbatten, Errol Flynn, and Joseph P. Kennedy; letters written by James Garfield and Calvin Coolidge; a scrapbook of newspaper clippings on James J. Walker; photographs, including several of Laura La Plante and Elizabeth Taylor; postcards and newspaper clippings dealing with British royalty; speeches by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.; and miscellaneous other materials.
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 Irving Asher at the date of processing.
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