This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Items give glimpse into Hepburn life at library
Beverly Hills officers and Academy curators reveal Katharine Hepburn estate gift fills the Margaret Herrick Library with letters telegrams scrapbooks scripts and photographs from Hepburns 65 year career. Library director Linda Mehr calls the collection an extraordinary treasure as curators plan catalogue and public access next year while notes from Cary Grant Tennessee Williams Laurence Olivier and Spencer Tracy appear among the material. Hepburns four acting Oscars remain a record and she attended the Oscars only once.
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Linda Mehr
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Margaret Herrick Library
Katharine Hepburn
Beverly Hills
Calif
Margaret Herrick
The
Hepburn
New York
Connecticut
Hollywood
Cary Grant
Tennessee Williams
Laurence Olivier
John Wayne
Henry Fonda
Spencer Tracy
George Cukor
John Huston
David Lean
Cynthia McCormick
McCormick
Meryl Streep