Vincent Price Library and Memorabilia Collection
Scope and Contents
Books, letters, memorabilia, films, interviews, photographs, WWII documents and cartographic material, newspaper clippings, and more that pertain to Vincent Price's life, family, career, and relationship with Truman State University.
Dates
- Creation: 1926-2010
Creator
- Price, Vincent, 1911-1993 (Person)
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Biographical Note
Vincent Price (1911-1993), a native of St Louis, Missouri, was an actor who was best known for his starring roles in horror movies based on the works of Edgar Alan Poe and other tales of the macabre and supernatural. He was an avid art collector and founded the Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College, the first teaching art collection housed in a community college. He was also a gourmet chef, authoring several cookbooks. Mr. Price was a favorite guest lecturer in Truman State University's Lyceum Series, visiting campus for the first time in 1961 and returning in 1972, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, and 1986. His son, V.B. Price, (1940-present), a long-time resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is a journalist, poet, author, columnist, and teacher at the University of New Mexico. From 1994 to 2009, he wrote opinion columns for the Albuquerque Tribune and the New Mexico Independent, along with lecturing at UNM and releasing literary works of both prose and poetry.
Extent
1.7 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is organized into 6 series.
- Memorabilia, 1958-1986
- V.B. Price Clippings Collection, 1994-2010
- World War II Cartographic Material and Documents (D-Day), 1944
- Library, 1926-1989
- Films, 1935-2003
- Photographs, 1961-1999
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The material in the collection was donated to the Special Collections department in primarily two installments: the books, memorabilia, WWII documents and cartographic material by Vincent Price in 1993 and the V.B. Price opinion columns by alumna Dr. Patricia Allen in 2010. Other items, such as films, photographs, and clippings material were added upon acquisition by the department.
Processing Information
Artificial collection arranged in six series. Arrangement by processing archivists.
Subject
- Price, Vincent, 1911-1993 (Person)
- Price, Vincent Barrett (V.B), 1940- (Person)
- Title
- Vincent Price Library and Memorabilia Collection, 1926-2010
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Adriana Gambach, Christina Elem.
- Date
- [before 2018]
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections Manuscripts Repository