Vivian Richardson retired as the archivist and assistant director of the Arthur F. McClure II Archives and University Museum at the University of Central Missouri.

Articles Authored

Phog Allen. [University of Kansas, University Archives Photo Collection, ku-uaphotos:33979]
Forrest C. “Phog” Allen (1885–1974)

Forrest C. “Phog” Allen, whose foghorn voice earned him his nickname, was a masterful,…

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Joan Crawford in 1928. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-133571]
Joan Crawford (1908–1977)

Joan Crawford was born Lucille LeSueur on March 23, 1908, in what she described as “a drab…

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Jane Darwell in a photo taken in 1918. [University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs, 22471]
Jane Darwell (1879–1967)

Jane Darwell, a pioneering film actress whose career spanned more than sixty years, was…

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Jeanne Eagels in costume. [The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, ID#100058, New York Public Library Digital Collections]
Jeanne Eagels (1890–1929)

Although there is some dispute about the date and place of her birth, most sources state…

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Cliff Edwards. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, TH-10109]
Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards (1895–1971)

Singer-actor Cliff Edwards was born in Hannibal, Missouri, on June 14, 1895, and is best…

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