Another Christmas Gift: Snow White Scrapbook

The 1937 Disney Studios Christmas card
Today is the 70th Anniversary of the premiere of Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs. So it's fitting that today the family of Disney animator, Clair Weeks donated a scrapbook of material related to the picture. I apologize for the quality of the photos. I'll be digitizing this material properly after the holidays. We all owe a huge debt of thanks to the family of Clair Weeks for donating this treasure to the collection of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive.



The ticket envelope and program for the
premiere, Carthay Circle and Radio City Music Hall
runs, and the invitation to "Walt's Field Day",
the wrap party for Snow White.


Feature on the voice actors of Snow White
from Screen Guide Magazine.

Good Housekeeping article
illustrated by Tenggren.

Life Magazine

Esquire Magazine review by Gilbert Seldes,
along with the 1937 and 1938 studio Christmas cards.

Popular Science focuses on the mechanics
of the animation production process.

One of Time Magazine's most famous covers.

Liberty Magazine along with a scrap
of Snow White fabric.

Life Magazine profiles Marjorie Belcher,
the rotoscope model for Snow White.

Stage Magazine

Great two page spread on the people
behind the scenes from Movie Pix.

Hirschfeld's scathing pan from
the New York TImes is flanked by
a mask of Grumpy!

Ann Miller and Lucille Ball
model hats inspired by the dwarfs.
I doubt any women actually wore these!

Hollywood Magazine for a nickle
and a Snow White ham!

Post Toasties, Tek Toothpaste premium
and a wildly off model paper doll book.
There's a lot more in this book that I didn't have time to photograph. Check back after the New Year for more posts on this topic. Many thanks to the family of Clair Weeks for contributing this important material to our musuem.



If you found this interesting, you'll want to check out our previous posts about material from the collection of Clair Weeks... Clair Weeks: Pioneer of Indian Animation, Dispatch From Disney's Part One and Part Two, The Building Of The Disney Studios, Clair Weeks Goodbye Book, the 1938 Disney Artists Tryout Book and Clair Week's Animal Studies.

Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
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