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Szold-Fritz, Bernardine

 Person

Biography

Bernardine Szold-Fritz, née Bernardine Sholes, was born August 14, 1896 in Peoria, Illinois. She established the International Art Theater in Shanghai, China and was a Paris correspondent for the The New Yorker before establishing herself as a hostess in Hollywood. She married multiple times, including marriages to Otto K. Liveright on November 6, 1922 and Chester Fritz on June 18, 1929. Bernardine Szold-Fritz died February 15, 1982 in Los Angeles, California.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Chard Powers Smith papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 324
Abstract: The papers contain writings, correspondence, personal papers, photographs, and family papers of twentieth-century American writer Chard Powers Smith. The collection documents his career through drafts of his writings and through correspondence that reveals his personal and professional relationships with fellow writers, publishers, and literary organizations. The papers also contain information about his family, documenting not only his relationships with family members but also the lives of...
Dates: 1759-1978, bulk 1910-1977

Bernardine Szold-Fritz correspondence

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 544
Abstract:

The collection contains correspondence to Bernardine Szold-Fritz from well-known cultural figures from the 20th century.

Dates: circa 1917-1973