Archives & Special Collections

• Mark Felton biography
• Letter to Mark Felton from Jim Christopher August 17, 1981
• Letter to Jim Christopher from Mark Felton August 11, 1981
• Lane / Mullican Chronology (copies)
• “Postmaster Mullican dies of Heart Attack,” Indianola Tribune, January 12, 1938 (copy)
• “Career Summary of the Lane Sisters in Hollywood” Mark Felton 1981 (original & copy)

• “Iowa Girls Reach Broadway And Can’t Believe It’s True,” New York Telegraph, date unknown (copy)
• “Five Hollywood Daughters,” Liberty, May 13, 1936 (copy)
• Newspaper photo: Rosemary, Leota, Lola, Priscilla Lane, Des Moines Tribune, July 26, 1963
• “Whatever Became of the Lane Sisters?” Indianola Record-Herald, undated (copy)
• “Down Memory ‘Lane’: Indianola Starlets Remembered” Indianola Record-Herald, June 29, 1981

• Biography (original and copy)
• Methodist church program with upcoming Leota Lane Benefit Concert 1939
• Articles (6) from Iowa newspapers Leota Lane Benefit Concert December 5, 1939
• “Leota Goes On,” Indianola Record-Herald, June 29, 1981 (copy)
• “Prof. Doty is Honored Guest …,” (mentions Leota Lane performance), Simpson College Bulletin, date unknown
• “Death Takes Leota Lane of Singing Sisters Fame,” Des Moines Register, July 26, 1963

• “An autograph fan waylays Lola Lane …” (photo), Motion Picture, February 1931
• Lola Lane article, magazine and date unknown (after 1952), p.182-184 Advertisement Maybelline Eye Beauty Aid ad, Motion Picture, August 1939

• “Priscilla Lane Turns Chorus Girl,” Hollywood, August 1941, p.53+ (*cover on web)
• Cover Photo on Photo Play combined with Movie Mirror, September 1940
• Modeling photos (6 pages), magazines and dates unknown
• “Priscilla Lane Learns How to Be a Salesgirl,” Life, June 16, 1941
• “Bombardier’s Bride” by Rilla Page Palmborg, Photo Play combined with Movie Mirror, September 1942
• “Iowan gave ‘Arsenic’ movie a sweet taste,” Des Moines Register, October 30, 1986
• “Iowa born actress Priscilla Lane dies,” Des Moines Register, April 6, 1995
• “Hollywood family lives on only on screen,” Record-Herald and Indianola Tribune, April 12, 1995

• Modeling photos (5 pages), some from Hollywood, 1940-1941
• “Through with Sister Acts: Rosemary Lane,” unknown newspaper photo, November 26 news release, year unknown
• “Rosemary Lane Weds,” unknown newspaper photo, year unknown
• “Waring Sends Song,” (copy of brief newspaper article)

 27 publicity shots for Lane Sisters movies

• (L – Lola, R – Rosemary, P – Priscilla)
• Cowboy from Brooklyn (1) P Hollywood Hotel (8) L, R ****
• Daughters Courageous (2) L, P, R * Marked Women (1) L *
• Dust Be My Destiny (2) Meanest Man in the World (2) P *
• Four Daughters (3) L, P, R *** Roaring Twenties (1)P*
• Four Wives (2) L, P, R ** Sabateur (1) P *
• Fun on a Weekend (1) P * Torchy Blade in Panama (1) L
• Girl from Havanna (1) L Varsity Show (1) P *

• Leota & Lola Lane (copy)
• Lola Lane, Leota Lane (Mullican) (copy) *
• Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane *
• Rosemary Lane, Priscilla Lane *
• Lola Lane (in wedding dress numbered 660-72)
• Leota Lane & ‘Pudgy’ *
• Leota Lane
• Priscilla, Lola & Rosemary Lane *
• Autographed matted publicity still of Lola Lane *
• Autographed publicity still of Leota Lane (12×15)
• “To Martha May, and ‘Missy’ with all my love, Aunty Leota”

28 11×14 color (Map Drawer 4-5)

• Brother Rat (3) Hollywood Hotel (4) *
• Cowboy from Brooklyn (2) Lost Canyon (1)
• Daughters Courageous (4) * Men Are Such Fools (2)
• Dust Be My Destiny (2) Return of Dr. X (1)
• Four Daughters (5) * When Were You Born? (1)
• Four Wives (3) *

• Large lobby poster of Four Daughters (on top of map drawers)

• “The Lane Sisters” by Emerson Winters, History of Warren County Iowa, 1953
• The Lane Sisters (4 original and 1 copy), December 1974
• “Lane Sisters,” excerpt from Outstanding Iowa Women 1980, p.53-56
• “Four Lanes to Stardom,” The Record-Herald and Indianola Tribune, June 30, 1993
• Leota Lane with Prof. Hiram S. Doty and Robert Mitchell (photo), Simpson College Bulletin, May 1949
• “Leota Lane Dies after Surgery,” The Record-Herald and Indianola Tribune, July 29, 1963
• “Rosemary Lane Dies; one of 3 sisters in Films of ‘30s – ‘40s” newspaper article from California, December 10, 1974
• Alumni Office information card (1 original and 1 copy)
• “Star Struck,” Simpson Magazine, Winter 1998/99, p.6-11 (12 originals)
• “Like her Sisters, Rosemary Lane Sang her way to stardom,” by Tom Longden, Des Moines Register July 17, 2005 (1 original and 2 copies)
• “Sounds from the Field: Hearing Hollywood in Iowa’s Special Collections: Casting and Composing for the Four Daughters films” by Nathan Platte

List of Lane sisters’ addresses

• From LuJean Cole/ To Ms. Rosemary Lane, February 28, 1974
• Hand written note from LuJean Cole about conversation with Rosemary Lane
• List of Contributors to Leota Lane Memorial Scholarship Fund
• From LuJean Cole/ To Kathy Pierson March 7, 1974 (copy)
• From LuJean Cole/ To Miss Rosemary Lane, March 25, 1974 (copy)
• From LuJean Cole/ To Mrs. Robert Hanlon, March 26, 1974 (copy)
• From LuJean Cole/ To Mrs. Joseph Howard, March 26, 1974 (copy)
• From LuJean Cole/ To Miss Rosemary Lane, April 11, 1974 (copy)
• From LuJean Cole/ To Mr. Raymond H. Robinson, August 19, 1974 (copy)
• From Raymond H. Robinson/ To Mr. Hare, August 29, 1974
• From LuJean Cole/ To Mrs. Priscilla Howard, November 27, 1974 (copy)
• From Richard B. Lancaster/ To Mary M. Lane, March 13, 1978
• From Margie Schultz/ To Librarian, March 7, 1990
• From Lynn Ochiltree/ To Margie Schultz, April 9, 1990
• From Margie Schultz/ To Lynn Ochiltree, April 14, 1990
• From Lynn Ochiltree/ To Margie Schultz, April 26, 1990
• From Margie Schultz/ To Librarian, May 4, 1990 (copy)
• From Margie Schultz/ To Lynn Ochiltree, May 22, 1990

• Program: Indianola Methodist Church, November 9, 1939
• “Leota Lane returns to her Alma Mater for Concert,” The Simpsonian, November 20, 1939 (copy)
• Newspaper articles about Leota Lane Concert (2)
• Program: Indianola Methodist Church, November 26, 1939
• Program: First Presbyterian Church, December 3, 1939
• “Leota Lane is here,” Des Moines Tribune, December 4, 1939 (copy)
• Simpson College Program, December 5, 1939
• Leota Lane Soprano (2)
• “Leota Lane Recital Thrills Audience,” The Simpsonian, December 11, 1939

• “Dorothy Mullican playing opposite Geo. Jessel, stage star, in ‘The War Song’ on Broadway, New York City”
• “Miss Leota Mullican, Prima Donna with Shubert Company, N.Y.C.”

• “Comic Opera at Gym” [featuring Leota Mullican], December 3, 1923
• “Comic Opera goes big at Gym,” December 10, 1923
• “Leota Mullican in Recital this Eve,” May 12, 1924
• “Talent is displayed during the Recital,” May 19, 1924
• “Romeo and Juliet cast Announced” [Leota as Juliet], December 15, 1924
• “Romeo and Juliet to be given January 16,” January 12, 1925
• “Shakespeare Play makes Big Hit,” January 26, 1925
• “Leota Mullican in Voice Recital,” April 27, 1925
• “Dorothy Mullican stars in Picture at Orpheum soon,” April 22, 1929
• “Audience praises Lola Lane’s voice over Vitaphone,” April 29, 1929
• “Leota Lane has lead in Musical Show Production,” September 22, 1930
• “Lola Lane appears in ‘The Big Fight’ at local Theatre,” October 6, 1930
• “Lola Lane comes in ‘Costello Case’,” December 8, 1930

• Leota Mullican (freshman), 1923
• Leota Mullican (sophomore) and Martha Jane Mullican, 1924
• Leota Mullican (Junior) and Dorothy Mullican (freshman), 1925
• Leota Mullican (Senior), 1926