Collection Title: Buff Cobb Scrapbook
Series Number: MS11-03
Processed and Cataloged by: Processed by Dieter C. Ullrich on November 16, 2010.
Date Listed: November 16, 2010
Date Span: 1911-1916
Size of Collection: 1.5 linear feet.
Number of Boxes: 1 oversized box.
Type of Material: Scrapbook.
Condition of Material: Good.
Arrangement: Chronological arrangement.
Biographical / Historical Information: Patrizia Cobb Martin, better known by her stage name of Buff Cobb, was born on October 19, 1927 in Florence, Italy to playwright Elizabeth Cobb and opera singer Frank Chapman. She was the granddaughter of writer and humorist Irvin S. Cobb. She was a radio performer, television personality, film actress and Broadway producer from 1946 to 1998. She is best remembered as co-starring on the daily talk and interview show The Mike and Buff Show with her husband Mike Wallace from 1951 to 1956. She was also a regular panelist on the show Masquerade Party from 1953 to 1955. In 1963, she received a Tony nomination for the play “Too True to Be Good”. During the 1970s she produced several Broadway shows including “Never Live Over a Pretzel Factory” and “A Frog He Would a Wooing Go”. During the 1990s, Cobb produced television shows including The Regis Philbin Show and Barney Girard. She passed away at Lebanon, New Hampshire on July 12, 2010.
Scope and Content: Collection consists of photocopied articles of the “Old Judge Priest” series written by Irvin S. Cobb and published in the Saturday Evening Post from October of 1911 to April of 1916. The articles were assembled into a bound album to promote and sell a “Judge Priest” series for television during the 1980s. Included with the scrapbook are obituaries from various media publications on Buff Cobb.
Subject Headings / Descriptors:
Martin, Patrizia Cobb, 1927-2010<
Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewbury), 1876-1944
Short stories, American.
