The William Harold Riddle Collection contains various magazines and journals covering Broadway and Hollywood affairs from the late 1920s to the early 1950s. It was through these magazines that the young Riddle would find information to write to his favorite stars and learn more about them beyond their places on the screen. Many of the articles and magazines are dedicated to people Riddle met personally and admired—James Dean, Clark Gable, and Elvis Presley, to name a few.

Theatre Magazine, 1928

Theatre Magazine, 1928

Hollywood Herald, 1931

Hollywood Herald, 1931

Hollywood Herald, 1931 2

Hollywood Herald, 1931 2

Hollywood Reporter, 1932

Hollywood Reporter, 1932

Broadway and Hollywood Movies, June 1932

Broadway and Hollywood Movies, June 1932

Photoplay, February 1932

Photoplay, February 1932

Movie Classic, 1933

Movie Classic, 1933

New Movie Magazine, 1933

New Movie Magazine, 1933

The Stage, 1933

The Stage, 1933

Picturegoer Weekly, 1936

Picturegoer Weekly, 1936

"Royal Trivumerate" flyer, 1938

"Royal Trivumerate" flyer, 1938

Silver Screen, March 1938

Silver Screen, March 1938