Reaching a new audience: Anthony Quinn’s archive housed in East L.A. library
Daniel Hernandez, head of the Chicano Resource Center at the Anthony Quinn Library, stands next to a suit of armor given to him by actor John Barrymore. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
A federal grant is helping librarians and scholars explore the thousands of items of Academy Award-winning actor Anthony Quinn, a proud son of East Los Angeles.
Daniel Hernandez, Chicano Resource Center librarian, looks through some of the archival material from the Anthony Quinn Library in East Los Angeles. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Anthony Quinn’s family donated the painting of Quinn hanging on the wall in the Anthony Quinn Library in East Los Angeles. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)