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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Important Information for Users of the Collection
  • Biography
  • Collection Scope and Content Summary
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Don McGuire papers
    Date (inclusive): circa 1950s-1960s
    Collection number: 461
    Creator: McGuire, Don
    Extent: 6 linear feet of papers.
    Repository: Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
    Languages: English

    Important Information for Users of the Collection

    Access

    Available by appointment only.

    Publication rights

    Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.

    Preferred Citation

    Don McGuire papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

    Acquisition Information

    Bequest of the Don McGuire estate, 2000

    Biography

    Don McGuire was an American screenwriter, director, and actor. He began his career in film as an actor in the mid-1940s and was active as a writer and director from the 1950s.

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    The Don McGuire papers span the years circa 1950s-1960s and encompass 6 linear feet. The collection consists primarily of scripts, contracts, correspondence, and material on unproduced projects.

    Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series: Not arranged in series.

    Indexing Terms

    McGuire, Don , 1919-1999--Archives.
    actors
    directors
    screenwriters