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  • Scope and Contents
  • Biographical / Historical
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Rights Statement for Archival Description
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information

  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
    Title: Joe Higgins collection
    Creator: Higgins, Joe, 1925-1998
    Identifier/Call Number: 2351
    Identifier/Call Number: 749
    Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/5/resources/1229
    Physical Description: 8.5 Linear Feet 6 boxes
    Date (bulk): 1960s-1980s
    Abstract: This collection consists of the scripts and schedules of American commercial, film, and television actor Joe Higgins (1925-1998).
    Language of Material: English .
    Container: 1a
    Container: 1b
    Container: 2
    Container: 3
    Container: 4
    Container: 5

    Scope and Contents

    This collection consists of the scripts and schedules of American commercial, film, and television actor Joe Higgins (1925-1998). Higgins was best known for playing the roll of Nils Swenson in the television western "The Rifleman," as well as Jake Shakespeare in the legal television drama, "Arrest and Trial."

    Biographical / Historical

    Joe Higgins (1925-1998) was an American commercial, film, and television actor. He was best known for playing the roll of Nils Swenson in the television western "The Rifleman," as well as Jake Shakespeare in the legal television drama, "Arrest and Trial."

    Conditions Governing Access

    Advance notice required for access.

    Rights Statement for Archival Description

    Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

    Conditions Governing Use

    All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift, June 1990.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], Joe Higgins collection, Collection no. 2351, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Processing Information

    This collection is unprocessed.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources
    Television actors and actresses -- Archival resources
    Actors -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
    Scripts
    Television scripts
    Schedules (time plans)
    Stage props -- Archival resources
    Higgins, Joe, 1925-1998 -- Archives