Finding aid for the Joe Higgins collection 2351

Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 April
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu


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 .
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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

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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