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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: George Hopkins scrapbooks
Creator:
Hopkins, George James
Identifier/Call Number: 2513
Physical Description:
1.563 Linear Feet
2 boxes
Date (bulk): 1910s-1950s
Abstract: This collection consists of the scrapbooks of American set designer, playwright, and production designer George Hopkins (1896-1985).
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
Container: 2
George Hopkins (1896-1985) was an American set designer, playwright, and production designer. Hopkins started designing scenery
on stage after studying design in college. He turned to art direction for films in 1917. Hopkins won four Academy Awards for
Art Direction for "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951), "My Fair Lady" (1964), "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966), and
"Hello, Dolly!" (1969).
This collection consists of the scrapbooks of American set designer, playwright, and production designer George Hopkins (1896-1985).
These scrapbooks include clippings, programs, and printed ephemera.
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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.
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 of George Hopkins, June 1, 1962.
[Box/folder no. or item name], George Hopkins scrapbooks, Collection no. 2513, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Set designers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Scrapbooks
Clippings (information artifacts)
Printed ephemera
Programs (documents)
Motion picture art directors -- Archival resources
Hopkins, George James -- Archives