Finding Aid for the Howard Estabrook papers 2553
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USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 July
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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Howard Estabrook papers
Creator:
Estabrook, Howard, 1884-1978
Identifier/Call Number: 2553
Physical Description:
0.08 Linear Feet
1 folder
Date (inclusive): 1935-1959
Date: 1977
Date: 1981
Abstract: Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, realia, clippings, and other papers belonging to American writer, director,
and producer Howard Estabrook (1884-1978).
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, realia, clippings, and other papers belonging to American writer, director,
and producer Howard Estabrook (1884-1978). Materials related to motion pictures Estabrook wrote including
Cimarron (1931),
David Copperfield (1935),
Heavenly Days (1944),
The Human Comedy (1943) are present.
Originally part of the Ethel Barrymore Memorial Theatre Arts Collection at the University of Southern California Library
100 Series, and was labeled 100-45.
Howard Estabrook (1884-1978) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He began his career on stage in
New York in 1904 and made his silent film debut with
Officer 666 (1914), he started producing films in 1924, and began writing screenplays in 1928. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted
Screenplay for
Cimarron (1931). He later served on the Academy Board of Governors.
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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 cin@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 Harold Estabrook to USC School of Performing Arts, 1977. Transferred to Cinematic Arts Library by Hillary Lloyd in
1981.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Howard Estabrook papers, Collection no. 2553, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Actors -- Photographs
Clippings
Correspondence
Realia
Estabrook, Howard, 1884-1978 -- Archive