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

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Roland E. Hill drawings
    Date (inclusive): 1927-1930, 1948-1953
    Collection number: 967
    Creator: Hill, Roland E.
    Extent: 34 artworks.
    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

    Roland E. Hill drawings, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Jack Hill, 1989-1999

    Biography

    Roland E. Hill was an American art director and set designer most active in film from 1925 to 1953. In the 1950s he designed buildings for Walt Disney Productions, including the Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland.

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    The Roland E. Hill drawings span the years 1927-1930 and 1948-1953 and encompass 34 artworks. The collection consists of drawings and/or blueprints for a handful of films from the late 1920s, as well as a few watercolors, such as three of a Western street set designed by Hill for the Warner Bros. Ranch.

    Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series: Not arranged in series.

    Indexing Terms

    Hill, Roland E. , 1895-1986--Archives.
    art directors