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Descriptive Summary
Title: Walt Disney Collection
Dates: 1906-1980
Collection Number: GC 1295
Creator/Collector:
Walt Disney Productions
Extent: (Boxes: 3 ½ letter; 2 letter; 6 flat in letter; 2 ov; 7 ov folders)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
Abstract: Collection covers facets of Walt Disney Productions, including the development of Mickey Mouse, the Silly Symphonies series
and other animated characters; animation cameras, animators at work; the Hyperion Avenue studio building and Mickey Mouse
promotions. 1906-1980, undated (bulk is 1930s-40s)
Language of Material: English
Access
Research is by appointment only
Publication Rights
Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder
Preferred Citation
Walt Disney Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Biography/Administrative History
The collection was donated by Walt Disney Productions in the 1930s. Items with later dates are filed in this collection due
to subject appropriateness.
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection covers facets of Walt Disney Productions, including the development of Mickey Mouse, the Silly Symphonies series
and other animated characters; animation cameras, animators at work; the Hyperion Avenue studio building and Mickey Mouse
promotions. Manuscripts including Mickey Mouse fan mail; drawings; animation cels and backgrounds; film frames; photographs;
posters; newspaper clippings; publications including ones by Earl Theissen; and ephemera. Also comic strip engraving plates
for Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies series. 1906-1980, undated (bulk is 1930s-40s)
Indexing Terms
Animated films.
Walt Disney Company
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