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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Robert F. Jani papers
Creator:
Jani, Robert F., 1934-1989
Identifier/Call Number: 0291
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/3/resources/294
Physical Description:
343.021 Linear Feet
291 boxes
Date (bulk): 1950s-1980s
Abstract: This collection consists of the personal and business papers of Robert F. Jani (1934-1989). He was a creator, director and
executive producer of musical spectaculars, television productions, pageants and extravaganzas, celebrations, international
events, parades, arena shows and sports events, world premieres and openings, pyrotechnic shows, expositions, and theme parks.
Mr. Jani was a founder of USC Songfest and principal of Robert F. Jani Productions, Inc. He graduated from the University
of Southern California in 1956.
Language of Material:
English.
Robert Jani (1934-1989) was an American event producer who specialized in spectacular events. He was affiliated with the Walt
Disney Company and some of its most famous entertainment events, including the Main Street Electrical Parade. He has also
been credited with producing the 1976 U.S. Bicentennial Celebration in New York Harbor and the Super Bowl's half-time entertainment.
Jani graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Telecommunications and Stage Production
and Design.
This collection consists of the personal and business papers of Robert F. Jani (1934-1989). He was a creator, director and
executive producer of musical spectaculars, television productions, pageants and extravaganzas, celebrations, international
events, parades, arena shows and sports events, world premieres and openings, pyrotechnic shows, expositions, and theme parks.
Mr. Jani was a founder of USC Songfest and principal of Robert F. Jani Productions, Inc. He graduated from the University
of Southern California in 1956.
Jani worked on such events and places as the Los Angeles bicentennial, the United States bicentennial, the USC centennial,
Radio City Music Hall, the Madison Square Garden centennial, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland, Super Bowls,
Orange Bowls, the Los Angeles Music Center, Ronald Reagan's inauguration, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Queen
Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee, and many more.
His collection includes event scripts, memorabilia, brochures, audio cassettes, firework plans, drawings, ephemera, publications,
photographs, slides, presentations, books, and more.
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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 Department of Special
Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections 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.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Robert F. Jani papers, Collection no. 0291, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sports
Television -- Archival resources
Theater
Disneyland (Calif.) -- Archival resources
Parades -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Budgets
Books
Slides (photographs)
Brochures
Radio scripts
Magazines (periodicals)
Audiocassettes
Newspaper clippings
Photographs
Maps
Programs (documents)
Flags
Memorabilia
Printed ephemera
Ephemera
Sheet music
Posters
Itineraries
Events -- California -- Los Angeles
Events -- United States
Events -- Washington (D.C.)
Events -- California
Drawings
Set design drawings
Postcards
Japan -- Photographs
China -- Photographs
China -- Description and travel -- 20th century
Disney characters -- Archival resources
Publications (documents)
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Archival resources
United States
Academy Awards (Motion pictures) -- Archival resources
Mexico
Orange Bowl (Football game)
Radio City Music Hall (New York, N.Y.) -- Archival resources
Super Bowl -- Archival resources
Walt Disney World (Fla.) -- Archival resources
Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) -- Archival resources
Tokyo Disneyland (Urayasu-shi, Japan) -- Archival resources
California Institute of the Arts -- Archival resources
Los Angeles Music Center Opera -- Archival resources
John F. Kennedy Library -- Archival resources
long-playing records
University of Southern California -- Archives
Walt Disney Company -- Employees
Jani, Robert F., 1934-1989 -- Archives