Finding Aid for the John R. O'Steen Papers PASC.0219
Finding aid prepared by Jasmine Larkin, 2020.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 2020 December 10.
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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: John R. O'Steen papers
Creator:
O'Steen, John R.
Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0219
Physical Description:
3.0 Linear Feet
(6 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1938-1970s
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source unknown. Received 1988.
John (Johnny) R. O'Steen started working at Warner Brothers, circa 1932; worked in the research department three years before
joining the story department; eventually became head librarian, a position he held until retiring in 1974; compiled a book
on Warner Brothers history, Were these the golder years?; died August 5, 1987.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4659053
[Identification of item], John R. O'Steen papers (Collection 219). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Collection consists of scripts and files related to the career of Warner Brothers' Librarian, John R. O'Steen. Includes viewed
picture files, treatments synopsis, and miscellaneous photocopied motion picture credits and publications.
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