Motion picture stills collection, 1903-circa 2004

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Summary

Title:
Collection of motion picture stills
Dates:
1903-circa 2004
Abstract:
Collection primarily consists of American motion picture stills, which includes black and white photographs, as well as some color prints, slides, and publicity stills from various studios.
Extent:
155.0 linear feet (311 boxes), 30.25 linear feet (51 unprocessed boxes), 16 audiovisual carriers (16 unprocessed open reel videotapes), 1 born-digital carriers (1 optical disc), and 0.462 Gigabytes (71 files, 11 folders)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Collection of Motion Picture Stills (Collection PASC 195). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection primarily consists of American motion picture stills. Includes black and white photographs, as well as some color prints and slides. Also includes publicity stills from various studios. The bulk of the collection dates from the early 1920s to the present.

Biographical / historical:

The history for this collection is not available at this time.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Leslie Otis, 1973

Gift of Marc Wannamaker, 1976.

Gift of Bruce Henstell, 1982.

Gift of Larry Weber, 1987.

Gift of Lura Warren, 1989.

Gift of David Rose, 1991.

Gift of G. Scott Nelson, 1995.

Gift of Ada Takla-O'Reilly, 1996.

Gift of Anita Weber, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, and 2006.

Gift of John and Corey Doherty, 2005.

Gift of Marlene von Arx, 2011.

Gift of J. C. Jessen, date unknown.

Processing information:

Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff.

Digital materials were received on 1 optical disc. All digital file naming, organization, and arrangement created by Warner Brothers was retained.

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Physical / technical requirements:

CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: This collection contains processed digital materials. All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

CONTAINS UNPROCESSED AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are not currently available for access and will require further processing and assessment. If you have questions about this material please email AskLSC@library.ucla.edu.

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.
Physical facet:
Transferred from 1 optical disc.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Film stills.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by UCLA Library Special Collections staff.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-06-02 11:49:14 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Portions of collection unprocessed. Material in the Accession LSC-9999-019 backlog material series/subseries is unavailable for access. Please see LSC's Access to Unprocessed Collections Policy for more information about levels of discovery and access of special collections materials and registering interest in unprocessed collections.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Collection of Motion Picture Stills (Collection PASC 195). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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