Collection of Motion Picture Pressbooks, 1917-1987

Collection context

Summary

Abstract:
Collection consists of motion picture pressbooks dating from 1917 to 1987.
Extent:
10.4 Linear Feet (5 boxes, 16 flat boxes, 1 oversize flat box)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Collection of Motion Picture Pressbooks (Collection PASC 248). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of motion picture pressbooks dating from 1917 to 1987. The collection primarily represents American films produced by companies including Columbia Pictures, Walt Disney, 20th Century-Fox, MGM, Paramount, RKO, Universal, United Artists, and Warner Brothers.

Processing information:

Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff.

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Arrangement:

The press kits are arranged alphabetically by film title.

Physical location:
Portions of the collection stored off-site. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Box 18 is stored onsite.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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.

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 Pressbooks (Collection PASC 248). 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