De Forest Research, Inc. collection of television scripts, 1964-1986

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Summary

Extent:
250 Linear Feet (600 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], De Forest Research, Inc. Collection of Television Scripts (Collection PASC 63). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of scripts for television series and mini-series reviewed by the research firm de Forest Research, Inc. Includes a variety of scripts including, "WKRP in Cincinnati," "St. Elsewhere," "Sanford and Son," "Love Boat," "Young Doctor Kildare," and "Hogans's Heroes." Also includes complete script runs for a number of television series including, "All in the Family," "I Spy," "The Fugitive," and "The Brady Bunch."

Biographical / historical:

The de Forest Research service, started in 1952, was known for its script clearance service; the company was bought by Thompson and Thompson, Sept. 30, 1997.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Kellam de Forest, 1989.
Processing information:

Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.

Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff.

Arrangement:

Alphabetically arranged by title of television series.

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.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Television scripts.

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], De Forest Research, Inc. Collection of Television Scripts (Collection PASC 63). 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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