Finding aid for the Dimitri Tiomkin papers and film scores collection 2181
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 September
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Dimitri Tiomkin papers and film scores collection
Creator:
Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979
Identifier/Call Number: 2181
Identifier/Call Number: 555
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/5/resources/1066
Physical Description:
325.2 Linear Feet
263 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1927-1969
Abstract: This collection contains the papers, photographs, correspondence, recordings, click tracks, and film scores of composer Dimitri
Tiomkin (1894-1979).
Language of Material:
English.
Dimitri Tiomkin (1894-1979) was a Russian born American film composer best known for his scores for western films. Tiomkin
received 22 Academy Award nominations and won four Oscars: Best Original Score for
High Noon (1952),
The High and the Mighty (1954), and
The Old Man and the Sea (1958); and Best Original Song for
The Ballad of High Noon.
This collection contains the papers and film scores of composer Dimitri Tiomkin (1894-1979). Materials include personal papers,
screenplays, photographs, correspondence, phonograph records, click tracks, and scores for most of Tiomkin's major films including
Lost Horizon (1937),
Moon and Sixpence (1942),
It's a Wonderful Life (1946),
High Noon (1952),
High and the Mighty (1954),
Friendly Persuasion (1956), and
55 Days at Peking (1963). Among the screenplays are
Red Strange Lady in Town (1961) and
The Guns of Navarone (1961). Scrapbooks dating from the late 1920s cover Tiomkin's career as a concert pianist and film composer. There are also
musical scores from Frank Capra's
Why We Fight series.
This collection is unavailable for access because of its size and current level of processing. Contact the Cinematic Arts
Library ctlibarc@usc.edu for details.
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 Cinematic Arts Library
at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library 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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dimitri Tiomkin, June 18, 1969.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Dimitri Tiomkin papers and film scores collection, Collection no. 2181, Cinematic Arts Library,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
The collection is unprocessed. In 1981, Harvey R. Deneroff created an offline inventory of the collection. The inventory was
scanned, uploaded to the Online Archive of California, and linked to this finding aid as a digital object (see "Digital Material").
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Composers -- United States -- Archival resources
Composition (Music) -- Archival resources
Film composers -- Archival resources
Motion picture music -- Archival resources
Scores
Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979 -- Archives
Box R1, Box R2, Box R3, Box R4, Box R5, Box R6, Box R7, Box R8, Box 164, Box 165, Box 166, Box 167, Box 168
Audio Recordings /repositories/5/archival_objects/622884
Box 1, Box 1A, Box 2, Box 2A, Box 3, Box 3A, Box 4, Box 4A, Box 5, Box 5A, Box 6, Box 6A, Box 7, Box 7A, Box 8, Box 8A, Box 9, Box 9A, Box 10, Box 10A, Box 11, Box 11A, Box 12, Box 12A, Box 13, Box 13A, Box 14, Box 14A, Box 15, Box 15A, Box 16, Box 16A, Box 17, Box 17A, Box 18, Box 18A, Box 19, Box 19A, Box 20, Box 20A, Box 21, Box 21A, Box 22, Box 22A, Box 23, Box 23A, Box 24, Box 25, Box 25A, Box 26, Box 26A, Box 27, Box 27A, Box 28, Box 28A, Box 29, Box 29A, Box 30, Box 30A, Box 31, Box 31A, Box 32, Box 32A, Box 33, Box 33A, Box 34, Box 34A, Box 35, Box 36, Box 36A, Box 37, Box 37A, Box 38, Box 38A, Box 39, Box 39A, Box 40, Box 40A, Box 41, Box 41A, Box 42, Box 42A, Box 43, Box 43A, Box 44, Box 44A, Box 45, Box 45A, Box 46, Box 46A, Box 47, Box 47A, Box 48, Box 48A, Box 49, Box 49A, Box 50, Box 50A, Box 51, Box 51A, Box 52, Box 52A, Box 53, Box 53A, Box 54, Box 54A, Box 55, Box 55A, Box 56, Box 56A, Box 57, Box 57A, Box 58, Box 58A, Box 59, Box 59A, Box 60, Box 61, Box 61A, Box 62, Box 62A, Box 63, Box 63A, Box 64, Box 64A, Box 65, Box 65A, Box 66, Box 66A, Box 67, Box 67A, Box 68, Box 68A, Box 69, Box 69A, Box 70, Box 70A, Box 71, Box 71A, Box 72, Box 72A, Box 73, Box 73A, Box 74, Box 74A, Box 75, Box 75A, Box 76, Box 76A, Box 78, Box 78A, Box 79, Box 79A, Box 80, Box 81, Box 81A, Box 82, Box 82A, Box 83, Box 83A, Box 84, Box 84A, Box 85, Box 85A, Box 86, Box 87, Box 88, Box 89, Box 90, Box 91, Box 92, Box 93, Box 93A, Box 94, Box 94A, Box 95, Box 96, Box 96A, Box 97, Box 97A, Box 98, Box 99, Box 100, Box 101, Box 102, Box 103, Box 104, Box 105, Box 106, Box 107, Box 108, Box 109, Box 110, Box 111, Box 112, Box 113, Box 114, Box 115, Box 116, Box 117, Box 118, Box 119, Box 120, Box 121, Box 122, Box 123, Box 124, Box 125, Box 126, Box 127, Box 128, Box 129, Box 129A, Box 130, Box 131, Box 132, Box 133, Box 134, Box 135, Box 136, Box 137, Box 138, Box 139, Box 140, Box 141, Box 142, Box 143, Box 144, Box 145, Box 146, Box 147, Box 148, Box 149, Box 151, Box 152, Box 153, Box 153A, Box 154, Box 155, Box 156, Box 156A, Box 157, Box 158, Box 159, Box 160, Box 161, Box 162, Box 163
Music Scores and Other Papers /repositories/5/archival_objects/630925
Box 77A, Box 77B
Music scores damaged by insects /repositories/5/archival_objects/666843