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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Pierre Cossette papers
Creator:
Cossette, Pierre
Identifier/Call Number: 2633
Physical Description:
381.208 Linear Feet
249 boxes
Date (inclusive): circa 1960s-2000s
Abstract: This collection contains the papers of Canadian born television and Broadway producer Pierre Cossette (1923-2009). The collection
includes scripts, stage designs, contracts, press releases, actor headshots and resumes, video tapes, budgets, the Grammy
Awards, personal papers, and drafts of his book, Another Day In Showbiz: One Producer's Journey.
Language of Material:
English.
Pierre Cossette (1923-2009) was a Canadian producer of television and Broadway theater. He began his television career in
1969, producing specials for Jose Feliciano and Dionne Warwick. Other notable productions include shows "Stand Up and Cheer"
and "Sha Na Na", tv movie Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story, and the television broadcasts of the Grammy Awards, starting
with the first televised in 1972 through the 50th annual in 2008. He was married to Mary Cossette.
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This collection contains the papers of Canadian born television and Broadway producer Pierre Cossette (1923-2009). The collection
includes scripts, stage designs, contracts, press releases, actor headshots and resumes, video tapes, the Grammy Awards, personal
papers, and drafts of his book, Another Day In Showbiz: One Producer's Journey. His television career lasted from 1969 to
2008 with highlights including Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story, Stand Up and Cheer, The Will Rogers Follies, and the Grammy
Awards from the first televised broadcast in 1971 to 2008.
This collection is currently unavailable for access.
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 Mary Cossette, March 11, 2013.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Pierre Cossette papers, Collection no. 2633, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Television producers and directors -- Archival resources
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- Archival resources
Theater -- Production and direction
Videotapes
Video recordings
Proposals
Cossette, Pierre -- Archives