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Title: King Kong collection
Date (inclusive): circa 1961-1980
Collection Number: MS 166
Extent:
0.63 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: The collection consists of typescripts related to various film and book adaptations of the fictional character King Kong.
Items in the collection include an edited screenplay, novelization, and an unpublished novel all related to Edgar Wallace's
1933
King Kong screenplay. Also included are two typescripts of Lorenzo Semple Jr.'s 1976
King Kong screenplay, and a treatment for the 1961 film
Konga.
Languages: The collection is in English.
The collection is open for research.
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[identification of item], [date if possible]. King Kong collection (MS 166). Special Collections & University Archives, University
of California, Riverside.
Purchased in 2023.
Processed by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian, 2023.
The collection consists of typescripts related to various film and book adaptations of the fictional character King Kong.
Items in the collection include an edited screenplay, novelization, and an unpublished novel all related to Edgar Wallace's
1933
King Kong screenplay. Also included are two typescripts of Lorenzo Semple Jr.'s 1976
King Kong screenplay, and a treatment for the 1961 film
Konga.
Books included with the collection have been separated for cataloging in Special Collections, searchable by title online as
"King Kong collection."
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
King Kong (Fictitious character)
Screenplays
Typescripts