Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Tom Sturges papers
- Dates:
- 1996-2012
- Creators:
- Sturges, Tom.
- Abstract:
- Tom Sturges is the former executive vice president and head of creative at Universal Music Publishing, where he signed such artists as the Foo Fighters, 50 Cent, and Jack Johnson. He has also published two books on parenting, Parking Lot Rules and Grow the Tree You Got, and wrote a play dedicated to his father titled Preston Sturges's Last Night at the Algonquin. This collection comprises research materials, sketches, drafts, and publishing correspondence related to these works.
- Extent:
- 5 boxes (2.25 linear ft.)
- Language:
- Finding aid is written in English. and Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Tom Sturges papers (Collection 1885). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection primarily consists of sketches, drafts, copy edits, research materials, and publishing correspondence related to Sturges's major works, Parking Lot Rules, Grow the Tree You Got, and Preston Sturges's Last Night at the Algonquin.
- Biographical / historical:
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Tom Sturges is the former executive vice president and head of Creative for Universal Music Publishing Group, where he was responsible for the continuing career development of musicians such as the Foo Fighters, Three Doors Down, 50 Cent, Jack Johnson, and Vanessa Carlton. He is also a voting member of the National Association for the Recording Arts and Sciences, a member of their Board of Directors, and the President of the Los Angeles chapter. As the Founder of the Manhattan Beach, California, Unified School District's "Every Idea is a Good Idea" GATE Program, Sturges worked with more than five hundred students over the course of eight years, creating a curriculum that allowed students to write and record their own songs. He continued to mentor them all the way through adolescence, an experience which inspired the award-winning documentary on music and mentoring, Witness The Dream. As the son of playwright, screenwriter, and filmmaker Preston Sturges, Tom wrote the play Preston Sturges's Last Night at the Algonquin to honor his father's memory. A graduate of UCLA, Tom is also the author of two books, Parking Lot Rules & 75 Other Ideas for Raising Amazing Children and Grow the Tree You Got & 99 Other Ideas for Raising Amazing Adolescents and Teenagers.
- Acquisition information:
- The collection was donated in 2012 by Tom and Karen Sturges.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Mike D'Errico in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Jillian Cuellar.
- Arrangement:
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Folders are arranged alphabetically by title of work.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Authors, American --Archival resources.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2012
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from finding aid processed using the Archivists' Toolkit, encoding added via Archivists' Toolkit, Notetab Pro, and Oxygen. Date of source: 2012 . Supplementary encoding and revision by Caroline Cubé.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary 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:
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[Identification of item], Tom Sturges papers (Collection 1885). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988