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  • Scope and Contents
  • Biographical / Historical
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Rights Statement for Archival Description
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Preferred Citation
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  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
    Title: Robert Stack papers
    Creator: Stack, Robert, 1919-2003
    Identifier/Call Number: 2592
    Physical Description: 5.125 Linear Feet 3 boxes
    Date (bulk): 1940s-1990s
    Abstract: This collection consists of the papers of American actor Robert Stack (1919-2003). Materials include scripts, awards, and books.
    Language of Material: English.
    Container: 1
    Container: 2
    Container: 3

    Scope and Contents

    This collection consists of the papers of American actor Robert Stack (1919-2003). It includes scripts, awards, and books. Stack starred in such films as "The Mortal Storm" (1940), "To Be or Not To Be" (1942), "A Date with Judy" (1948), "House of Bamboo" (1955), "Written on the Wind" (1956), and "The Transformers: The Movie" (1986). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series for his role in the ABC television series "The Untouchables."

    Biographical / Historical

    Robert Stack (1919-2003) was an American actor. Stack played polo for the University of Southern California. His television and film credits include "The Mortal Storm" (1940), "To Be or Not To Be" (1942), "A Date with Judy" (1948), "House of Bamboo" (1955), "Written on the Wind" (1956), "The Untouchables," "The Transformers: The Movie" (1986), "The Name of the Game," and "Hercules." In 1960 he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series for his role in the ABC television series "The Untouchables."

    Conditions Governing Access

    Advance notice required 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.

    Conditions Governing Use

    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 Rosemary Stack, Robert Stack's wife, 2003.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], Robert Stack papers, Collection no. 2592, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Processing Information

    This collection is unprocessed.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Actors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
    Awards
    Scripts
    Books
    Television scripts
    Stack, Robert, 1919-2003 -- Archives