Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Home Box Office collection of scripts for HBO television series
- Dates:
- 1983-1988
- Creators:
- Home Box Office (Firm) and Home Box Office (Firm)
- Extent:
- 13.0 linear feet (32 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Home Box Office collection of scripts for HBO television series (Collection 79). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of scripts for 19 HBO television series. Includes scripts primarily from comedy series Not necessarily the news, and First and ten.
- Biographical / historical:
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HBO is a division of Time Warner Entertainment Company and was started in November 1972; it provides a broad spectrum of entertainment including movies, comedy, documentaries, series, music, family shows, and sports series.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Home Box Office, 1989.
- Processing information:
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- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Names:
- Home Box Office (Firm)
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-04-16 12:31:09 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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], Home Box Office collection of scripts for HBO television series (Collection 79). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988