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  • Scope and Contents
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  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
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  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
    Title: Ruby Raksin music scores
    Creator: Raksin, Ruby
    Identifier/Call Number: 2300
    Physical Description: 9.271 Linear Feet 7 boxes
    Date (bulk): 1950s-1970s
    Abstract: This collection consists of music scores for film and television series that American composer Ruby Raksin (1917-1979) composed music for. Raksin won an Academy Award in 1966 for Technical Acheivement for production of a Composer's Manual for Motion Picture Music Synchronization.
    Language of Material: English.
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    Scope and Contents

    This collection consists of music scores for film and television series that American composer Ruby Raksin (1917-1979) composed music for. Raksin won an Academy Award in 1966 for Technical Acheivement for production of a Composer's Manual for Motion Picture Music Synchronization.

    Biographical / Historical

    Ruby Raksin (1917-1979) was an American composer. He won an Academy Award in 1966 for Technical Acheivement for production of a Composer's Manual for Motion Picture Music Synchronization, alongside Carroll Knudson. He created music for "Foul Play" (1978), "Valley of the Dragons" (1961), "Flipper," "Hollywood and the Stars," and "Riverboat."

    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, January 24, 1984.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], Ruby Raksin music scores, Collection no. 2300, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Processing Information

    This collection is unprocessed.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    scores (documents for music)
    Film composers -- Archival resources
    Composers -- United States -- Archival resources
    Raksin, Ruby -- Archives