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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Radio scripts collection
Identifier/Call Number: 2282
Physical Description:
28.63 Linear Feet
41 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1933-1958
Abstract: This collection contains radio scripts for nearly 50 American radio programs dating from the 1930s to 1950s, including a number
of scripts written by American radio and television writer Edward J. Adamson (died 1972).
Language of Material:
English.
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Radio scripts collection, Collection no. 2282, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
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This collection contains radio scripts for American radio programs dating from the 1930s to 1950s, including a number of scripts
written by American radio and television writer Edward J. Adamson (died 1972). There are also some additional files reflecting
Adamson's other projects (Box 40).
There are scripts for nearly fifty programs, with larger runs of Bulldog Drummond (1940s), Cavalcade of America (1941-1947),
the Chase and Sanborn Hour (1937-1939), Counter-Spy (1947-1957), The FBI in Peace and War (1956-1958), Inner Sanctum (1940s),
International Airport (1949-1951), Sear's Mid-Morning Matinee (1938-1939), and That Hammer Guy (1953-1954). There are unsorted
scripts for miscellaneous single episodes in Box 41.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at cin@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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Radio programs -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Radio scripts
Adamson, Edward J.
Adamson, Edward J. -- Archives