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Copley (David C.) collection of costume designs
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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: David C. Copley collection of costume designs
Creator:
Copley, David C.
source:
David C. Copley Foundation
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2210
Physical Description:
36 Linear Feet
(17 oversize flat boxes, 2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1922-2006, undated
Abstract: David C. Copley's collection consists of approximately 502 costume sketches representing designs for film, television, and
theatre productions (possibly community theatre). Represented are the designs of many talented costume designers such as:
Adrian, Cecil Beaton, Donfeld, Morton Haack, Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Charles LeMaire, Jean Louis, Bob
Mackie, Walter Plunkett, Helen Rose, Anthea Sylbert, Travilla, and Theadora Van Runkle. Materials date from 1922 to 2006.
Physical Location: Held at UCLA Library Special Collections. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. All requests to access
special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Unprocessed collection. Material is unavailable for access. Please contact Special Collections reference (spec-coll@library.ucla.edu)
for more information.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
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.
[Identification of item], David C. Copley collection of costume designs (Collection 2210). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the David C. Copley Foundation, 2013.
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interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides
a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive
processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
Processing decisions made prior to March 2020 have not been recorded. The materials are arranged in the existing order in
which they were found upon accessioning the collection in March 2020.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9250178
Philanthropist David C. Copley (1952-2012) was an American publishing heir, on the board of the Copley Press for over thirty
years, becoming president and owner, as well as publisher of the San Diego Union-Tribune.
David C. Copley's collection consists of approximately 502 costume sketches representing designs for film, television, and
theatre productions (possibly community theatre). Represented are the designs of many talented costume designers such as:
Adrian, Cecil Beaton, Donfeld, Morton Haack, Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Charles LeMaire, Jean Louis, Bob
Mackie, Walter Plunkett, Helen Rose, Anthea Sylbert, Travilla, and Theadora Van Runkle.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Costume design drawings
Costume design
David C. Copley Foundation