Finding aid for the Shari Lewis scripts 2558
Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 March
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Shari Lewis scripts
Creator:
Lewis, Shari
Identifier/Call Number: 2558
Physical Description:
3.375 Linear Feet
3 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1960-1962
Abstract: This collection consists of scripts from American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's entertainer Shari Lewis (1933-1998)
for the "The Shari Lewis Show" television series (1960-1962). There is also one folder with a song list for the series and
production related correspondence.
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
Container: 2
Container: 3
This collection consists of scripts from American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's entertainer Shari Lewis (1933-1998)
for the "The Shari Lewis Show" television series (1960-1962). There is also one folder with a song list for the series and
production related correspondence.
Shari Lewis (1933-1998) was an American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's entertainer. She was best known for her puppet
Lamb Chop. "The Shari Lewis Show" featured characters Hush Puppy, Charlie Horse, Lamb Chop, and Wing Ding.
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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 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 Jeremy Tarcher, Shari Lewis's husband, 1988.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Shari Lewis scripts, Collection no. 2558, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ventriloquists -- United States -- Archival resources
Puppet television programs
Puppet theater -- Archival resources
Scripts
Television scripts
Correspondence
Lewis, Shari -- Archives