Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Collection of material by and about Norman Corwin
- Dates:
- 1952-1959
- Creators:
- Corwin, Norman, 1910-2011
- Extent:
- 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Collection of material by and about Norman Corwin (Collection 147). 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, programs, and clippings related to the career of Norman Corwin. Includes scripts for The world of Carl Sandberg, The charter in the saucer, Lust for life, and The golden door. Also includes a hard bound copy of the book The plot to overthrow Christmas and an acting edition of the play The rivalry.
- Biographical / historical:
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Norman Lewis Corwin was born in Boston, Massachusetts, May 3, 1910; writer, director, and producer in radio, television, and theater; considered one of the great radio dramatists of the 1930s and 40s; received numerous awards and wrote many works including, They fly through the air (1939), We hold these truths (1941), The plot to overthrow Christmas (1952), The golden door (1955), The rivalry (1957), The world of Carl Sandburg (1959), and Norman Corwin's letters (1994).
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Norman Corwin, 1965.
- Processing information:
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Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user 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.
- 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
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-12-10 16:20:48 -0800 .
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 the 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], Collection of material by and about Norman Corwin (Collection 147). 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