Finding Aid for the Collection of Material by and about Norman Corwin LSC.0147
Finding aid prepared by Courtney Dean, 2020.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 2020 December 10.
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Collection of material by and about Norman Corwin
Creator:
Corwin, Norman, 1910-2011
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0147
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1952-1959
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.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
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.
[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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Norman Corwin, 1965.
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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.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4232804
Administrative/Biographical History
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).
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.