Restrictions on Access
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Preferred Citation
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Related Material
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Title: Portrait File
Collection number: PASC 204
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
24.0 linear ft.
(47 boxes and 2 flat boxes)
Date: 1921-[ongoing]
Abstract: The collection is primarily publicity photographs/stills of American actors, actresses, and other creative talent associated
with the motion pictures and television industry.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary 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
[Identification of item], Portrait File (Collection PASC 204). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
Biography
The Portrait File was collection was originally assembled by the UCLA Theatre Arts Library and comes from a variety of unknown
sources.
Scope and Content
The Portrait File consists primarily of black and white publicity photographs/stills of American actors, actresses, and other
motion picture or television creative talent, dating from the early 1920s to the present. The collection represents more than
3000 individuals and includes portrait/head shots and stills from unidentified production projects that may include more than
one cast member in the shot.
Organization and Arrangement
The files are arranged alphabetically by individual's last name.
Related Material
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Film stills
Publicity photographs