Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- American Film Institute television scripts
- Dates:
- 1960s - 1980s
- Creators:
- American Film Institute
- Abstract:
- This collection contains reference scripts from various television programs given to USC by the American Film Institute.
- Containers:
- Box: 1
Box: 1A
Box: 2
Box: 2A
Box: 3
Box: 3A
Box: 4
Box: 4A
Box: 5
Box: 6
Box: 7
Box: 8
Box: 9
Box: 10
Box: 11
Box: 12
Box: 13
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Box: 17
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Box: 28
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Box: 31
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Box: 33
Box: 34
Box: 35
Box: 36
Box: 37
Box: 37A
Box: 38
Box: 39
Box: 40
Box: 41
Box: 42
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Box: 45
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Box: 47
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Box: 49
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Box: 166
Box: 167
Box: 168
Box: 169
Box: 170
Box: 171
Box: 172 - Extent:
- 199.125 Linear Feet 177 boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
-
[Box/folder no. or item name], American Film Institute television scripts, Collection no. 2138, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains reference scripts from various television programs given to USC by the American Film Institute. Many scripts retain their Cinematic Arts Library call numbers. Scripts include Knots Landing (1979-1993), Gunsmoke (1955-1975), and ER (1994-2009).
- Biographical / historical:
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The American Film Institute, founded in 1965, is a non-profit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors and preserves the history of motion picture arts in the United States. The American Film Institute Louis b. Mayer Library was founded in 1969, and is dedicated to supporting AFI Conservatory studies though offering resources such as books, films, audio, video, manuscripts and other collections focusing on the history and craft of visual storytelling.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of the American Film Institute Library, 2008.
- Processing information:
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Collection is partially processed.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-07-13 16:34:30 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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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 cin@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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], American Film Institute television scripts, Collection no. 2138, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
- Location of this collection:
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Cinematic Arts LibraryDoheny Memorial Library, Room G4Los Angeles, CA 90089-0185, US
- Contact:
- (213) 740-8383