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Motion Picture Pressbooks collection
PASC.0248  
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  • Restrictions on Access
  • Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information
  • UCLA Catalog Record ID
  • Scope and Content
  • Organization and Arrangement

  • Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Title: Collection of Motion Picture Pressbooks
    Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0248
    Physical Description: 10.4 Linear Feet (5 boxes, 16 flat boxes, 1 oversize flat box)
    Date (inclusive): 1917-1987
    Abstract: Collection consists of motion picture pressbooks dating from 1917 to 1987.
    Physical Location: Portions of the collection stored off-site. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Box 18 is stored onsite.
    Language of Material: Materials are in English.

    Restrictions on Access

    Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    Property rights to the physical objects belong to 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

    [Identification of item], Collection of Motion Picture Pressbooks (Collection PASC 248). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    Processing Information

    Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff.
    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.
    We are committed to providing ethical, inclusive, and anti-racist description of the materials we steward, and to remediating existing description of our materials that contains language that may be offensive or cause harm. We invite you to submit feedback about how our collections are described, and how they could be described more accurately, by filling out the form located on our website: Report Potentially Offensive Description in Library Special Collections.  

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9946689263606533 

    Scope and Content

    Collection consists of motion picture pressbooks dating from 1917 to 1987. The collection primarily represents American films produced by companies including Columbia Pictures, Walt Disney, 20th Century-Fox, MGM, Paramount, RKO, Universal, United Artists, and Warner Brothers.

    Organization and Arrangement

    The press kits are arranged alphabetically by film title.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Advertising -- Motion pictures -- Archives.
    Pressbooks.