Universal Pictures production files, 1940s-1960s

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Summary

Creators:
Universal Pictures (Firm)
Abstract:
This collection consists of production files for films including scripts, screenplay drafts, continuity records, budgets, sheet music, shooting schedules, call sheets, and personnel files created by Universal Pictures during the 1940s through the early 1960s.
Extent:
1081.25 Linear Feet 951 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Universal Pictures production files, Collection no. 2314, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection is currently unavailable for access.

This collection is made of production files including scripts, annotated screenplay drafts, continuity records, budgets, sheet music, shooting schedules, call sheets, and personnel files. Records are grouped by department, then by project. Some titles represented in the collection are:

Saboteur (1942),Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), Harvey (1950),Glenn Miller Story (1953),The Lone Hand (1953),and Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954).

Acquisition information:
Gift, July 14, 1976.
Processing information:

Collection is partially processed.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is currently unavailable for access because of its size and current level of processing. Contact the Cinematic Arts Library ctlibarc@usc.edu for details.

Terms of access:

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 ctlibarc@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:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Universal Pictures production files, Collection no. 2314, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:
Cinematic Arts Library
Doheny Memorial Library, Room G4
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0185, US
Contact:
(213) 740-8383
ctlibarc@usc.edu
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