Scope and Contents
Biographical / Historical
Conditions Governing Access
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Marty Roberts collection
Creator:
Roberts, Marty, 1918-2009
Identifier/Call Number: 2248
Physical Description:
7.625 Linear Feet
6 boxes
Date (bulk): 1940s-1960s
Abstract: This collection from radio disk jockey Marty Roberts (1918-2009) contains promotional materials for various films, television
series, and entertainment related events. These promotional materials include posters, stills, synopsis, and other information.
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
Container: 2
Container: 3
Container: 4
Container: 5A
Container: 5B
Scope and Contents
This collection from radio disk jockey Marty Roberts (1918-2009) contains promotional materials for various films, television
series, and entertainment related events. These promotional materials include posters, stills, synopsis, and other information.
Roberts was a disk jockey prominently from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Biographical / Historical
Marty Roberts (1918-2009) was an American radio disc jockey (DJ), songwriter, TV personality, and actor. Roberts was on a
number of radio stations, such as WBT, Charlotte, N. C, 1938–41, with the Tennessee Ramblers; WJJD, Chicago, 1941–2; WDZ,
Tuscola, 1947–51; WCKY, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1951–8, where he co-hosted with Nelson King; and WDZ, Decatur, 1958. He appeared
in several singing cowboy films as part of the Tennessee Ramblers, including "Ride Ranger, Ride" (1936), "Yodelin' Kid from
Pine Ridge" (1937), and "Ridin' the Cherokee Trail" (1941). Roberts was in the Billboard magazine's top 5 country and western
disc jockeys of the year from 1951 through 1955.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Marty Roberts, May 16, 1994.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Marty Roberts collection, Collection no. 2248, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Press kits
Promotional materials
Television -- Archival resources
Radio programs -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Radio -- Archival resources
Motion pictures -- Archival resources
Roberts, Marty, 1918-2009 -- Archives