Finding Aid for the B.D. Shamberg Papers PASC.0358
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Graney.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 2020 December 9.
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: B.D. Shamberg papers
Creator:
Shamberg, B.D.
Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0358
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear Feet
(3 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1959-1966
Abstract: B.D. Shamberg was an artist agent/manager who represented actors, writers and musicians in the 1960's. The collection consists
of business and personal correspondence, contractual and administrative materials as well as assorted artists' photographs.
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on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], B.D. Shamberg papers (Collection PASC 358). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Provenance unknown.
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Processed by Elizabeth Graney, under the supervision of Julie Graham, circa 2016.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
There is little biographical information available about B.D. Shamberg. The following information was determined by information
found in the collection. B.D. "Sonny" Shamberg was the Music Director of the Ideal Productions Studio in New York City in
1941. For the next ten years, he was a writer and full member of the Screen Writers Guild. Shamberg appeared to start his
career as artist agent/manager in 1951 when he joined the Lester Saklow Agency. Over the next five years he worked for companies
as the William Shiffran Agency and the Gus Dembling Agency. In 1956 Shamberg was appointed head of the Talent Department for
the Frank Cooper Associates Agency, a position he retained for four years before starting his own artist management agency,
the B.D. Shamberg Agency in 1962. One of his clients appears to have been Burt Reynolds. One year later, Shamberg partnered
with Ray Sackheim and two other artist agents to form the Coast Artists Agency. In late-1963 or early 1964, Sackheim and Shamberg
left Coast Artists and started the Management of Artists Agency; one year later, Shamberg took full control of the agency.
Shamberg died on January 28, 1966 due to heart failure.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of files related to the career of the creative artist agent/manager B.D. Shamberg. The papers include
correspondence to and from Shamberg, contracts, administrative material, and photographs of what appear to be clients and/or
talent. Among the files is one folder related to the career of Burt Reynolds from the early 1960s.
Organization and Arrangement
The files are arranged alphabetically by file title.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Theatrical agents -- United States -- Archives.
Shamberg, B.D.--Archives
box 3, folder 1
Academy Players Directory
1965
Scope and Contents note
Receipts for entries in Directory.
box 1, folder 2
Adler, Luther
1962-1966
Scope and Contents note
Business and personal correspondence. Of note is a sworn affadavit claiming that Luther Adler is not a member of the communist
party.
box 1, folder 3
Adler, Stella
1964
Scope and Contents note
Business correspondence and headshot.
box 3, folder 2
AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists)
1965
Scope and Contents note
Franchise information.
box 3, folder 3
AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) correspondence
1963-1966
box 3, folder 5
AGVA (American Guild of Variety Artists)
1963-1965
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and AGVA forms.
box 3, folder 4
Atlas Leasing Company (automobile lease)
1964 Apr 13
box 1, folder 5
Bill Cunningham
1965 Apr. 7
Scope and Contents note
Business letter.
box 1, folder 4
Bill Reddie resume
no date
box 3, folder 6
Bob Gefaell
1963, 1964
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence.
box 1, folder 22
Brian Adams agency contracts
1965
box 1, folder 14
Burt Reynolds
1962-1965
Scope and Contents note
Contracts and correspondence.
box 3, folder 10
Call Bureau
1963-1965
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence to update client roster.
box 3, folder 12
Casting directors mailing stickers
1963,1964
Scope and Contents note
Lists of casting casting directors' addresses.
box 2, folder 11
Casting suggestions
1964,1965
Scope and Contents note
Business correspondence and story idea for The Raging Cadavers of Las Vegas Flats.
box 3, folder 22
Charles Hill
1965, 1966
Scope and Contents note
Businesss correspondence, contracts, pitches, and resume.
box 2, folder 7
Cliff Norton contracts
1965 Apr 7
box 3, folder 13
Commissions
1964
Scope and Contents note
Miscelleaneous letters.
box 2, folder 16
Dennis Day
1966
Scope and Contents note
Contracts and correspondence between Genung and Hayes.
box 3, folder 9
Forms (various blank forms)
no date
box 2, folder 19
Franchises, Management of Artists and correspondence thereto
1962-1964
box 3, folder 7
Future Films Variety clipping
1964 Mar 13
box 1, folder 6
Gerry Fonarow
1965
Scope and Contents note
Business correspondence and musicians union documents.
box 2, folder 13
Heather North
1961, 1965
Scope and Contents note
Contract, business correspondence, and photograph
box 2, folder 5
Heather North contracts
1965 Sept 28
box 3, folder 8
Insurance Policies -- Management of Artists
1965, 1966
box 3, folder 16
Jack Genung
1965,1966
Scope and Contents note
Business letter and handwritten expense vouchers.
box 2, folder 4
Jack Wipper and Lori Productions contracts
1965
box 1, folder 20
James E. Hibbard contracts
1965 Dec 7
box 1, folder 1
John Ashley
1960s
Scope and Contents note
Business correspondence, contracts, and photographs.
box 1, folder 23
John Beck contracts
1965 Sept 28
box 2, folder 9
John D. Irving
1965 Sept 24
Scope and Contents note
Business letter and headshot.
box 2, folder 2
John Hudson contracts
1964,1965
box 1, folder 12
John Rockwell
no date
Scope and Contents note
Resume, photographs, and contract.
box 1, folder 21
Karl Held contracts
1964, 1965
box 3, folder 18
Lenny - Debin
1964
Scope and Contents note
Business correspondence, headshots, bios, and ephemera related to individual talents.
box 1, folder 11
Leslie Parrish
1965
Scope and Contents note
Contract, personal notes and photographs.
box 1, folder 19
Lewis Reed contracts
1965 Oct 20
box 2, folder 15
Lewis Reed contracts
1965, 1966
box 1, folder 18
Lynn Peters Agency contracts
1965 Oct 8
box 3, folder 19
M
1965
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence to or from persons whose names begin with the letter "M".
box 3, folder 14
Management of Artists Agency life insurance policy
1964
box 3, folder 15
Management of Artists Agency writers feature contract form
1960-1966
box 2, folder 18
Management of Artists License Franchise, etc. correspondence
1965
box 1, folder 13
Marian Seldes
1965, 1966
Scope and Contents note
Letter, resume, and headshots.
box 1, folder 10
Mike Masters
no date
Scope and Contents note
Bio publicity.
box 2, folder 6
Mike Wagner contracts
1965
box 2, folder 20
Miscellaneous business correspondence
1965
Scope and Contents note
The Preachers and form letter of regret.
box 3, folder 22
Miscellaneous correspondence
1959, 1963-1966
box 1, folder 8
Mort Green
1964
Scope and Contents note
Business correspondence and resume.
box 2, folder 10
Nancy Kelly
1964 Nov 13
Scope and Contents note
Business letter.
box 3, folder 23
New People - Men
no date
Scope and Contents note
Headshots and resumes.
box 3, folder 24
New People - Women
no date
Scope and Contents note
Headshots and resumes.
box 3, folder 20
R
1964
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence to or from persons whose names begin with the letter "R".
box 2, folder 3
Real Estate
1960,1961
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous correspondence and ephemera regarding Arizona property.
box 2, folder 17
Richard Bakalyan
1965
Scope and Contents note
Contracts.
box 1, folder 17
Richard Sinatra
1960s
Scope and Contents note
Contracts, photographs and bio information.
box 3, folder 17
S
1963-1965
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence to or from persons whose names begin with the letter "S".
box 2, folder 21
Screen Actors Guild
1963-1966
Scope and Contents note
Business correspondence.
box 2, folder 22
Shamberg (agency)
1962, 1963
Scope and Contents note
Business correspondence, blank agency contract and private employment agencies and artists manager's code booklets.
box 2, folder 8
Sonny Burke
1962-1965
Scope and Contents note
Contracts, business correspondence and biographical material.
box 1, folder 16
Sonny Shamberg
1961, 1963,1965, 1966
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, television project pitches.
box 1, folder 15
Sonny Shamberg re: Management of Artists
1965
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence.
box 1, folder 9
Tyler MacDuff
1965, 1966
Scope and Contents note
Contracts, photographs and television project pitch.
box 2, folder 24
Writers Guild correspondence
1965
box 2, folder 23
Writers Guild forms, rules, etc.
1964,1965
box 3, folder 21
Writers Guild of America Artist's Manager Basic agreement of 1962
1962
Scope and Contents note
In booklet form.
