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  • 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: George Eells papers
    Creator: Eells, George
    Identifier/Call Number: 2464
    Physical Description: 1.125 Linear Feet 1 box
    Date (bulk): 1960s-1970s
    Abstract: This collection includes the papers of American author, editor, and biographer George Eells (1922-1995). Materials include research documents, interview transcripts, and newspaper clippings for his books.
    Language of Material: English.
    Container: 1

    Scope and Contents

    This collection includes the papers of American author, editor, and biographer George Eells (1922-1995). Materials include research documents, interview transcripts, and newspaper clippings for his books. He wrote biographies on Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper, Cole Porter, and Mae West.

    Biographical / Historical

    George Eells (1922-1995) was an American writer, editor, and biographer. He wrote biographies on Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper, Cole Porter, and Mae West. Eells' book on Parsons and Hopper became a television movie, "Malice in Wonderland" (1985). Eells also wrote scripts for the television series "This Is Your Life."

    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 George Eells, circa 1967 and 1980.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], George Eells papers, Collection no. 2464, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Processing Information

    This collection is unprocessed.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Authors -- 20th century -- Archival resources
    Biographers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
    Research (documents)
    Transcripts
    Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
    Interviews
    Eells, George -- Archives