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  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Biographical / Historical
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information
  • Scope and Contents
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Rights Statement for Archival Description

  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
    Title: Ben Gershman scripts
    Creator: Gershman, Ben
    Identifier/Call Number: 2501
    Physical Description: .88 Linear Feet 2 boxes
    Date (inclusive): 1947-1955
    Abstract: This collection contains scripts chiefly for the radio and television series "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" received from television writer Ben Gershman (1907-1995).
    Language of Material: English.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Advance notice required for access.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Ben Gershman, March 12, 1976.

    Biographical / Historical

    Benjamin Gershman (1907-1995) was a television writer and member of the Writers Guild of America. He wrote scripts for many television series from the 1950s through the 1970s including "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet."

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], Ben Gershman scripts, Collection no. 2501, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Processing Information

    Previously cataloged as Collection No. 127.

    Scope and Contents

    This collection contains scripts chiefly for the radio and television series "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" received from television writer Ben Gershman (1907-1995). Materials consist of scripts for 1 episode of the radio program "Hollywood Star Preview" (1948); 17 episodes of the radio program "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1947-1952); and 8 episodes of the television program "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" (1952-1955). There are also 18 scripts for dialogue cutting continuities for the television version of "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" (1952-1953).

    Conditions Governing Use

    All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at cin@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.

    Rights Statement for Archival Description

    Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Radio programs -- Archival resources
    Radio scripts
    Television programs -- Archival resources
    Television scripts
    Gershman, Ben -- Archives