Restrictions on Access
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Preferred Citation
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Title: Harold Leonard Motion Picture research files
Collection number: 1933
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
16.5 linear ft.
(33 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1940s-1960
Abstract: Harold Leonard was a critic and film historian. The collection consists of Leonard's research files dealing mainly with critical
and historical aspects of motion pictures.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Creator:
Leonard, Harold
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Harold Leonard, 1958.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Harold Leonard Motion Picture research files (Collection 1933). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
There is very little biographical information available about Harold Leonard. He graduated from Harvard with a M.A. and worked
for the Warner Brothers story department in New York and Hollywood. In 1936, he submitted an idea to create The Film Index
to the Works Progress Administration. The project was put into operation in May, 1936. Leonard along with fellow associate
editor Sonia Volochova both saw all three volumes of
The Film Index: A Bibliography through to publication. He was a correspondent for the British film quarterly Sight and Sound and contributor to many American
periodicals. Leonard moved to Los Angeles where he continued to write and became a member of the UCLA Theater Arts faculty,
teaching film history. He died of cancer November 10, 1956 at the age of 47.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of research files related to motion picture historian Harold Leonard. Included are bibliographic citations,
clippings, press releases, a small amount of publicity ephemera and photographs, and occasional publications. The files document
individuals and topics that deal mainly with critical and historical aspects of motion pictures. Some of the research may
have been source material for the second volume of The Film Index: A Bibliography. Also included is a small amount information
related to television.
Organization and Arrangement
The files are arranged alphabetically by individual's names or subject titles.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Leonard, Harold--Archives
Motion pictures--History.