Finding Aid for the Joe Laurie Jr. papers 2231

Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 February
Doheny Memorial Library G4
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Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
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Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Joe Laurie Jr. papers
Creator: Laurie, Joe, 1893-1954
Identifier/Call Number: 2231
Identifier/Call Number: 482
Physical Description: 18 Linear Feet 16 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1940-1953
Abstract: Collection of binders of "Bits," scripts, radio and television broadcast transcripts, and joke indexes written by American vaudevillian and writer Joe Laurie Jr. (1892-1954) from 1940-1953. Also present are correspondence, publication clippings, and drafts of Laurie's memoir Vaudeville: From the Honky-Tonks to the Palace (1953).
Language of Material: English .
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Scope and Contents

Joe Laurie Jr. (1892-1954) was an American vaudevillian, writer, and radio and Broadway performer. Collection includes binders of "Bits," scripts, radio and television broadcast transcripts, and joke indexes written by Laurie from 1940-1953. Also present are correspondence, publication clippings, and drafts of Laurie's memoir Vaudeville: From the Honky-Tonks to the Palace (1953).

Biographical / Historical

Joe Laurie Jr. (1892-1954) was an American vaudevillian, writer, and radio and Broadway performer.

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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 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.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Joe Laurie Jr., October 14, 1980.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Joe Laurie Jr. papers, Collection no. 2231, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

Collection is unprocessed.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Actors -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Radio programs -- Archival resources
Vaudeville -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Radio plays
Laurie, Joe, 1893-1954 -- Archives