Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Merv Griffin papers
- Dates:
- circa 1940-circa 1999
- Creators:
- Griffin, Merv
- Extent:
- 82 Linear Feet (205 flat boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Merv Griffin papers (Collection PASC 327). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains materials related to the career of Merv Griffin, one of television's longest-running talk-show hosts.
- Biographical / historical:
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Merv Griffin (July 6, 1925-Aug. 12, 2007) was a big-band singer who became one of television's longest-running talk-show hosts and formidable innovators; while working as a host and beyond, he created some of television's most popular and long-running game shows.
- Acquisition information:
- Provenance unknown.
- Processing information:
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Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-12-09 10:17:30 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Unprocessed collection. Material is unavailable for access. Please contact Special Collections reference (spec-coll@library.ucla.edu) for more information.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Merv Griffin papers (Collection PASC 327). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988