Finding Aid for the Merv Griffin Papers PASC.0327
Finding aid prepared by Courtney Dean, 2020.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 2020 December 9.
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Title: Merv Griffin papers
Creator:
Griffin, Merv
Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0327
Physical Description:
82 Linear Feet
(205 flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1940-circa 1999
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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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.
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Provenance unknown.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
6249735
Administrative/Biographical History
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.
The collection contains materials related to the career of Merv Griffin, one of television's longest-running talk-show hosts.