Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Norman Z. McLeod papers
- Dates:
- 1917-1960
- Creators:
- McLeod, Norman Z.
- Extent:
- 4 linear feet of papers.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Norman Z. McLeod papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Norman Z. McLeod papers span the years 1917-1960 and encompass 4 linear feet. The collection contains scripts, biographical information, some correspondence, original drawings by McLeod, military records, and writings by McLeod. Four scrapbooks chronicle McLeod's career from the 1920s to 1950s.
- Biographical / historical:
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Norman Zenos McLeod was an American director, active from 1928 to 1959. Among his best-known features are MONKEY BUSINESS (1931), HORSE FEATHERS (1932), PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (1936), TOPPER (1937), THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY (1947), and ALIAS JESSE JAMES (1959). In the late 1950s McLeod directed some episodic television.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired from California State University, Northridge, Urban Archives Project, 1982
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files, subseries A-B as follows: A. Produced; B. Unproduced; 2. Television files; 3. Subject files; 4. Scrapbooks.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- directors
- Names:
- McLeod, Norman Z. , 1895-1964--Archives.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2014
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Inmagic. Date of source: June 30, 2014
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Available by appointment only.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.
- Preferred citation:
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Norman Z. McLeod papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Location of this collection:
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333 S. La Cienega BlvdBeverly Hills, CA 90211, US
- Contact:
- (310) 247-3036 extension 2226