Garrett Starmer collection (ARA), circa 1940s

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Summary

Creators:
Starmer, Garrett (Garrett Ludlow) (1915-2003)
Abstract:
The Garrett Starmer collection consists of about 1.6 linear feet of scripts that have been collected by Starmer. These scripts pertain to documentaries written in the 1940s and performed via CBS, NBC, ABC and the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Extent:
1.6 Linear Feet; (3 document boxes, 4 bound volumes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Garrett Starmer collection, PA Mss 182. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The Garrett Starmer collection contains radio scripts that he collected throughout the course of his career, mostly documentaries and radio plays originating from the Writers' War Board.

Biographical / historical:

Garrett Starmer was a professional actor for a short time, and spent much of his career as a professor of speech and drama at various colleges and universities in California. With fellow faculty members John Sutthoff and George Rogers he secured the licenses for both an educational television station (now KIXE-PBS) and KCHO radio in the name of California State University, Chico.

Custodial history:

This collection forms part of the American Radio Archives (ARA), which documents the early history of broadcasting, with an emphasis on California. The ARA was formerly housed at the Thousand Oaks Public Library and was owned and administered by the Thousand Oaks Library Foundation. It was transferred to the UCSB Library in 2021.

Arrangement:

The materials in this collection are arranged into one series by type. Series 1: Scripts

Physical location:
Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.

All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Garrett Starmer collection, PA Mss 182. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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