Paramount Research stills collection, bulk c. 20th century

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Summary

Title:
Paramount Research stills collection
Dates:
bulk c. 20th century
Creators:
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Abstract:
This collection consists of the photographs and stills used by Paramount Pictures for research for their films.
Extent:
45 Linear Feet 40 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Paramount Research Stills collection, Collection no. 2275, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of the photographs and stills used by Paramount Pictures for research for their films. They are largely 8x10 photographs in black and white. They include research for such films as "The Palm Beach Story" (1942), "Sullivan's Travels" (1941), "Variety Girl" (1947), "Reap the Wild Wind" (1942), "North West Mounted Police" (1940), "The Ten Commandments" (1956), and many more.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Paramount Pictures Corp., 1988.
Processing information:

This collection is unprocessed.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-06-30 08:31:02 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@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.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Paramount Research Stills collection, Collection no. 2275, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:
Cinematic Arts Library
Doheny Memorial Library, Room G4
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0185, US
Contact:
(213) 740-8383
ctlibarc@usc.edu
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