Earle Hagen collection of television music, 1960-1990

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Summary

Creators:
Hagen, Earle
Abstract:
The collection consists of manuscript and reproduction scores for music composed by Earle Hagen for television productions, including I Spy, and Mod Squad.
Extent:
54 Linear Feet (108 boxes)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Earle Hagen collection of television music (Collection PASC 172-M), UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists primarily of manuscript and reproduction scores for the television series Mod Squad and I Spy. It also contains scores for the programs The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle, The Dick Van Dyke Show, That Girl, Mike Hammer, and others.

In addition, this collection contains sounds recordings, mostly open reels, for several television shows that Hagen composed for, including Mod Squad and I Spy.

Ozalid and manuscript scores for music composed by Earle Hagen for television productions, including I Spy, and Mod Squad.

Biographical / historical:

Composer Earle Hagen was born July 9, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois and moved to Los Angeles as a child. Early in his career, he played trombone with a number of traveling big bands. Hagen worked as an orchestrator and arranger for 20th Century Fox in the 1940s and began writing music for television after leaving the studio in 1952. Over the course of his career, Hagen wrote theme songs and scored music for numerous television series including Make Room for Daddy (1953-1957), The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968), The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966), Gomer Pyle- USMC 1964-1969), I Spy (1965-1968), That Girl (1966-1971), The Mod Squad (1968-1973), Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976-1977), Eight is Enough (1977-1981), Dukes of Hazzard (1979-1985) and Mike Hammer (1984-1989).

Hagen also taught music and wrote several books on arranging and scoring. He died May 26, 2008 in Rancho Mirage, California.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Earle Hagen, 1998.
Processing information:

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.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into the following series:

  • Series 1: Scores and music manuscripts
  • Series 2: Sound recordings

Physical / technical requirements:

CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: This collection contains both processed and unprocessed audiovisual materials. Audiovisual materials are not currently available for access, unless otherwise noted in a Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note at the series and file levels. All requests to access processed materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

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

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Television music -- Scores and parts.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical objects belong to 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:

[Identification of item], Earle Hagen collection of television music (Collection PASC 172-M), UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
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