Jump to Content

Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
O'Steen (John R.) papers
PASC.0219  
View entire collection guide What's This?
Search this collection
Collection Details
 
Table of contents What's This?
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Biographical / Historical
  • UCLA Catalog Record ID
  • Preferred Citation
  • Scope and Contents
  • Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

  • Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Title: John R. O'Steen papers
    Creator: O'Steen, John R.
    Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0219
    Physical Description: 3.0 Linear Feet (6 boxes)
    Date (inclusive): 1938-1970s
    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.
    Language of Material: Materials are in English.

    Conditions Governing Access

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

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Source unknown. Received 1988.

    Biographical / Historical

    John (Johnny) R. O'Steen started working at Warner Brothers, circa 1932; worked in the research department three years before joining the story department; eventually became head librarian, a position he held until retiring in 1974; compiled a book on Warner Brothers history, Were these the golder years?; died August 5, 1987.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4659053 

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], John R. O'Steen papers (Collection 219). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    Scope and Contents

    Collection consists of scripts and files related to the career of Warner Brothers' Librarian, John R. O'Steen. Includes viewed picture files, treatments synopsis, and miscellaneous photocopied motion picture credits and publications.

    Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

    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.