Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hayman, Joe
- Extent:
- 1 unknown (3 scrapbooks)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Joe Hayman theatrical scrapbooks, (Collection PASC-M 326). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of 3 scrapbooks that include photographs of family, performers, and productions, programs of shows and films, and newspaper clippings. Notably includes some notes from Harry Houdini, anti-Hitler newspaper articles from the 1940s, and the entire Los Angeles Times newspaper from August 15, 1945. Hayman became famous because of his Cohen on the telephone skits, but there is almost nothing about that; more about his overall career.
- Biographical / historical:
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Joe Hayman was an American comedian in British films. He worked in vaudeville with his wife, Mildred Franklin and became known for his "Cohen on the telephone" monologue.
- Acquisition information:
- Provenance unknown.
- Processing information:
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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.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to the 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:
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[Identification of item], Joe Hayman theatrical scrapbooks, (Collection PASC-M 326). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988