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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Nicholas Beck collection on Budd Schulberg
Creator:
Beck, Nicholas, 1932-
Identifier/Call Number: 6136
Physical Description:
16.3 Linear Feet
23 boxes and 1 oversize folder
Date (inclusive): 1913-2017
Abstract: The Nicholas Beck collection on Budd Schulberg consists of material relating to Budd Schulberg (1914-2009)--the American screenwriter,
television producer, and novelist--collected by Nicholas Beck (1932-2017). The collection includes material on Budd Schulberg's
life, family, and works; the Watts Writers Workshop -- a creative writing group initiated by Budd Schulberg following the
1965 Watts Riots; correspondence between Beck and Schulberg's extended family; archival documents by and about Budd's father,
studio executive B. P. Schulberg; and material on Hollywood history and Schulberg's contacts in and outside of the film industry,
including F. Scott Fitzgerald. The collection also holds material relating to Nicholas Beck's life and works, including notes
and drafts of Beck's book
Budd Schulberg: A Bio-bibliography, published in 2001. Nicholas (Nick) Beck was a graduate of Los Angeles City College and UCLA; professor at California State
University, Los Angeles; sports writer; book and Hollywood memorabilia collector; and Budd Schulberg's biographer and bibliographer.
Types of documents found in the collection include correspondence, photographs, manuscripts, notes and research, published
material, film posters, moving images, audio recordings, and memorabilia.
Language of Material:
English
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The Nicholas Beck collection on Budd Schulberg consists of material relating to Budd Schulberg (1914-2009)--the American screenwriter,
television producer, and novelist--collected by Nicholas Beck (1932-2017). The collection includes material on Budd Schulberg's
life, family, and works; the Watts Writers Workshop -- a creative writing group initiated by Budd Schulberg following the
1965 Watts Riots; correspondence between Beck and Schulberg's extended family; archival documents by and about Budd's father,
studio executive B. P. Schulberg; and material on Hollywood history and Schulberg's contacts in and outside of the film industry,
including F. Scott Fitzgerald. The collection also holds material relating to Nicholas Beck's life and works, including notes
and drafts of Beck's book
Budd Schulberg: A Bio-bibliography, published in 2001. Nicholas (Nick) Beck was a graduate of Los Angeles City College and UCLA; professor at California State
University, Los Angeles; sports writer; book and Hollywood memorabilia collector; and Budd Schulberg's biographer and bibliographer.
Types of documents found in the collection include correspondence, photographs, manuscripts, notes and research, published
material, film posters, moving images, audio recordings, and memorabilia.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special
Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections 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.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Nicholas Beck collection on Budd Schulberg, Collection no. 6136, Special Collections, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Nicholas Patrick Beck estate, May 4, 2017.
Beck previously stored the bulk of the collection in binders, which he had labeled. During processing, the original binders
were removed with their labels transcribed to acid-free folders.
Most of the published works included in the 2017 gift of the Beck estate were separated from the archival collection and cataloged
individually. The cataloged books are available via the main USC Libraries catalog search.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Authors, American -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Biographers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources
Motion picture authorship -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Novelists, American -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Screenwriters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Audiotapes
Books
Correspondence
Diaries
Ephemera
Photographs
Posters
Realia
Reports
Beck, Nicholas, 1932- -- Archives
Schulberg, B. P., 1892-1957 -- Archives
Schulberg, Budd (1914-03-27-2009-08-05) -- Archives
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 -- Archives