Finding aid for the Milton Lewis playbill collection 2259
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 May
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Milton Lewis playbill collection
Creator:
Lewis, Milton, 1893-1986
Identifier/Call Number: 2259
Physical Description:
30.375 Linear Feet
27 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1900s-1986
Abstract: This collection consists of the playbills and other memorabilia of talent executive Milton Lewis.
Language of Material:
English.
This collection consists of the playbills and other records of talent executive Milton Lewis. Materials include playbills
from Lewis' extensive talent scouting theatre attendance in New York and Los Angeles, dating back to the early 1900s.
Index cards corresponding to the playbills are in box 27. Also included are a small amount of personal items and film treatments
located in box 26.
Milton Lewis (1893-1986) was an American film talent and casting executive who worked for Paramount Pictures. Milton was the
younger brother of producer Albert Lewis, and uncle to producer Arthur Lewis.
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
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 cin@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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated to USC by Milton Lewis beginning in 1963 and continuing through the 1980s. Additional materials donated by Arthur
Lewis following his uncle's death.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Milton Lewis playbill collection, Collection no. 2259, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ephemera
Playbills
Playbills -- Collections
Scripts
Treatments (documents)
Lewis, Milton, 1893-1986 -- Archives
Box 1, Box 2, Box 3, Box 4, Box 5, Box 6, Box 7, Box 8, Box 9, Box 10, Box 11, Box 12, Box 13, Box 14, Box 15, Box 16, Box 17, Box 18, Box 19, Box 20, Box 21, Box 22, Box 23, Box 24, Box 25, Box 26, Box 27
Unprocessed materials