Lichtig & Englander letters, 1923-1951

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Title:: Lichtig & Englander letters
Dates:: 1923-1951
Creators:: Lichtig & Englander (Firm).
Abstract:: Letters to the Hollywood agency Lichtig & Englander, many addressed directly to Harry Lichtig, from novelists, screenwriters, editors, actors and actresses. Some of the letters have notes inscribed by the firm regarding action taken. The letters describe the routine business activities of Hollywood agents during the period 1920s-1950s, particularly in regard to the buying and selling of scripts.
Extent:: 0.42 Linear feet 1 box
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: [Box/folder# or item name], Lichtig & Englander letters, Collection no. 6051, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Scope and content:: Letters to the Hollywood agency Lichtig & Englander, many addressed directly to Harry Lichtig, from novelists, screenwriters, editors, actors and actresses. Some of the letters have notes inscribed by the firm regarding action taken. The letters describe the routine business activities of Hollywood agents during the period 1920s-1950s, particularly in regard to the buying and selling of scripts.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Commercial agents--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Screenwriters--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Letters
Names:: Lichtig & Englander (Firm). -- Correspondence
Places:: Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History--20th century--Archival resources

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Sue Luftschein
Date Prepared:: 2014 March
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2014-03-26T02:09-0700

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Preferred citation:: [Box/folder# or item name], Lichtig & Englander letters, Collection no. 6051, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:: University of Southern California, Special Collections

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