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  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Biographical / Historical
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information
  • Scope and Contents
  • Rights Statement for Archival Description
  • Conditions Governing Use

  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
    Title: Walter Seltzer papers
    Creator: Seltzer, Walter, 1914-2011
    Identifier/Call Number: 2261
    Physical Description: 6 Linear Feet 3 boxes
    Date (inclusive): 1953-1972
    Abstract: This collection contains film scripts, scrapbooks, and photographs related to the work of American film producer and publicity director Walter Seltzer (1914-2011), dating from 1953 to 1972.
    Language of Material: English.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Advance notice required for access.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Received as a loan from Walter Seltzer, September 4, 1973.

    Biographical / Historical

    Walter Seltzer (1914-2011) was an American film producer and publicity director. He worked for companies including Hal Wallis Productions, Hecht-Lancaster Productions, Glass-Seltzer Productions, and collaborated with Marlon Brando and Charlton Heston on films.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], Walter Seltzer papers, Collection no. 2261, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Processing Information

    This collection is not fully processed.

    Scope and Contents

    This collection contains film scripts, scrapbooks, and photographs related to the work of American film producer and publicity director Walter Seltzer (1914-2011), dating from 1953 to 1972. Box 1 contains scripts for thirteen films. There are four scrapbooks containing press clippings about Seltzer's career and the films he was involved with, photographs, and ephemera about the films (Boxes 2-3). There are two binders containing contact sheets of photographs, including production stills, related to the film "The War Lord" (1965) (Box 2).

    Rights Statement for Archival Description

    Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

    Conditions Governing Use

    All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@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.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Motion picture producers and directors -- Archival resources
    Scrapbooks
    Photographs
    Scripts (documents)
    Seltzer, Walter, 1914-2011 -- Archives