Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Buster Keaton papers
- Dates:
- 1900-1999, bulk 1924-1966
- Creators:
- Keaton, Buster
- Extent:
- 0.4 linear feet of papers. 2 linear feet of photographs.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Buster Keaton papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Buster Keaton papers span the years 1900-1999 (bulk 1924-1966) and encompass 2.4 linear foot. The collection consists of an assortment of material relating to Keaton, including scripts, music, autograph books, a vaudeville scrapbook, clippings, date books, and photographs. The photograph series document Keaton's last three decades, with many personal photographs, candids, and snapshots, as well as material related to his film, stage, and television work. There are also some vintage photographs from Keaton's infancy, childhood, and vaudeville days, as well as a Keaton family photograph album of snapshots dating from 1909-1917. Photographs from the collection were published in ?uster Keaton Remembered?(2001) by Eleanor Keaton and Jeffrey Vance, with an afterword by Kevin Brownlow.
- Biographical / historical:
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Buster Keaton was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter active in film from 1917 to the mid-1960s. The Academy presented him with a 1959 Honorary Award.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Eleanor Keaton, 1998-2001, with additions from Kevin Brownlow, 2000, and Jeffrey Vance, 2001
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files, subseries A-B as follows: A. Produced; B. Unproduced; 2. Subject files; 3. Scrapbooks; 4. Photographs, subseries A-F as follows: A. Motion picture production; B. Television production; C. Stage production; D. Biography; E. Subject; F. Photograph albums
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2013
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Inmagic. Date of source: September 17, 2013
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Available by appointment only.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.
- Preferred citation:
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Buster Keaton papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Location of this collection:
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333 S. La Cienega BlvdBeverly Hills, CA 90211, US
- Contact:
- (310) 247-3036 extension 2226