Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Gary Franklin photographs,
- Dates:
- 1952-1984
- Creators:
- Franklin, Gary
- Abstract:
- Gary Franklin is best known a news and entertainment reporter for KCBS. The collection consists of oversize black and white mounted photographs taken by Franklin. The bulk of the images are political figures and entertainers. Additionally there are a very small number of location shots including Los Angeles area studios.
- Extent:
- 6 oversize boxes
- Language:
- Finding aid is written in English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Gary Franklin photographs (Collection 244). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of oversize black and white mounted photographs taken by Gary Franklin. The majority of the photographs were taken during the late 1970s to early 1980s; with a very small number of imageds shot in the early 1950s and late 1960s. The bulk of photographs are primarily political figures and entertainers interviewed and covered by Franklin in his capacity as both news and entertainment reporter. Among those photographed are Kirk Douglas, Cher, Broderick Crawford, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gerald Ford, Gene Hackman, Jim Henson, Charleton Heston, Lyndon G. Johnson, Bobby Kennedy, Shari Lansing, Ronald Reagan and others. Additionally there are photographs of various locations including Los Angeles area studios such as Disney, T.B.S., Twentieth Century Fox and Universal.
- Biographical / historical:
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Gary Franklin is best known as KCBS' entertainment reporter-critic. He received the Los Angeles Press Club award in 1983.
- Acquisition information:
- Donation, 1984.
- Arrangement:
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The photographs are arranged alphabetically by name or place
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Celebrities -- Photographs.
Photographs.
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access and Notetab Pro; frontmatter gathered from MARC Record. Date of source: 200502.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Gary Franklin photographs (Collection 244). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988