Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Mainerd Baker collection of scripts
- Dates:
- circa 1940s-1970s
- Creators:
- Baker, Mainerd
- Abstract:
- Mainerd Baker was a musician and music copyist in Hollywood from the late 1930s through the early 1980s. The collection consists mostly of radio and television scripts either collected by or related to the career of Baker
- Extent:
- 3.25 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Mainerd Baker Collection of Scripts (Collection PASC 274). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists mostly of radio and television scripts related to the career of musician and music copyist Mainerd Baker. The scripts are from productions in which Baker may have been involved with in some capacity and/or scripts that were given to him by friends from the entertainment business who knew of his interest in collecting scripts. Included are scripts from Gulf Screen Guild Theatre, Inner Sanctum Mysteries, and This is Your Life.
- Biographical / historical:
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There is very little biographical information available about Mainerd Baker. He was a musician and music copyist in Hollywood from the late 1930s through the early 1980s. Baker worked at many studios and networks and for many arrangers over the years.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of C. Plath, 2003.
- Processing information:
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Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff.
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- Arrangement:
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The scripts are arranged alphabetically by program title.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-09-13 14:34:10 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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:
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[Identification of item], Mainerd Baker Collection of Scripts (Collection PASC 274). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988