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PASC-M.0072
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: CBS Inc. film and television collection
Creator:
CBS Inc.
Identifier/Call Number: PASC-M.0072
Physical Description:
1550.5 Linear Feet
(3101 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1955-1991
Abstract: The collection consists of music
manuscripts, books, printed music, sound recordings and business papers relating to CBS
productions. Also included are logs, music manuscripts, books, and printed music related to
four types of CBS productions: features films, television series, television specials, and
television movies, The productions fall under the CBS Television Network, CBS Entertainment
Division, CBS Productions Network, and, in a few cases, earlier manifestations of these
divisions. The collection includes materials in the form of: manuscript scores, parts, and a
few Ozalid masters of both scores and parts for film and television productions; printed
sheet music and folios of popular music; publishers catalogs, brochures; published books
about music; and published silent film music. The collection includes materials by composers
such as Jeff Alexander, Bill "Rocky" Conti, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, Henry
Mancini, Lyn Murray, Alex North, Fred Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, Franz Waxman, and John
Williams. Productions represented include TV series such as Gilligan's Island, Gunsmoke,
Have Gun Will Travel, Hawaii 5-0, Perry Mason, Rawhide, Twilight Zone, and Wild Wild West.
Also included is music for feature films such as The April Fools, Little Big Man, The
Reivers, Rio Lobo, and Table For Five. A highlight of the collection are many scores for
live Playhouse 90 dramas.
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.
Language of Material:
English .
Portions of collection unprocessed. Material in Series 13: Sound Recordings and Subserires
10.2: Popular Music Sheet Music is unavailable for access. Please contact Special
Collections reference (spec-coll@library.ucla.edu) for more information.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS UNPROCESSED AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are not currently
available for access and will require further processing and assessment. If you have
questions about this material please email spec-coll@library.ucla.edu.
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.
[Identification of item], CBS Inc. film and television collection (Collection PASC 72-M).
UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of CBS Inc., 1988.
Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make
them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and
resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level
of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts
more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to
national and local standards and best practices.
Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff. Additions by Peggy Alexander,
2013.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4232671
CBS Broadcasting Inc. (CBS) is one of the largest radio and television networks in the
United States. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its
former legal name.
The network has its origins in United Independent Broadcasters Inc., a collection of 16
radio stations that was bought by William S. Paley in 1928 and renamed the Columbia
Broadcasting System. Under Paley's guidance, CBS would first become one of the largest radio
networks in the United States and then one of the big three American broadcast television
networks. In 1974, CBS dropped its full name and became known simply as CBS, Inc. The
Westinghouse Electric Corporation acquired the network in 1995 and eventually adopted the
name of the company it had bought to become CBS Corporation. In 2000, CBS came under the
control of Viacom, which coincidentally had begun as a spin-off of CBS in 1971. In late
2005, Viacom split itself and reestablished CBS Corporation with the CBS television network
at its core. CBS Corporation and the new Viacom are controlled by Sumner Redstone through
National Amusements, the parent of the two companies.
The CBS Inc. film and television collection consists of music manuscripts, logs, books,
printed music, sound recordings and business papers relating to documentaries, features
films, mini series, television programs and made for television movies. The productions fall
under the CBS Television Network, CBS Entertainment Division, CBS Productions Network, and,
in a few cases, earlier manifestations of these divisions.
The collection includes materials in the form of: manuscript scores, parts, and select
Ozalid masters of both scores and parts for film and television productions; printed sheet
music and folios of popular music; publishers catalogs, brochures; financial and business
records, recording logs, and sound recordings.
Included in the collection are materials by composers such as Jeff Alexander, Bill "Rocky"
Conti, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, Henry Mancini, Lyn Murray, Alex North, Fred
Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, Franz Waxman, and John Williams.
Productions represented include TV series such as Gilligan's Island, Gunsmoke, Have Gun
Will Travel, Hawaii 5-0, Perry Mason, Rawhide, Twilight Zone, and Wild Wild West. The
collection also includes music for feature films such as The April Fools, Little Big Man,
The Reivers, Rio Lobo, and Table For Five. Also included are many scores for live Playhouse
90 dramas.
Arranged in the following series:
- Series 1. Documentaries
- Series 2. Feature Films
- Series 3. Mini Series
- Series 4. Television Programs
- Series 5. Television Movies
- Series 6. Unidentified Programs, Films, etc.
- Series 7. Business Papers
- Series 8. Clippings, 1976-1988. 1 folder
- Series 9. Radio Programs
- Series 10. Published Music
- Series 12. Recording Logs
- Series 13. Sound Recordings -- Unprocessed
- Series 14. Radio
- Series 15. Unidentified Materials
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Television music -- Scores and parts.
Music -- Manuscripts.
Motion picture music -- Scores and parts.
CBS Inc.--Archives.