Shapiro (Victor M.) Papers, 1915-1967

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Summary

Title:
Victor Mansfield Shapiro Papers,
Dates:
1915-1967
Creators:
Shapiro, Victor Mansfield
Abstract:
Victor Mansfield Shapiro was a independent publicity man for the Hollywood film industry. The collection consists of public relations and promotional materials relating to the motion picture industry, including questionnaires, codes, biographies, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and tapes of interviews with transcripts.
Extent:
8 boxes (4 linear ft.) 1 oversize box
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Victor Mansfield Shapiro Papers (Collection 135). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of public relations and promotional materials relating to the motion picture industry, including questionnaires, codes, biographies, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and tapes of interviews with transcripts. Documents publicity campaigns of Mae West, Charles Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Rudolph Valentino, and Louis Wohlheim. Also includes a diary of Gone with the wind, written by unit publicity man Ferguson, and the story outlines, Rogues gallery and Thumb prints, written by Victor M. Shapiro and Howard Estarbrook.

Biographical / historical:

Shapiro was an independent publicity man for the Hollywood film industry.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Victor M. Shapiro, 1952, 1966-67.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Mae West (Box 1).
  2. Association of Motion Picture Advertisers, Fox Film Corporation, Gone with the wind diary, Louis Wohlheim material, miscellaneous (Boxes 2-4).
  3. Sydney Fox, a love story, Movies, Past, present, and future, biographical material, distribution contracts, and scrapbooks (Box 5).
  4. Photographs (Box 6).
  5. Unedited transcript of taped interview with the UCLA Oral History Project (Box 7).
  6. Tapes recorded during UCLA interview (Box 8).

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
Date Prepared:
© 1999
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding. Date of source: December 1968 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of 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], Victor Mansfield Shapiro Papers (Collection 135). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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