UCLA owns selected scripts, stills, posters, and press kits for individual shows. NBC: Records for 1921-1976 from the National Broadcasting Company are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society. However, some content is available at USC, the Margaret Herrick Library (art, legal, production, and wardrobe departments, as well as scripts), and UCLA Library Special Collections ( architectural set plans, scripts and reader reports, in-house materials related to productions and compiled by the M-G-M Research Department for behind the scenes research). For instance, all MGM musical material, including orchestra arrangements and parts, were discarded in the late 1960s. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM): There is no fully centralized or comprehensive archive available for MGM, and unfortunately some of the studio's archival records were discarded. More information on Disney archival materials at UCLA is available on this guide. UCLA owns some publicity ephemera from 1938-1980s, including press kits and lobby cards. The Disney Archives do not allow walk-in external researchers, and most archival materials are in-house use only by the studio. Disney Archives has an ' Ask the Archivist' form available online. Finding aid is available.ĭisney: While UCLA and other publicly accessible institutions house some selected materials related to Walt Disney productions, the majority of the studio's archives are owned and housed by the studio itself. Collection also includes selected posters, stills, and press kits for individual shows.ĬBS: UCLA holds music-related manuscripts, books, printed music, sound recordings and business papers relating to CBS productions from 1955-1983. Suggestions, revisions, and information leads for this list are encouraged!ĪBC: UCLA holds a collection of ABC Television Network Scripts and Production Material for Television, 1954-1974. Please note that UCLA does not have contact information for archives held internally by individual studios. The papers of individuals (actors, directors, producers, screenwriters, costumers, etc.) connected with specific studios may also be available in other locations throughout the country, and are not listed here. The following is a working and incomplete list of locations with significant print archival holdings documenting specific studios, including those collections not held in publicly accessible institutions.

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