Robert F. Jani papers
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Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the personal and business papers of Robert F. Jani (1934-1989). He was a creator, director and executive producer of musical spectaculars, television productions, pageants and extravaganzas, celebrations, international events, parades, arena shows and sports events, world premieres and openings, pyrotechnic shows, expositions, and theme parks. Mr. Jani was a founder of USC Songfest and principal of Robert F. Jani Productions, Inc. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1956.
Jani worked on such events and places as the Los Angeles bicentennial, the United States bicentennial, the USC centennial, Radio City Music Hall, the Madison Square Garden centennial, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland, Super Bowls, Orange Bowls, the Los Angeles Music Center, Ronald Reagan's inauguration, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee, and many more.
His collection includes event scripts, memorabilia, brochures, audio cassettes, firework plans, drawings, ephemera, publications, photographs, slides, presentations, books, and more.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1950s-1980s
Creator
- Jani, Robert F., 1934-1989 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
Robert Jani (1934-1989) was an American event producer who specialized in spectacular events. He was affiliated with the Walt Disney Company and some of its most famous entertainment events, including the Main Street Electrical Parade. He has also been credited with producing the 1976 U.S. Bicentennial Celebration in New York Harbor and the Super Bowl's half-time entertainment. Jani graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Telecommunications and Stage Production and Design.
Extent
343.021 Linear Feet (291 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of the personal and business papers of Robert F. Jani (1934-1989). He was a creator, director and executive producer of musical spectaculars, television productions, pageants and extravaganzas, celebrations, international events, parades, arena shows and sports events, world premieres and openings, pyrotechnic shows, expositions, and theme parks. Mr. Jani was a founder of USC Songfest and principal of Robert F. Jani Productions, Inc. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1956.
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Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- University of Southern California -- Archives (Organization)
- Walt Disney Company -- Employees (Organization)
- Jani, Robert F., 1934-1989 -- Archives (Person)
Genre / Form
- Audiocassettes
- Books
- Brochures
- Budgets
- Drawings (visual works)
- Ephemera
- Flags
- Itineraries
- long-playing records
- Magazines (periodicals)
- Maps
- Memorabilia
- Newspaper clippings
- Photographs
- Postcards
- Posters
- Printed ephemera
- Programs (documents)
- Publications (documents)
- Radio scripts
- Set design drawings
- Sheet music
- Slides (photographs)
Geographic
- California Institute of the Arts -- Archival resources
- China -- Description and travel -- 20th century
- China -- Photographs
- Disneyland (Calif.) -- Archival resources
- Japan -- Photographs
- John F. Kennedy Library -- Archival resources
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Archival resources
- Los Angeles Music Center Opera -- Archival resources
- Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) -- Archival resources
- Mexico
- Radio City Music Hall (New York, N.Y.) -- Archival resources
- Tokyo Disneyland (Urayasu-shi, Japan) -- Archival resources
- United States
- Walt Disney World (Fla.) -- Archival resources
Topical
- Academy Awards (Motion pictures) -- Archival resources
- Disney characters -- Archival resources
- Events -- California
- Events -- California -- Los Angeles
- Events -- United States
- Events -- Washington (D.C.)
- Orange Bowl (Football game)
- Parades -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Sports
- Super Bowl -- Archival resources
- Television -- Archival resources
- Theater
- Title
- Finding aid for the Robert F. Jani papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2023 March
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu