Steve Allen papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of papers of actor, writer, composer, lyricist, and author Steve Allen (1921-2000). It includes promotional material, business correspondence, television scripts for The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956-60) and The Tonight Show. Several screenplays are also included for The Benny Good Story (1955) and College Confidential (1960).
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1950s-1960s
Creator
- Allen, Steve, 1921-2000 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library 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.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Extent
17.188 Linear Feet (15 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of papers of actor, writer, composer, lyricist, and author Steve Allen (1921-2000). It includes promotional material, business correspondence, television scripts for The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956-60) and The Tonight Show. Several screenplays are also included.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Steve Allen, December 30, 1969.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed. Previously cataloged as Collection No. 64.
Subject
- Allen, Steve, 1921-2000 -- Archives (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Steve Allen papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez & Brandon Werts for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 January
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library Repository
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0185 United States
ctlibarc@usc.edu