William and Margaret Schaefer papers
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Scope and Contents
This collection includes the Warner Bros. related materials belonging to William “Bill” Schaefer (1910-1991), executive assistant to Jack Warner (1892-1978). Materials include miscellaneous advertising materials and film programs; copies of “Vitagraph Bulletin of Life Portrayals” (1911-1915), the Vitagraph house organ; 4 copies of “The Edison Kinetogram” (November 1, 1909-December 15, 1909); and a notebook of Vitaphone releases listing name of act or artist, scene, songs or music played, classification, trailers, and features with cast and synopses (1927-1930). In addition, there is a research scrapbook for Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) containing photographs of George M. Cohan and family, photostats of clippings from the period, playbills, publicity, and photographs of the New York theatrical district and theaters (ca. 1927).
Dates
- Creation: 1927 - 1974
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is currently unavailable for access because of its size and current level of processing. Contact the Cinematic Arts Library ctlibarc@usc.edu for details.
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 Cinematic Arts Library at cin@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.
Biographical / Historical
William L. Schaefer (1909-1991) began working as executive assistant to Jack L. Warner, the head of production for Warner Bros. Studio, in 1933. He continued to work for Warner until Warner’s death in 1979. Schaefer later was involved in work documenting the early history of Warner Bros. through interviews and contributing to the book The Warner Bros. Story. He was married to Margaret Schaefer.
Extent
11.17 Linear Feet (8 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection includes the Warner Bros. related materials belonging to William “Bill” Schaefer (1910-1991), executive assistant to Jack Warner (1892-1978).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Margaret Schaefer, April 3, 1969, and December 17, 1974.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) (Organization)
- Warner, Jack L. (1892-1978) (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid for the William and Margaret Schaefer papers
- Status
- Minimally Processed
- Author
- Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 May
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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