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Mr. and Mrs. Byron King collection of silent film music scores

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2580

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of published silent film music belonging to pianist Olive King Lindsay. A piano score for Ben-Hur (1925), and a violin score for Phantom of the Opera (1925) are included along with a photograph of Olive King Lindsay and her daughter Inez Todd Lindsay.

Dates

  • Creation: 1925, 1988

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

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 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.

Biographical / Historical

Olive King Lindsay (1885-1976) was a pianist who was selected to play the

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Collection consists of published silent film music belonging to pianist Olive King Lindsay.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Byron King, relatives of Olive King Lindsay, in 1988.

Processing Information

Collection is unprocessed. This collection was part of Special Collections’ Performing Arts Division 100 series, it was originally marked 100-61. It is housed with Collection #2572.

Title
Finding aid for the Mr. and Mrs. Byron King silent film music scores
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
Date
2022 June
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

Contact:
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