Sherwood Schwartz papers
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Scope and Contents
This collection consists of scripts, magazine and newspaper articles, set designs, and photographs of American television screenwriter and producer Sherwood Schwartz (1916-2011). Schwartz created the television shows "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Bunch," which make up the majority of the collection content.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1960s-1990s
Creator
- Schwartz, Sherwood (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is currently unavailable 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
Sherwood Schwartz (1916-2011) was an American television screenwriter and producer. He is most often remembered for creating the television series "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Bunch." His other television series include "I Married Joan," "The Red Skelton Hour," "It's About Time, " and "Dusty's Trail."
Extent
48.125 Linear Feet (42 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of scripts, magazine and newspaper articles, set designs, and photographs of American television screenwriter and producer Sherwood Schwartz (1916-2011). Schwartz created the television shows "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Bunch," which make up the majority of the collection content.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mildred Schwartz (wife), 2010.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Schwartz, Sherwood -- Archives (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Sherwood Schwartz papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 March
- 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