Don DeFore papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of American television and film actor Don DeFore (1913-1993). Materials include 31 screenplays, 9 reels of TV film, 16 radio transcriptions of late 1940s programs. Additional materials include movie magazines, publicity materials, playbills, pressbooks, clippings, photos, business papers and personal items. Collection covers the years 1947-1967.
Among the screenplays are The Human Comedy (1943), Going My Way (1944), The Affairs of Susan (1945), Dragnet (1947), and My Friend Irma (1949).
Dates
- Creation: 1947 - 1967
Creator
- Defore, Don, 1913-1993 (Person)
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
Don DeFore (1913-1993) was an American television, film, and radio actor best known for the sitcoms Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952-1957), and Hazel (1961-1965). Devore was also president of the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1954-1955 and was instrumental in arranging for the Emmy Awards to be broadcast on national TV for the first time on March 7, 1955.
Extent
7.1 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of American television and film actor Don DeFore (1913-1993). Materials include 31 screenplays, 9 reels of TV film, 16 radio transcriptions of late 1940s programs. Also included are movie magazines, publicity materials, playbills, pressbooks, clippings, photos, business papers and personal items. Collection covers the years 1947-1967.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Marion Holmes DeFore, wife of Don DeFore, April 1, 1971.
Processing Information
The collection is unprocessed. In 2024, the Cinematic Arts Library transferred the film reels previously held in Box no. 1 to the HMH Moving Image Archive for digitization. Following digitization, the HMH Moving Image Archive deaccessioned the analog originals. AFter the removal of Box no. 1, the Don DeFore papers' extent changed to five boxes, numbered 2-6.
Subject
- Defore, Don, 1913-1993 -- Archives (Person)
- In 2024, the Cinematic Arts Library transferred the film reels previously held in Box no. 1 to the HMH Moving Image Archive for digitization. Following digitization, the HMH Moving Image Archive deaccessioned the analog originals. After the removal of Box no. 1, the Don DeFore papers' extent changed to five boxes, numbered 2-6.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Don DeFore papers
- Status
- Minimally Processed
- Author
- Sarah Jardini & Brandon Werts for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 February
- 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