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Hunt Stromberg Jr. papers

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Identifier: 2216

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Scope and Contents

This collection consists of television production materials, scripts, correspondence, financial records, press, photographs, personal papers, and books belonging to American television producer Hunt Stromberg Jr. (1923-1986). Much of the collection reflects Stromberg's work as program director for KABC-TV in the 1950s, as a network programming executive for CBS in the early 1960s, and afterwards as an independent producer. Notable items include a binder of "Lost in Space" (1965-1968) storyboards (Box 22) and "Gilligan’s Island" (1964-1967) production materials (Box 21).

Among the series, there is substantial overlap between the scripts, treatments, and story concepts (arranged alphabetically by project title); the business, correspondence, and production files (arranged broadly by decade); and the television project files (arranged alphabetically by title), and similar materials for the same project may appear across all three series.

Personal materials related to Stromberg can be found throughout the collection. There are also personal papers of Eugene Banks (Box 28), who had a relationship with Stromberg.

Dates

  • Creation: 1930s-1980s

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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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

Hunt Stromberg Jr. (1923-1986) was an American television, and Broadway producer known for his work on The Vampira Show (1954-1955), The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971), Gilligan’s Island (1964-1967), and Lost in Space (1965-1968). He was the son of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and independent producer Hunt Stromberg.

Extent

23.92 Linear Feet (33 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection consists of television production materials, scripts, correspondence, financial records, press, photographs, personal papers, and books belonging to American television producer Hunt Stromberg Jr. (1923-1986). Much of the collection reflects Stromberg's work as program director for KABC-TV in the 1950s, as a network programming executive for CBS in the early 1960s, and afterwards as an independent producer.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Rosie Silveira, 1996. Transferred from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Margaret Herrick Library, 1997.

Processing Information

This collection is not fully processed.

Subject

Source

Title
Finding Aid for the Hunt Stromberg Jr. papers
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated. Additional description by Diann Benti.
Date
2022 January
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

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