Joe Laurie Jr. papers
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Scope and Contents
Joe Laurie Jr. (1892-1954) was an American vaudevillian, writer, and radio and Broadway performer. Collection includes binders of “Bits,” scripts, radio and television broadcast transcripts, and joke indexes written by Laurie from 1940-1953. Also present are correspondence, publication clippings, and drafts of Laurie’s memoir Vaudeville: From the Honky-Tonks to the Palace (1953).
Dates
- Creation: 1940 - 1953
Creator
- Laurie, Joe, 1893-1954 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is unavailable for access due to its current state of processing.
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
Joe Laurie Jr. (1892-1954) was an American vaudevillian, writer, and radio and Broadway performer.
Extent
18 Linear Feet (16 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection of binders of “Bits,” scripts, radio and television broadcast transcripts, and joke indexes written by American vaudevillian and writer Joe Laurie Jr. (1892-1954) from 1940-1953. Also present are correspondence, publication clippings, and drafts of Laurie’s memoir Vaudeville: From the Honky-Tonks to the Palace (1953).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Joe Laurie Jr., October 14, 1980.
Processing Information
Collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Laurie, Joe, 1893-1954 -- Archives (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Joe Laurie Jr. papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 February
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Box: 1 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 2 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 3 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 4 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 5 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 6A (Textual Materials)
- Box: 6B (Textual Materials)
- Box: 7 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 8 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 9 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 10A (Textual Materials)
- Box: 10B (Textual Materials)
- Box: 11A (Textual Materials)
- Box: 11B (Textual Materials)
- Box: 12A (Textual Materials)
- Box: 12B (Textual Materials)
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