Marty Roberts collection
Scope and Contents
This collection from radio disk jockey Marty Roberts (1918-2009) contains promotional materials for various films, television series, and entertainment related events. These promotional materials include posters, stills, synopsis, and other information. Roberts was a disk jockey prominently from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1940s-1960s
Creator
- Roberts, Marty, 1918-2009 (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
Marty Roberts (1918-2009) was an American radio disc jockey (DJ), songwriter, TV personality, and actor. Roberts was on a number of radio stations, such as WBT, Charlotte, N. C, 1938–41, with the Tennessee Ramblers; WJJD, Chicago, 1941–2; WDZ, Tuscola, 1947–51; WCKY, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1951–8, where he co-hosted with Nelson King; and WDZ, Decatur, 1958. He appeared in several singing cowboy films as part of the Tennessee Ramblers, including "Ride Ranger, Ride" (1936), "Yodelin’ Kid from Pine Ridge" (1937), and "Ridin' the Cherokee Trail" (1941). Roberts was in the Billboard magazine's top 5 country and western disc jockeys of the year from 1951 through 1955.
Extent
7.625 Linear Feet (6 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection from radio disk jockey Marty Roberts (1918-2009) contains promotional materials for various films, television series, and entertainment related events. These promotional materials include posters, stills, synopsis, and other information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Marty Roberts, May 16, 1994.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Title
- Finding aid of the Marty Roberts collection
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez 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