Norman Tokar papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of director, producer, and actor Norman Tokar (1919-1979) including material on radio, television, and motion pictures. Includes approximately 430 scripts for "The Aldrich Family" radio program (1939-1952); scripts, photographs, cast lists, and production materials for the television show "Life with Luigi" (1952); casting books for miscellaneous television programs such as "Leave It To Beaver" (1957) and "The Robert Cummings Show"; approximately 15 television scripts for "Charlie Chan" (1958); production stills from various television shows and from many Walt Disney features including "Rascal" (1969) and "The Ugly Dachshund" (1966); story board sketches for Disney projects; general radio literature and brochures; and radio transcription discs.
Dates
- Creation: 1936 - 1972
Creator
- Tokar, Norman, 1920-1979 (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
Norman Tokar (1919-1979) was an American director and actor. He directed over a dozen films for Walt Disney Productions from the 1950s to the 1970s, including Big Red (1962), "Savage Sam" (1963), "Those Calloways" (1965), "Follow Me, Boys!" (1966), The Ugly Dachshund (1966), "The Happiest Millionaire" (1967), "The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit" (1968), "The Boatniks" (1970), "Snowball Express" (1972), "The Apple Dumpling Gang" (1975), "Candleshoe" (1977), and "The Cat from Outer Space" (1978).
Extent
11.25 Linear Feet (10 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of director, producer, and actor Norman Tokar (1919-1979) including material on radio, television, and motion pictures. Includes scripts, photographs, cast lists, storyboards, stills, and production materials for various radio programs, television shows, and animated features.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Norman Tokar, December 27, 1973.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Tokar, Norman, 1920-1979 -- Archives (Person)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the Norman Tokar papers
- 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