Robert Sisk papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of American film and television producer Robert Sisk (1903-1964). Materials include 60 screenplays, 17 screen treatments, scripts or synopses of 5 stage plays, miscellaneous production materials relating to and scripts of approximately 225 episodes of "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" television series (1957-1959), personal scrapbooks, catalogues of unproduced properties, approximately 250 publicity photographs from motion pictures, television, and stage productions; 55 group of photographs of Sisk with various show business personalities, miscellaneous correspondence and film production materials, assorted papers relating to the Screen Producers Guild, plaques, books, and magazines.
Dates
- Creation: 1920 - 1963
Creator
- Sisk, Robert, 1903-1964 (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
Robert Sisk (1903-1964) was an American film producer. He produced films like "Five Came Back" (1939) and "The Marines Fly High" (1940). Sisk was also a production associate on films "Little Women" (1933) and "Annie Oakley" (1935). In the late 1950s he produced two television series for MGM, "The Californians" and "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp."
Extent
26.25 Linear Feet (14 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of American film and television producer Robert Sisk (1903-1964). Materials include screenplays, screen treatments, scripts, miscellaneous production materials relating to "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" television series (1957-1959), personal scrapbooks, catalogues of unproduced properties, publicity photographs from motion pictures, television, and stage productions; photographs with various show business personalities, correspondence and film production materials, assorted papers relating to the Screen Producers Guild, plaques, books, and magazines.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Robert Sisk, January 26, 1970.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Sisk, Robert, 1903-1964 -- Archives (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Robert Sisk papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 January
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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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