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Albert Bender audiotapes

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2367

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Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the audiotapes related to the Max Steiner Music Society and its founder, American author and ufologist, Albert K. Bender (1921-2016). Bender founded the Max Steiner Music Society in 1965. Members included actors John Wayne, Fred Astaire, and Vincent Price. They published a journal and newsletter.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1960s-1970s

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is ubavailable for access at this time 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

Albert K. Bender (1921-2016) was an American author and a ufologist. He wrote the 1962 non-fiction book "Flying Saucers and the Three Men." Bender founded the International Flying Saucers Bureau in 1952, and in 1965, he founded the Max Steiner Music Society.

Extent

6.75 Linear Feet (6 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection consists of the audiotapes related to the Max Steiner Music Society and its founder, American author and ufologist Albert K. Bender (1921-2016).

Additional collection guides

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Albert Bender, October 1981.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Title
Finding aid for the Albert Bender audiotapes
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
Date
2022 April
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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