Hjalmar Hermanson papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the set drawings and photographs of American set designer, Hjalmar Hermanson (1907–1994). Photographs include sets he did for theaters. His set drawings are largely pencil sketches. Hermanson worked on theater productions, as well as television series such as "Toast of the Town," "Here and Now," "NBC News," and "The Kate Smith Show."
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1950s-1970s
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
Hjalmar Hermanson (1907–1994) was an American set designer. Hermanson worked on theater productions, as well as television series such as "Toast of the Town," "Here and Now," "NBC News," and "The Kate Smith Show." From 1946 to 1948 he was the designer for Kaj Velden Studios. Following this he worked for CBS, then NBC.
Extent
18.333 Linear Feet (12 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of the set drawings and photographs of American set designer, Hjalmar Hermanson (1907–1994).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Hjalmar Hermanson estate, 1995.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Hjalmar Hermanson papers
- 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
- Box: 1a (Photograph albums)
- Box: 1b (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 6 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 7 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 8 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 9 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 10 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 11 (Mixed 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