George Hopkins scrapbooks
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the scrapbooks of American set designer, playwright, and production designer George Hopkins (1896-1985). These scrapbooks include clippings, programs, and printed ephemera.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1910s-1950s
Creator
- Hopkins, George James (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
George Hopkins (1896-1985) was an American set designer, playwright, and production designer. Hopkins started designing scenery on stage after studying design in college. He turned to art direction for films in 1917. Hopkins won four Academy Awards for Art Direction for "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951), "My Fair Lady" (1964), "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966), and "Hello, Dolly!" (1969).
Extent
1.563 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of the scrapbooks of American set designer, playwright, and production designer George Hopkins (1896-1985).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of George Hopkins, June 1, 1962.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Hopkins, George James -- Archives (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the George Hopkins scrapbooks
- 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
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0185 United States
ctlibarc@usc.edu