Howard Rodman papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of American writer, Howard Rodman (1920-1985). Materials include radio scripts, treatments, and outlines for “The Couple Next Door” (1940s) and “Joe Powers of Oakville” (1946); television scripts for “Studio One” (1955), “General Motors Theatre” (1954), “Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre” (1959), “One Step Beyond” (1960s), and “Naked City” (1960), among others; and miscellaneous short stories written by Rodman. Screenplays include “An American Dream” (1966), “Madigan” (1968), “Coogan’s Bluff” (1968), and “Winning” (1969).
Dates
- Creation: 1940s-1969
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
Howard Rodman (1920-1985) was an American writer and story editor. He worked in radio, television, and film. Rodman's credits include writer for “The Couple Next Door," “Studio One” (1955), “General Motors Theatre” (1954), “Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre” (1959), “Naked City” (1960), “An American Dream” (1966), “Madigan” (1968), “Coogan’s Bluff” (1968), and “Winning” (1969).
Extent
7.188 Linear Feet (7 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of American writer, Howard Rodman (1920-1985). Materials include radio scripts, treatments, outlines, television scripts, screenplays, and miscellaneous short stories written by Rodman.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Howard Rodman, December 16, 1969.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Howard Rodman papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 March
- 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