Cinema posters collection
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Scope and Contents
This collection consists of cinema posters for motion pictures from the around the 1950s through the 1990s. These posters are mass produced posters for cinematic releases. These include the movies "Can-Can" (1960) featuring Frank Sinatra, "Caveman" (1981) featuring Ringo Starr, "Mad City" (1997) featuring John Travolta, "Freddie as F.R.O.7" (1992) an animated film, "Invasion U.S.A." (1985) featuring Chuck Norris, and many more.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1950s-1990s
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.
Extent
440.688 Linear Feet (104 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of promotional cinema posters for motion pictures from around the 1950s through the 1990s.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Received from various studio publicity departments, circa 1980s-early 1990s.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Cinema posters collection
- 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