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Paul Francis Webster papers

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Identifier: 2648

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Scope and Contents

This collection contains papers of American lyricist Paul Francis Webster (1907-1984). Materials include: published sheet music, photographs, manuscripts and documents including lyric worksheets reflecting the development of Webster's lyrics, phonograph record albums, awards, and "Jump for Joy" production materials. There are detailed item-level inventories available as PDFs at the series level.

Dates

  • Creation: 1930-1982

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

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.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Biographical / Historical

Paul Francis Webster (1907-1984) was an American lyricist. He began writing song lyrics for films in the 1930s and most often worked with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer beginning in the 1950s. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Song three times for "Secret Love" (Calamity Jane, 1953); "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing" (Love is a Many-Splendored Thing, 1955); and "The Shadow of Your Smile" (The Sandpiper, 1965).

Extent

26.75 Linear Feet (23 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection contains papers of American lyricist Paul Francis Webster (1907-1984). Materials include: published sheet music, photographs, manuscripts and documents including lyric worksheets reflecting the development of Webster's lyrics, phonograph record albums, awards, and "Jump for Joy" production materials.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of The Film Music Society, 2019.

Processing Information

Organized and cataloged by Marilee Bradford on behalf of The Film Music Society, 2016.

Title
Finding aid for the Paul Francis Webster papers
Author
Diann Benti; inventories by Marilee Bradford.
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

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