Paul Francis Webster papers
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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
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0185 United States
ctlibarc@usc.edu