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  • Scope and Contents
  • Biographical / Historical
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Rights Statement for Archival Description
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information

  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
    Title: Howard Estabrook papers
    Creator: Estabrook, Howard, 1884-1978
    Identifier/Call Number: 2553
    Physical Description: 0.08 Linear Feet 1 folder
    Date (inclusive): 1935-1959
    Date: 1977
    Date: 1981
    Abstract: Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, realia, clippings, and other papers belonging to American writer, director, and producer Howard Estabrook (1884-1978).
    Language of Material: English.
    Container: 1

    Scope and Contents

    Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, realia, clippings, and other papers belonging to American writer, director, and producer Howard Estabrook (1884-1978). Materials related to motion pictures Estabrook wrote including Cimarron (1931), David Copperfield (1935), Heavenly Days (1944), The Human Comedy (1943) are present.
    Originally part of the Ethel Barrymore Memorial Theatre Arts Collection at the University of Southern California Library 100 Series, and was labeled 100-45.

    Biographical / Historical

    Howard Estabrook (1884-1978) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He began his career on stage in New York in 1904 and made his silent film debut with Officer 666 (1914), he started producing films in 1924, and began writing screenplays in 1928. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Cimarron (1931). He later served on the Academy Board of Governors.

    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 cin@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.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Harold Estabrook to USC School of Performing Arts, 1977. Transferred to Cinematic Arts Library by Hillary Lloyd in 1981.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], Howard Estabrook papers, Collection no. 2553, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Processing Information

    Collection is unprocessed.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Actors -- Photographs
    Clippings
    Correspondence
    Realia
    Estabrook, Howard, 1884-1978 -- Archive