Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Margaret Herrick Library id81
Mailing Address:
Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
333 South La Cienega Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211Phone: 310-247-3020 (Reference),
Fax: 310-657-5193
Contact: Ms. Linda H. Mehr, Library Director
Web site: http://www.oscars.org.
Institution Type: Archive, Cultural/Professional Association, Library, Research Center/Institution
Location of Institution: West Los Angeles/Beverly Hills
Archive and Collections
Description: The Margaret Herrick Library collects a wide range of materials documenting film as both an art form and an industry. Its holdings include photographs, posters, books, periodicals, screenplays, and extensive clippings files on people, films, and companies. The clippings files are organized under five headings: production, biography, general subject, festivals and awards, and Academy history. The general subject files contain clippings and photographs regarding aspects of Los Angeles such as homes, studios, motion picture theaters, hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, Los Angeles as a location, museums, educational and cultural institutions, theme parks, and landmarks; labor disputes and the formation of industry-related unions and guilds are also extensively documented in the general subject files. The Academy history files provide coverage of that very Los Angeles-based activity—the Academy Awards. The Herrick’s Special Collections contain materials relating to the careers of numerous directors, producers, actors, and other craftspeople and their filmmaking work in Los Angeles. Dating from the early 1900s to the present, the materials in Special Collections include scripts in various drafts, personal and business correspondence, production memoranda, sketches, clippings, music scores, recordings, scrapbooks, artifacts, and photographs. The Herrick’s Academy Oral History Program has conducted more than forty-five career-related interviews with industry personnel. Many of the interviewees have lived or worked in Los Angeles.
Regions Covered: None
Type of Materials: Audio Recordings, Books, Cultural Artifacts, Materials & Objects, Diaries/Journals/Personal Papers, Institutional Publications, Manuscripts, Official Records, Photographs, Scripts
Time Periods: 1848-1899, 1900-1920, 1921-1949, 1950-1963, 1964-1980, 1981-Present
Languages: English
Sectors of the Population Represented in the Collection: African Descent, Artistic Communities, Asian Descent, Business, Clubs/Service/Social Organizations, European Descent, Jewish Descent, Labor Unions, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Mexican Descent/Chicano/Latino, Multiethnic, Native American Descent/Indigenous, Professional
Access
Year Round Access: Yes
OnSite Technology: No
Workspaces: Yes
Open to the Public: Yes
Public Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 10 am–5:30 pm; advance reservations required for access to Special Collections
Reservations not requiredOpen for Research: Yes
Research Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 10 am–5:30
Reservations not requiredAccess Procedures: Users of special collections require approval from the Research Specialist via written request or interview, and must fill out a project description form. Appointments to view special collections material must be at least 24 hours in advance.
Management
Catalogue System: Unpublished inventories (using Word Perfect) for special collections in library. Inventories by individual or organization. Preliminary inventory to the folder level is done when collection is acquired. Printed list of general subjects clipping file hea
Digital Format: Poster collection numbers over 17,000 items. To date approximately 20% of the collection (full color images) have been scanned into a digital database that provides full bibliographic records on the posters and the productions representation.
Repository/Depository: Yes
Loan To Others: Yes
Exhibited: Yes
Exhibition Frequency: Small exhibits in La Cienega facility year-round;
Makes Purchases: No
Formalized Purchases: No
Outreach: Brochures/Flyers/Pamphlets, Internet
