- TitleMarc Wanamaker collection of scripts, 1937 - 1955 (inclusive)
- Collector
- Date(s)Circa 1937 - 1955 (inclusive)
- Description
3 linear ft. of papers
1. Production files; 2. Television files
- Summary
There are more than 50 film scripts and a half dozen television scripts collected by the donor.
- BiographyMarc Wanamaker (b. 1947) is a Hollywood historian and author. Wanamaker began amassing the Bison Archives collection in 1971, as he was researching a book on the history of the American motion picture studios. It was named in tribute to the Bison Company, an early motion picture studio formed in 1909 that produced Westerns featuring Native American casts.
- Subjects
- Acquisitions InformationGift of Marc Wanamaker, 1976-2005.
- Preferred citationMarc Wanamaker collection of scripts, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- DepartmentLibrary
- 563
- AvailabilityFor information on the contents and availability of this collection please contact the Reference and Public Services department at ref@oscars.org.
- Moving Image Items
- Library Holdings
