Resources at UCLA
UCLA Libraries
General information
Arts Library
Book collections and periodicals
Arts Library/Special Collections
Primary research materials such as film and television scripts; still photographs; personal papers; posters; studio records.
Department of Special Collections
Another resource for personal papers, business records, photographs and miscellaneous material of film, radio and television personalities.
Music Library
Musical scores from films and television programs donated by composers, networks, etc. Scores and other musical documents from Henry Mancini, CBS, General Music Corporation, Richard Rodgers. The Capital Theater Collection includes sheet music used for silent films from 1910-1930.
Archive of Popular American Music
310-206-8895; by appointment only.
Large collection of sheet music including songs from motion pictures.
Resources In Los Angeles
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS)
Screenplays; production files; biography files; subject files; Academy History Collection; special collections-scripts, production notes, sketches, music scores, business correspondence; photographs; books-in English and foreign; periodicals-over 1,000.
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS)
American Film Institute (AFI)
Film and television books; scripts; audio tapes of AFI seminars; clippings files.
Los Angeles Central Library
Videotapes-entertainment and documentaries; books; periodicals.
University of Southern California
Cinema-Television Library and Archives of Performing Arts
Clippings files; stills/photographs; pressbooks; personal papers; studio resources; film journals (including foreign) dating back to the 30's; film and television reference books; scripts from MGM, 20th Century Fox, Universal, Warner Bros.
Other Links
ACMI, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
ANSI, American National Standards Institute
AMIA, Association of Moving Image Archivists
Black Film Center/Archive--Indiana University
CinemaSpace, UC Berkeley
George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Films
IFFA/FIAF, International Federation of Film Archives
IFTA/FIAT, International Federation of Television Archive
IMDB, Internet Movie Database
Kodak, Film Care
NARA, National Archives and Records Administration
NAMID, National Moving Image Database
NYU Bobst Library, Cinema Studies
Pacific Film Archive, UC Berkley
"Preservation without Access is Pointless"
SAA, Society of American Archivists
SMPTE, Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers
University of Exeter—Bill Douglas Centre
A spectacular collection of 19th century, pre-cinema optical devices
Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards (broadcasting/TV) Collection
Peabody Awards Collection includes examples of television and radio news reporting, documentaries, drama, music and dance performances, children's programming, situation comedies, and more. Over 40,000 titles.
