Ernest Gold papers
Scope and Contents
Materials include classical, stage, and film music sketches and scores, phonograph disk and audio tape recordings, videotapes, books, awards and memorabilia. Dated approximately 1950-1995.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1950-1995
Creator
- Gold, Ernest, 1921-1999 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted. Materials may be accessed only with permission of curator.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Ernest Gold papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Ernest Gold (1921-1999) was a composer of film and television scores.
Ernest Gold was born in 1921 in Vienna, Austria. He immigrated to the United States in 1938 to escape Nazi oppression, as his family was Jewish. He wrote music for films such as Exodus, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, On the Beach, Fun with Dick and Jane, and Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff. He had four Academy Award nominations and three Golden Globe nominations. In 1960 he won a Golden Globe for On the Beach, and in 1961 he won an Academy Award for Exodus.
Gold died on March 17, 1999 of a stroke.
Extent
51 oversize (60 linear ft.)
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
27 cartons (27 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
A more detailed finding aid is available in print in the repository.
Other Finding Aids
Box-level inventory available online.
Custodial History
Donated by Gold Family Trust following Ernest Gold's death in 1999.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Gold Family Trust; 1999.
Appraisal
Film Music Archives.
Processing Information
Processed; James V. D'Arc and John N. Gillespie; January 2000.
Subject
- Gold, Ernest, 1921-1999 -- Archives (Person)
- Title
- Register of the Ernest Gold papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- James V. D'Arc and John N. Gillespie
- Date
- 2000 January
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
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Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States