Cecil B. DeMille Productions records
Scope and Contents
Collection includes corporate by-laws and minute books of Cecil B. DeMille Productions. Also includes correspondence with many of DeMille's associates, appraisals, tax records, and estate records of Cecil B. DeMille and Constance A. DeMille. Collection contains materials related to the production of various DeMille films, including Samson and Delilah, The Greatest Show on Earth, and The Ten Commandments (1956).
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1932-1959
Creator
- Cecil B. DeMille Productions (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Cecil B. DeMille Productions records must be obtained from theSupervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Cecil B. DeMille Productions (est. 1921) was a motion picture production company in California.
Extent
4 oversize boxes (4 linear ft.)
2 cartons (2 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
A more detailed finding aid can be found at the repository.
Custodial History
Maintained by the DeMille Foundation, which donated them to the L. Tom Perry Special Collections.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; DeMille Foundation.
Appraisal
Arts and Communications.
Processing Information
Processed; John N. Gillespie.
Subject
- Title
- Register of Cecil B. DeMille Productions records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- J. Norm Gillespie, Geoff McLaughlin
- Date
- 2010 July 28
- 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.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States