Collection contains photocopies of family scrapbook items relating to Merle V. Adams' career and family life. Also includes family biographies, Merle's filmography, copies of newspaper articles that mention Adams, and information about a hidden treasure reported to be near Kanab that Adams helped look for. Dated 1934-2014.

Contains promotional materials, including press kits, press releases, clippings, photographs, production stills, and advertisements sent to the Deseret News by media producers, promoters, and distributors to promote commercial media works. Includes materials on motion pictures and on people in the motion picture industry. Materials dated 1923-2008.

Contains promotional materials, including photographs and clippings, of various people in the motion picture industry, collected by the Deseret News. Dated approximately 1970-1995.

Photographs, mainly production stills, clippings, and promotional materials such as press releases, press kits, and other documents, collected by the Desert News. Dated 1923-2008.

Collection contains materials pertaining to the life and work of Adele Cannon Howells and David P. Howells. It contains correspondences concerning David's work in the film industry as well as Adele's work within the church. Collection contains personal papers documenting their life as a couple as well as travels around the world and other ephemera from their married life. Materials are dated 1899-1949.

Contains audio recordings of various interviews, conversations, and phone calls with Hollywood actors, movie industry employees, or other celebrities. Materials dated approximately 1954-1975.

Consists of scrapbooks of clippings Hyams kept of published columns he wrote as a journalist covering Hollywood while working for the New York Herald Tribune from 1951 to 1973.

Contains various research and manuscripts about the Hollywood entertainment industry by Joe Hyams. Works include: "The Pool," "Mislaid in Hollywood," and other published and unpublished books, notes, drafts, screenplays, and article projects. Also contains a significant amount of research and materials on the actress Elizabeth Ashley. Materials dated 1952-1981.

Contains correspondence with individuals and organizations from the film industry, military, politics, and other areas. Also includes some audio recordings of Cooper. Materials date from between 1922 and 1985.

Contains Brigham Young University's motion picture collection of films created by various motion picture studios. The films date from approximately 1920-1979. Most of them were created in or near Hollywood, although many were shot on location around the world.