Western film lobby card and poster collection
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of primarily of lobby cards, posters, and promotional fliers, relating to western films made from 1916 to the 1980s. There are also some pressbooks and photographs in the collection. Represented within the collection are works by notable directors, such as John Ford, Howard Hawks, Allan Dwan, Henry King, Billy Wilder, Roman Polanski, William S. Hart, Sergio Leone, André de Toth, Nicholas Ray, Raoul Walsh, Anthony Mann, and Sam Peckinpah. Also represented are works featuring notable western stars, such as William S. Hart, William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Buck Jones, and Harry Carey, among others. Highlights include original posters for Stagecoach (1939), directed by John Ford, and the original poster for the Italian release of Per qualche dollaro in più (For a Few Dollars More) (1965).
Dates
- 1916-1981
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Western Film Lobby Card and Poster Collection is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from various sources, 2007-2017.
Arrangement
Organized into two groupings: Western Film Lobby Cards and Posters Acquired Before July 2014; and July 2017 Acquisition.
Material is arranged alphabetically by film title. Larger oversize and rolled items have been physically organized at the end. They are listed alphabetically with a note about their physical location and at the end where they are physically located.
Extent
5.37 Linear Feet ((10 boxes) + 7 rolls, 8 broadside)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The collection consists primarily of lobby cards, posters, and promotional fliers, relating to western films made from 1916 to the 1980s. There are also some pressbooks and photographs in the collection. Represented within the collection are works by notable directors, such as John Ford, Howard Hawks, Allan Dwan, Henry King, Billy Wilder, Roman Polanski, William S. Hart, Sergio Leone, André de Toth, Nicholas Ray, Raoul Walsh, Anthony Mann, and Sam Peckinpah. Also represented are works featuring notable western stars, such as William S. Hart, William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Buck Jones, and Harry Carey, among others. Highlights include original posters for Stagecoach (1939), directed by John Ford, and the original poster for the Italian release of Per qualche dollaro in più (For a Few Dollars More) (1965).
Processing Information
This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and organization. Descriptive information is drawn in large part from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles were supplied by staff during initial processing.
- Autry, Gene, 1907-1998
- Boyd, William, 1895-1972
- Carey, Harry, 1878-1947
- De Toth, André, 1912-2002
- Dwan, Allan, 1885-1981
- Film posters, American
- Fliers
- Ford, John, 1894-1973
- Hart, William S. (William Surrey), 1864-1946
- Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977
- Jones, Buck, 1889-1942
- King, Henry, 1886-1982
- Leone, Sergio, 1929-1989
- Lobby cards
- Mann, Anthony, 1906-1967
- Motion picture actors and actresses -- Posters
- Motion picture programs
- Peckinpah, Sam, 1925-1984
- Per qualche dollaro in più (Motion picture)
- Photographs
- Polanski, Roman, 1933-
- Posters
- Ray, Nicholas, 1911-1979
- Rogers, Roy, 1911-1998
- Stagecoach (Motion picture : 1939)
- Walsh, Raoul, 1887-1980
- Western films -- Posters
- Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002
- Title
- Guide to the Western Film Lobby Card and Poster Collection
- Author
- by Jennifer Meehan, David Williams, and Santana Haight
- Date
- 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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