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Edward S. Held collection

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Edward S. Held collection, 1934-1964 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Collection Overview

Title: Edward S. Held collection, 1934-1964Add to your cart.

ID: 01/MSS00020

Primary Creator: Held, Edward S.

Extent: 3.0 Cubic Feet

Date Acquired: 00/00/1991

Subjects: Film

Forms of Material: Architectural drawings

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Edward S. Held collection contains drawings of architecture, interior designs, and film sets created by Edward S. Held (1894-1985), a Hollywood set and architectural designer. The collection notably includes designs for Disneyland Park in Anaheim, CA, and numerous Hollywood films produced between the 1930s and 1950s.

Biographical Note

Edward Samuel Held was born in New York City in 1894. Held was a Hollywood set and architectural designer, and lived and worked in Southern California for much of his adult life. He worked for numerous major motion picture studios, including Warner Bros., Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM), Twentieth Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures, and RKO Studios, and created architectural and interior design drawings for many commercial and residential spaces.

Held was married to Carmen Held (born circa 1898), with whom he shared three children: Edward, Alice, and Joe. He died in Woodland Hills, CA in 1985.

Subject/Index Terms

Film

Administrative Information

Repository: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Access Restrictions: Open to researchers.

Use Restrictions:

The RBML reproductions policies can be found here:

http://www.library.illinois.edu/rbx/ReproductionServices.htm

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials.

Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgement, fulfillment of the order would damage materials or involve violation of copyright law.

Acquisition Source: Gift of Professor David E. Muller and Denise Muller

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Arrangement: Oversize print materials will be stored in either oversize print shelving in UL6 South or will be stored in map cases in LL6 North. Oversize manuscript materials will, by and large, be stored in oversize boxes in UL 6 North. Collections are arranged in oversize locations by collection ID number.

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