Collections Database Manuscript & Object Collect... Extensive archival and manu... Edward S. Held collection Finding AidTitle: Edward S. Held collection, 1934-1964
ID: 01/01/MSS00020
Primary Creator: Held, Edward S.
Extent: 3.0 Cubic Feet
Date Acquired: 00/00/1991
Languages: English
Collection of architectural drawings and set designs by Edward Held, who worked on the design of Disneyland Theme Park and on the sets of numerous films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
See Administrative/Biographical History for more information.
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 (born circa 1919), Alice (born circa 1927), and Joe (born circa 1932). He died in Woodland Hills, CA in 1985.
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
Processing Information: https://wiki.cites.uiuc.edu/wiki/display/librare/Home
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.
These materials are filed in manuscript shelving and the map-cases, as indicated below.
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