Western Film and Television Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSA-54
Scope and Contents
The Western Film and Television Oral History collection is a product of the Oral History Film and Television Western Program, a project of the Autry Museum of the American West in conjunction with Gene Autry Entertainment. The purpose of the program is to conduct and record interviews of individuals who were integral to the creation of the film and television Western genre. The interviewees were largely active during a "Golden Age" of Western films and television shows from the 1950s to late 1970s. The interviews were conducted by Maxine Hansen, Executive Assistant to Mrs. Gene Autry, with the assistance of Boyd Magers, from 2014 to 2016.
The collection includes correspondence documenting the transfer of recordings to the Autry Library and Archives, biographical information about the interviewees as well as the CDs, DVDs, and flash drives containing the recorded interviews. The interviews were conducted both in-person at Gene Autry Entertainment office and over the phone. The in-person interviews included video recording and the phone interviews were audio recordings.
The collection includes correspondence documenting the transfer of recordings to the Autry Library and Archives, biographical information about the interviewees as well as the CDs, DVDs, and flash drives containing the recorded interviews. The interviews were conducted both in-person at Gene Autry Entertainment office and over the phone. The in-person interviews included video recording and the phone interviews were audio recordings.
Dates
- 2014 - 2016
Creator
- Hansen, Maxine (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
For access and more information about this collection, please contact Autry Library staff at rroom@theautry.org
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from the interviews must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- Hansen, Maxine (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Western Film and Television Oral History Collection
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Alejandra Gaeta
- Date
- 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Library and Archives at the Autry Repository