Summary Information

Title: Lynn Farnol Files: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 2D
Inclusive Dates: 1940

Creators:

• Farnol, Lynn, 1900-1963
• United Artists Corporation

Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/2D

Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box)

Repository:

Housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives and Museum Collections; owned by the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Files of Lynn Farnol, director of advertising and publicity, consisting of correspondence, A-K only for January-June 1940. There are letters to and from the media, publishing companies, trade papers, theaters, and film production companies; extensive correspondence with United Artists (UA) branch managers and field agents, along with many inter-office memos, especially to and from UA vice president, G.D. Buckley; and a folder of employment applications. Subjects discussed include advertising budgets for pictures; premieres and other special events; and the solicitation of publicity in newspapers and magazines. Also treated are specific publicity ideas from Farnol and others, coordination of advertising policies with UA producers, and general personnel matters.

Note:

Forms part of the United Artists Corporation collection.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-99an002d

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