Collection of research materials for the HBO Television Series, From the Earth to the Moon, 1940-1997, bulk 1958-1997

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Summary

Creators:
Home Box Office (Firm)
Abstract:
From the earth to the moon was a Clavius Base/Imagine Entertainment production that followed the experiences of the Apollo astronauts in their mission to place a man on the moon. The collection covers a variety of subjects related to events and issues of the United States manned space flight program through Project Apollo and the history of the decades it covered, primarily the 1960s and the early 1970s. The collection contains books, magazines, unidentified excerpts from books and magazines, photographs, videorecordings, glass slides and audiotapes.
Extent:
86.0 Linear Feet (86 boxes) and 86 boxes (43 linear ft.)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Collection of Research Materials for the HBO Television Series, From the Earth to the Moon (Collection 561). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains research materials and production materials used in the HBO television production, From the earth to the moon. The series was a Clavius Base/Imagine Entertainment production, produced with the cooperation of NASA and follows the experiences of the Apollo astronauts in their mission to place a man on the moon. The collection covers a variety of subjects related to events and issues of the United States manned space flight program through Project Apollo and the history of the decades it covered, primarily the 1960s and the early 1970s. Specific space projects covered are: Project Apollo, Project Gemini, Project Mercury and Saturn V. The collection contains primary and secondary sources in a variety of formats, including books, magazines, unidentified excerpts from books and magazines, photographs, videorecordings, glass slides and audiotapes.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Home Box Office, 2000.
Processing information:

Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.

Processed by Manuscripts Division staff, 2004.

Physical / technical requirements:

CONTAINS DIGITAL AND AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: This collection contains both processed and unprocessed digital and audiovisual materials. Digital and audiovisual materials are not currently available for access, unless otherwise noted in a Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note at the series and file levels. All requests to access processed digital materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Physical location:
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Portions of this collection are restricted.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Collection of Research Materials for the HBO Television Series, From the Earth to the Moon (Collection 561). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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