{"id":625,"date":"2016-10-09T16:51:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T23:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f16\/?p=625"},"modified":"2016-10-09T16:51:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T23:51:45","slug":"exploring-the-finding-aid-for-walt-disney-productions-publicity-ephemera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f16\/2016\/10\/09\/exploring-the-finding-aid-for-walt-disney-productions-publicity-ephemera\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the Finding Aid for Walt Disney Productions Publicity Ephemera"},"content":{"rendered":"

I chose to explore the Finding Aid for the Walt Disney Productions Publicity Ephemera, 1938-198x<\/a>. Right off the bat, I was able to tell from the title that I would be introduced to the era of publicity for the Walt Disney films (more specifically from 1938 to the 1980s). The abstract ensured me that I could expect to see things in the collection such as press books, press kits, and photographs, among other publicity related materials. In addition, I found out that the collection was housed at UCLA and that one could only access the collection with advance notice to the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections Reference Desk.<\/p>\n

The Finding Aid also gives a brief biography of the Walt Disney company as well as the content of the collection, stating that the collection contains publicity for over 150 Disney titles. As noted, this collection is organized alphabetically by project title.<\/p>\n

However, I was extremely disappointed to find that the “container list” which listed the title of a Disney production, what item of publicity it was, and which box and folder the particular item was in, did not give any additional description of the item or how the production was received by audiences. Therefore, the only true narrative that I was able to pull from this Finding Aid was derived from the biography that gave a brief history of the Walt Disney Productions. Based entirely on the records of this collection, my narrative of this collection is missing key history tied to each particular film\/short animation and the effect that the press had on each of these (i.e. how it was received by audiences and its success in the theatres). Most importantly, because the biography states that the company reputation suffered after Walt Disney’s death in 1966, I would have liked to know how this affected the production company’s efforts to publicize its animations. Overall, I did not find the Finding Aid for the Walt Disney Productions Publicity Ephemera very informative. However, it did convince me to go see the collection for myself in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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