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Title: John Gilmore papers
Date (inclusive): 1965-
Collection number: 1144
Creator:
Gilmore, John, 1935-
Extent:
26 boxes (13.0 linear ft.)
and 2 oversize boxes
Abstract: John Gilmore (1935- ) was a instructor in creative writing at Antioch College/West and Glendora College (1974-76) and a author.
The collection contains research materials for manuscripts and published copies of Gilmore's works, including
the Tucson murders,
The garbage people,
Blowout, and the screenplay,
Indiana twilight. Also contains photographs, clippings, diary entries, correspondence, and publicity materials.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary 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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
- Gift of John Gilmore, 1974-89.
- Gift of Laurance Rivera, 1994.
- Gift of Marie NaVeaux, 1997.
- Boxes 22-28 gift of Diana Levitt Herbert, 2007.
[Identification of item], John Gilmore papers (Collection Number 1144). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
Gilmore was born on July 5, 1935 in Los Angeles; became a child actor in Hollywood during the 1940s; attended New York University;
BA, Antioch College, 1955; later became a leading man, acting in film, television, and on the New York stage; instructor in
creative writing at Antioch College/West and Glendora College, 1974-76; won New York Circle Award for Poetry, 1967, and Southwest
Literary Award in 1976 for his novel,
Blowout; other publications include
Overpass blues (1967),
The Tucson murders (1970),
The garbage people (1971),
The real James Dean (1975), and
Night shark (1975).
Collection contains research materials for and manuscripts and published copies of John Gilmore's works, including
the Tucson murders,
The garbage people,
Blowout, and the screenplay,
Indiana twilight. Also contains photographs, clippings, diary entries, correspondence, and publicity materials.
Arranged in the following series:
- The garbage people (Boxes 1-4).
- The Tucson murders (Boxes 5,12).
- James Dean writings, photographs and ephemera (Boxes 5,7).
- Miscellaneous manuscripts (Boxes 6,15).
- Miscellaneous photographs and ephemera (Box 6).
- Wings, Bad losers, poems (Box 7).
- Blowout (Boxes 8-9).
- Miscellaneous diary entries, unpublished stories (Box 9).
- Indiana twilight (Boxes 10-11).
- Black Dahlia photographs (oversize, box 13).
- Black Dahlia, Shooting stars (Boxes 14-16).
- Severed, Desperation point, Signals, Santa Fe blond, Damaged man, and other material (Boxes 17-18).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Gilmore, John, 1935- --Archives.
Authors, American--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Manuscripts for publication.