Delmer Daves papers, 1930-1965

Summary

Creators:

Daves, Delmer

Abstract:

Writer, director, and producer Warner Brothers (1943-1967). Director, writer, and producer Twentieth Century Fox (1949, 1954). Graduate of Stanford University (1927).

Extent:

38.5 Linear Feet (89 boxes)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item] Delmer Daves Papers, M0192, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, play and film scripts, treatments of novels, adaptations, drafts, lists, photographs, diagrams and working papers of Mr. Daves' career in the motion picture industry in Hollywood from 1930 to 1965. Mr. Daves was a writer, director and producer. The collection contains correspondence with many of the industry's leading figures. The contents are important in relating the history, methods and trends of the industry as well as a biographical source on Mr. Daves.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Delmer Daves, 1969, John Lea McDaniels, 1984, and the Associates of Stanford University Libraries, 1984.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Other descriptive data:

1. All hand notations are Delmer Daves' unless otherwise specified.

2. All sheets are quarto size, written on one side only unless otherwise specified.

3. All sheets consist of one typed page unless otherwise specified.

4. Descriptive symbols can be combined ad libitum, i.e. OPpNAD-Occasional Pen and pencil Notes, Additions, Deletions.

Abbreviations

1. AAutograph
2. ALSAutograph Letter Signed
3. ANSAutograph Note Signed
4. BWBlack and White
5. CCarbon
6. DDDelmer Daves
7. FFrequent
8. IOCInter-office Communication
9. IOC-SInter-office Communication, Signed
10. JBJulian Blaustein
11. JIBJoseph I. Breen
12. JLWJack L. Warner
13. JSJCol. Jason S. Joy
14. JWJerry Wald
15. Legal8 1/2" × 14"
16. LSLew Schreiber
17. MMimeographed
18. Misc.Miscellaneous
19. MMMolly Mandaville
20. NNotes
21. NDNo Date
22. OOccassional
23. PPen
24. Ppencil
25. phphotocopy
26. PNADPen Notes, Additions, Deletions
27. pNADpencil Notes, Additions, Deletions
28. PpNADPen and pencil Notes, Additions, Deletions
29. Prelim.Preliminary
30. RAKRay A. Klune
31. Rev.Revised
32. Rev. Temp.Revised Temporary
33. RLHL.R. L. Hough
34. Size X7 1/4" × 10 1/2"
35. SPScreenplay
36. STSteve Trilling
37. TTyped
38. TLSTyped Letter Signed
39. TNSTyped Note Signed
40. vso.verso
41. WBWarner Brothers
42. 8vo.octavo size
43. 20CF20th Century Fox
44. []information not included but determined by reader

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Motion pictures -- Production and direction
Screenwriters.

Restrictions:

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Terms of access:

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item] Delmer Daves Papers, M0192, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:

Stanford University, Manuscripts Division

Department of Special Collections, Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US

Contact:

(650) 725-1022

specialcollections@stanford.edu

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