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Argosy Pictures Corporation

 Organization

Biography

Argosy Picture Corporation was a motion picture production company. Established around 1940 by John Ford and Merian C. Cooper, the company produced films until about 1953.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Argosy Pictures Corporation business records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1849
Scope and Contents

The records provide insight into legal and tax aspects of film production, as well as documenting the search for suitable story material and researching aspects of a film before production. Includes correspondence; legal, financial, and personnel records; story ideas; a scrapbook; photographs; and other documentation.

Dates: 1939-1958

Merian C. Cooper papers from Argosy Pictures, 1945-1965

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 7 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence regarding Cooper's position as an executive and stockholder in Argosy Pictures. Letters date from between 1945 and 1965.

Dates: 1945-1965

Merian C. Cooper papers regarding Argosy Pictures, 1948-1949

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Subseries contains correspondence, script treatments, sketches, and other materials related to the development of Cooper's unproduced film project Food of the Gods with Argosy Pictures. Materials date from between 1948 and 1949.

Dates: 1948-1949

Mark Cotta Vaz papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8036
Scope and Contents

Collection contains research, notes, and drafts of Mark Cotta Vaz's biography of Merian C. Cooper, "Living Dangerously". There are also proof copies of the book, two paperback editions of "King Kong," and an audiobook of "Living Dangerously". Items were collected and/or created from approximately 2003-2010.

Dates: Approximately 2003-2010

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Type
Archival Object 2
Collection 2
 
Subject
Letters 3
Motion pictures -- Production and direction 3
Motion picture industry -- United States 2
Account books 1
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 1