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Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958

 Person

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Merian C. Cooper correspondence with writers for Chennault of China, 1958-1963

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

Subseries contains correspondence with various authors about Cooper's unproduced film project Chennault of China. Materials date from between 1958 and 1963.

Dates: 1958-1963

Merian C. Cooper legal papers for A thousand springs, 1963

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

Subseries contains legal correspondence and contracts related to Cooper's unproduced film project A Thousand Springs. Materials date from 1963.

Dates: 1963

Merian C. Cooper papers on directors for A thousand springs, 1962-1963

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

Subseries contains correspondence and other materials regarding possible directors regarding Cooper's unproduced film project A Thousand Springs. Materials date from between 1962 and 1963.

Dates: 1962-1963

Merian C. Cooper papers on unproduced motion pictures, 1916-1975

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 6
Scope and Contents Contains correspondence, synopses, treatments, publications, photographs, financial records, and research material on various projects that Cooper considered motion picture material, but that were never completed. The most ambitious of these was a film biography of General Claire Chennault, leader of the famed Flying Tigers of the American Volunteer Group. Other projects include Children of the Sea, Food of the Gods, Revenge, A Thousand Springs (from Anna Chennault's book of the same name),...
Dates: 1916-1975

Merian C. Cooper pre-production papers for Chennault of China, 1958-1960

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

Subseries contains sketches, correspondence, and other material related to pre-production work on Cooper's unproduced film project Chennault of China. Materials date from between 1958 and 1960.

Dates: 1958-1960

Merian C. Cooper preparatory sketches for Chennault of China, 1955-1960

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 6 Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Subseries contains early drafts of biographical sketches for Chennault, used in development for screenplay for unproduced film project Chennault of China. Most of the materials are undated.

Dates: Other: 1955-1960

Merian C. Cooper screenplays and book drafts for Chennault of China, 1958-1960

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

Subseries contains research, screenplay drafts, photographs, and other materials from Cooper's unproduced film project Chennault of China. Materials date from between 1958 and 1960.

Dates: 1958-1960

Revenge, 1947-1963

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 6 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains a synopsis and scripts for Cooper's unproduced film project Revenge. Materials date from between 1947 and 1963.

Dates: 1947-1963

Scripts for Revenge, 1947-1963

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 6 Sub-Series 8 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Subseries contains drafts of scripts for Cooper's unproduced film project Revenge. Materials date from between 1947 and 1963.

Dates: 1947-1963

The elephant rustlers, approximately 1960

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 6 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains correspondence, research, photographs, and screenplay drafts for the Cooper's unproduced film project Children of the Sea. Includes correspondence on securing legal rights and between Cooper and motion picture production companies. Materials date from between 1930 and 1969.

Dates: approximately 1960

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Motion picture industry -- United States 23
Motion pictures -- Production and direction 23
Letters 13
Motion picture plays 12
Drafts (Documents) 7