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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 1329 Collections and/or Records:

Merian C. Cooper military plans, 1942-1945

 File — Box 14: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197238104605], Folder: 15
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 6 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains estimates of enemy capabilities and suggested actions, dating from between 1942 and 1945.

Dates: 1942-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2008, Merian C. Cooper papers / Merian C. Cooper papers on unproduced motion pictures / Chennault of China

Merian C. Cooper papers on 50th anniversary of King Kong, 1983

 File — Box 10: Series 3; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197238104373], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 5 File 5
Scope and Contents

Includes photocopies of 1930s correspondence sent to Merian C. Cooper, correspondence to and from Dorothy Cooper in the 1980s, a King Kong's 50th Birthday Premiere promotional booklet, clippings, and a typescript of an article with annotated edits.

Dates: 1983
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2008, Merian C. Cooper papers / Merian C. Cooper papers on produced motion pictures / King Kong (1933)

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2008, Merian C. Cooper papers

Merian C. Cooper papers regarding Pioneer Pictures, 1936

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Subseries contains correspondence, synopses, and other materials related development of Cooper's unproduced film project Food of the Gods with Pioneer Pictures. Materials date from 1936.

Dates: Other: 1936
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2008, Merian C. Cooper papers / Merian C. Cooper papers on unproduced motion pictures / Food of the Gods

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2008, Merian C. Cooper papers / Merian C. Cooper papers on unproduced motion pictures / Chennault of China / Merian C. Cooper screenplays and book drafts for Chennault of China

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2008, Merian C. Cooper papers / Merian C. Cooper papers on unproduced motion pictures / Chennault of China

Merian C. Cooper script synopsis for Food of the Gods, 1948-1949

 Item — Box 20: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197238104720], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 2
Dates: 1948-1949
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2008, Merian C. Cooper papers / Merian C. Cooper papers on unproduced motion pictures / Food of the Gods / Merian C. Cooper papers regarding Argosy Pictures

Merian C. Cooper synopsis for Food of the Gods, 1936 April 25

 Item — Box 19: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197238104738], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 1
Dates: 1936 April 25
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2008, Merian C. Cooper papers / Merian C. Cooper papers on unproduced motion pictures / Food of the Gods / Merian C. Cooper papers regarding Pioneer Pictures

Merian C. Cooper synopsis for Revenge, 1948 January 30

 Item — Box 20: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197238104720], Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 6 Sub-Series 8
Dates: 1948 January 30
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2008, Merian C. Cooper papers / Merian C. Cooper papers on unproduced motion pictures / Revenge

Merian C. Cooper writings, 1921-1965

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 10
Scope and Contents

Contains notes, drafts, published and unpublished literary manuscripts, and tearsheets from newspapers from 1921 to 1924, and 1965. It includes Cooper's proposal for an autobiographical project he titled Thirty Days.

Dates: 1921-1965
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2008, Merian C. Cooper papers

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