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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 research on Pearl Harbor, 1911-1977

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 3 Sub-Series 6 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains correspondence, photographs, research, and other materials related to Cooper's post-retirement activities associated with the military. Materials date from 1911 to 1977.

Dates: 1911-1977

Merian C. Cooper scrapbooks, 1917-1933

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 15
Scope and Contents

Contains scrapbooks of newspaper clippings about Cooper's early life and career. His military career through the Russo-Polish War and the films Grass, Chang, The Four Feathers, The Most Dangerous Game, King Kong, She, and The Last Days of Pompeii are represented. Clippings date from 1917 to 1933.

Dates: 1917-1933

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

Merian C. Cooper story ideas and properties, 1934-1972

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 8 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains articles, correspondence, and other materials related to story ideas and properties owned by Cooper.

Dates: 1934-1972

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Contains notes, drafts, published and unpublished literary manuscripts, and tearsheets from newspapers from 1921 to 1924, and 1965.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

Mighty Joe Young (1949), 1921-1951

 File
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 5 File 16
Scope and Contents

Contains research, screenplays, photographs, and other materials from Cooper's production of Mighty Joe Young (1949). Includes story treatments, screenplays, and continuity treatments, production stills and photographic reproductions of Willis O'Brien sketches mounted on art board. Materials date from between 1921 and 1951.

Dates: 1921-1951

Obituary, funeral, and memorial service papers for Merian C. Cooper, 1973

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 1 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, obituaries, funeral service programs, eulogies, tributes, recordings, and photographs related to Cooper's death and burial. Materials date from 1973.

Dates: 1973

Omaggio a Merian Cooper, 2003 October 12

 Item — Carton: 1
Identifier: MSS 8918
Scope and Contents

Footage of a panel on Merian C. Cooper at the Le Giornate del Cinema Muto festival in Pordenone, Italy in 2003.

Dates: 2003 October 12

Photoplay Productions DVD of interview, 2000-2005

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2995 Series 3
Scope and Contents note

This series contains intervies with: Craig Barron, Rudy Behlmer, Ray Bradbury, Bob Burns, Harry Carey, Jr., Richard Cooper, Ted Curtis, James D'Arc, Ray Harryhausen, General David L. "Tex" Hill, Paul Jensen, James Karen, Terry Moore, Rebecca Prime, Daniel Selznick, David Strohmaier, Mark Vaz.

Dates: Other: 2000-2005

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Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. Food of the Gods 3
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Language
English 115
Italian 1
 
Names
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 23
Cooper family 12
Jordan, Dorothy, 1906-1988 11
Merian C. Cooper Enterprises, Inc. 10
Chennault, Anna 6