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Merian C. Cooper papers on produced motion pictures, 1915-1984, 1888

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 5
Scope and Contents Contains materials that document Cooper's career primarily as a motion picture producer. Motion pictures are documented in many cases by correspondence, photographs, scripts, publicity material, programs, and art. These include Grass, Chang, The Four Feathers (1929), The Most Dangerous Game, Little Women (1933), King Kong (1933), The Son of Kong, She (1935), The Last Days of Pompeii (1935), The Fugitive (1947), Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Mighty Joe Young (1949), The Quiet Man,...
Dates: 1915-1984; 1888

Merian C. Cooper papers on Russo-Polish War, 1919-1980

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 3 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, research, photographs, and other material related to Cooper's service in the Russo-Polish War. Materials date from 1919 to 1980.

Dates: 1919-1980

Merian C. Cooper papers on space, 1919-1969

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 11 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, photographs, notes, and other materials documenting Cooper's interest in space flight and exploration. Materials date from between 1919 and 1969.

Dates: 1919-1969

Merian C. Cooper papers on the Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916-1917

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

Contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs documenting Cooper's service during the Mexican border campaign from 1916 to 1917. Includes snapshots of Cooper and panoramic shot of Company B of the 2nd Georgia Infantry on Mexican Border Service at Socorra, Texas, in January 1917.

Dates: 1916-1917

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 papers on Varick Frissell rescue expedition, 1927-1962

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

Contains correspondence, clippings, and photographs about Cooper's expedition to rescue Varrick Frissell. Materials date from 1927 to 1962.

Dates: 1927-1962

Merian C. Cooper papers on World War I, 1916-1973

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

Contains correspondence, articles, photographs, and other materials documenting Cooper's service in the First World War. Materials date from 1917 to 1973.

Dates: 1916-1973

Merian C. Cooper papers on World War II, 1917-1977

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 3 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, reports, clippings, photographs, and other materials related to Cooper's military service during the Second World War. Includes information on his work in China and with the Fifth Air Force. Materials date from 1917 to 1977.

Dates: 1917-1977

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

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

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Motion picture industry -- United States 77
Letters 69
Motion pictures -- Production and direction 69
Photographs 44
World War, 1939-1945 33
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World War, 1914-1918 31
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 28
Performing Arts 28
Television programs -- Production and direction 28
Motion picture producers and directors 26
Discoveries in geography 25
Motion picture plays 19
Retired military personnel -- United States 17
Research (Documents) 16
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 13
Articles 11
Drafts (Documents) 11
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Russo-Polish War, 1919-1920 8
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Discovery in geography 5
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Audiocassettes 4
DVDs 4
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Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 4
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Television -- Production and direction 4
Arabian Peninsula -- Discovery and exploration 3
Certificates 3
East Asia -- Discovery and exploration 3
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Legal instruments 3
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Video tapes 3
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. Food of the Gods 3
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King Kong (Motion picture : 1933) 2
Obituaries 2
Personnel records 2
Plaques, plaquettes 2
Porpoises -- Drama 2
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Space flight 2
Television plays, American 2
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Advertisements -- Motion pictures 1
Aeronautics 1
Aeronautics, commercial -- United States 1
American literature 1
Budgets 1
Chāng (Motion picture) 1
China 1
Contracts 1
Drawings 1
Financial records 1
Four feathers (Motion picture : 1929) 1
Grass (Motion picture) 1
Iran -- Photographs 1
King Kong (Motion picture : 1976) 1
Manuscripts, American 1
Maps 1
Memorandums 1
Mighty Joe Young (Motion picture : 1949) 1
Military 1
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Most dangerous game (Motion picture : 1932) 1
Motion picture industry 1
Motion picture reviews 1
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Passports 1
Photocopies 1
Real estate development -- California 1
Redwoods 1
Scrapbooks 1
Short stories, American 1
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Stock certificates 1
Tax records 1
Thailand -- Photographs 1
This is Cinerama (Motion picture) 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Drama 1
United States -- Motion pictures 1
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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