Howard Hawks papers
Scope and Contents
Contains scripts (some unproduced), contracts, correspondence, scenarios, research on many of Hawks's motion pictures, family and business records, memorabilia, and home movies.
Dates
- 1925-1970
Creator
- Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977 (creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Howard Hawks papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Howard Winchester Hawks was born in Goshen, Indiana, on May 30, 1896. He made his career in Hollywood, working in the film industry as a screenwriter, editor, director, and producer. In 1974 he was awarded an honorary Academy Award of merit. Hawks died in Palm Springs, California, on December 26, 1977.
Extent
16 boxes (8 linear ft.)
1 carton (1 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS1404.xml
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Howard Hawks and Greg Hawks; 1977, 1988-1999.
Appraisal
Arts and Communications.
Separated Materials
Photographs were transfered to the Howard Hawks photographs and movie stills (MSS P 27) and movie stills were transfered to the Movie stills collection (MSS P 768).
- Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
- Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
- Left hand of God (Motion picture)
- Letters
- Motion picture plays
- Motion pictures
- Motion pictures -- Production and direction
- Performing Arts
- Red River (Motion picture)
- Research (Documents)
- Scripts (Documents)
- To have and have not (Motion picture)
- Title
- Register of Howard Hawks papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Andrea Wyss
- Date
- 2011 March 8
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
- Box: 12 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 13 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 14 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 11 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 16 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 15 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 6 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 8 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 7 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 10 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 17 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 9 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 18 (Moving Images)
- Box: 19 (Moving Images)
- Box: 20 (Graphic Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States