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Bosley Crowther photographs and negatives

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 144

Scope and Contents

Collection includes 166 photographs and 57 nitrate negatives related to Crowther's career and personal life. Images were taken between the 1950s and 1970.

Dates

  • approximately 1950-1979

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Negatives Condition restricted; permission to use items must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research. Items kept in cold storage; access requires 24 hours advance notice.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Bosley Crowther photographs and negatives must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical History

Bosley Crowther (1905-1981) was a film critic in New York. He worked primarily for the New York Times.

Bosley Crowther, otherwise known as Francis Bosley Crowther Jr., was born in Lutherville, Baltimore, Maryland, United States on 13 July 1905. He studied at Princeton University in the 1920s. After graduation he took up a job with the New York TImes as a film critic in 1933 when he moved to New York. He married his wife Florence H Marks on 20 January 1933 and they had one child. He died on March 7th 1981 in Mount kISCO, Westchester, New York, United States.

“Francis Bosley Crowther Jr. .” FamilySearch.org. Accessed December 13, 2022. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GW2M-H64.

Extent

2 oversize folders (0.04 linear ft.)

10 folders (0.25 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated; Florence Crowther; 1981.

Appraisal

Photographs (Photograph Archives).

Related Materials

See also the Bosley Crowther papers (MSS 1491).

Processing Information

Processed; Jamie Wiser; July 2022. Updated finding aid for DACS compliance and accuracy. Rehoused photographs to archival folders for preservation.

Creator

Title
Register of Bosley Crowther photographs and negatives
Status
Under Revision
Author
Rose Frank
Date
2011 Novmber 23
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English in Latin script.

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

Contact:
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States