Bosley Crowther photographs and negatives
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
- Crowther, Bosley (creator, Person)
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).
Processing Information
Processed; Jamie Wiser; July 2022. Updated finding aid for DACS compliance and accuracy. Rehoused photographs to archival folders for preservation.
Creator
- Crowther, Bosley (creator, Person)
- 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.
- Folder: 3 (Graphic Materials)
- oversize-folder: 11 (Graphic Materials)
- Folder: 2 (Graphic Materials)
- oversize-folder: 12 (Graphic Materials)
- Folder: 1 (Graphic Materials)
- Folder: 7 (Graphic Materials)
- Folder: 6 (Graphic Materials)
- Folder: 5 (Graphic Materials)
- Folder: 4 (Graphic Materials)
- Folder: 8 (Graphic Materials)
- Folder: 9 (Graphic Materials)
- Folder: 10 (Graphic Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States