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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

Argosy Pictures Corporation business records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1849
Scope and Contents

The records provide insight into legal and tax aspects of film production, as well as documenting the search for suitable story material and researching aspects of a film before production. Includes correspondence; legal, financial, and personnel records; story ideas; a scrapbook; photographs; and other documentation.

Dates: 1939-1958

Chang (1927), 1921-1964

 File
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 5 File 2
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, articles, photographs, and other material related to Cooper's production of Chang (1927). Photographs include Cooper and Schoedsack en route to and on location in Siam (Thailand). Includes images of the cast, house, and wildlife, dating from 1925 to 1926.Materials date from 1921 to 1964.

Dates: 1921-1964

Chennault of China, 1935-1986

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 6 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, drafts, research, photographs, and other materials related to Cooper's unproduced film project Chennault of China. Materials date from between 1935 and 1986.

Dates: 1935-1986

Children of the sea, 1930-1969

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

Contains correspondence, research, photographs, and screenplay drafts for the Cooper's unproduced film project Children of the Sea. Includes correspondence on securing legal rights and between Cooper and motion picture production companies. Materials date from between 1930 and 1969.

Dates: 1930-1969

Cooper family certificates, passports, and other material, 1924-1980

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 1 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains certificates, awards, passports, photographs, and other materials related to Merian C. Cooper and his family, dating from 1924 to 1980. Includes original documents and photocopies.

Dates: 1924-1980

Cooper family records, 1922-1972

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

Contains correspondence, clippings, and photographs related to Cooper's family. Includes genealogical information, as well as materials on his wife and children. Materials date from 1922 to 1972.

Dates: 1922-1972

Merian C. Cooper papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2008
Scope and Contents Collection contains personal papers, business records, audiovisual materials, and photographs which document most aspects of Merian C. Cooper's life and his varied careers. It includes research and information on documentary and feature motion picture production in the United States from the mid-1920s through the early 1950s, as well as information on world exploration, the United States Air Force (particularly during World War II), and early television. The collection also documents several...
Dates: 1888-1990

Grass (1925), 1923-1984

 File
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 5 File 1
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other materials related to Cooper's production of the film Grass (1925). Includes photographs of Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, and Marguerite Harrison on the trail with the Bakhtiari, a river crossing, and Zardeh Kuh. Also includes a photostat of certification of trip. Materials date from 1923 to 1984.

Dates: 1923-1984

King Kong (1933), 1931-1980

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

Contains correspondence, screenplays, articles, photographs, a film print, and other material related to Cooper's production of King Kong (1933). Also includes information about the 1976 remake of the film. Includes sound recordings of Cooper discussing the production of King Kong. Materials dated 1931 to 1980.

Dates: 1931-1980

Merian C. Cooper and Dorothy Jordan papers on motion pictures, 1920-1972

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains awards, correspondence, story proposals, photographs, art, and other material related to Cooper's career in the film industry during the beginning in the 1930s, but primarily in the 1950s and 1960s. These files also contain similar materials on the careers of Cooper's wife, Dorothy Jordan, and special effects technician Willis O'Brien. Dated 1920 to 1972.

Dates: 1920-1972