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Title: Nancy Dowd papers
Date (inclusive): 1920-2003
Date (bulk): 1966-2001
Collection number: 538
Creator:
Dowd, Nancy
Extent:
45 linear feet of papers.
Repository:
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages:
English
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Nancy Dowd papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Gift of Nancy Dowd, 2006-2012
Nancy Ellen Dowd is an American screenwriter active in film since the 1970s. She received an Academy
Award in the writing category for COMING HOME (1978).
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The Nancy Dowd papers span the years circa 1966-2003 and encompass approximately 45 linear feet. The
collection contains scripts and production material for more than a dozen films, scripts and
correspondence on numerous unproduced films, as well as general correspondence, clippings, and
posters.
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files, subseries A-B as follows: A. Produced; B.
Unproduced; 2. Televisions files, subseries A-B follows: A. Produced; B. Unproduced; 3. Stage files -
unproduced; 4. Story files; 5. Subject files; 6. Books; 7. Periodicals; 8. Oversize
Dowd, Nancy--Archives.
screenwriters