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Descriptive Summary
Title: John Gregory Dunne papers
Date (inclusive): 1962-1967, bulk 1966-1967
Collection number: 992
Creator:
Dunne, John Gregory, 1932-
Extent:
4 document boxes (2 linear ft.)
Abstract: All materials relate to John Gregory Dunne's novel Delano: The Story of the California Grape Strike. Between 1966 and 1967
Dunne researched his novel in Delano, California. The collection include the manuscript, Dunne's research, including interviews,
daily notes log, and local area research materials. Also included are ephemera related to his research, financial statements,
newspapers clippings devoted to the grape strike, correspondence, photographs, official statements, strikers' newspapers,
materials relating to the boycott, and other writings by Dunne during 1967.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Language of the Material:
Materials are in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Processing Note
Brief-listed by Brooke Whiting, ca. 1967
Processing completed by Rebecca Ruud, March 2012, with assistance by Kelley Bachli and Lilace Hatayama.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], John Gregory Dunne papers (Collection 992). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography/History
John Gregory Dunne was born May 25, 1932 in Hartford, Connecticut. Dunne was a novelist and screenwriter. His brother, Dominick
Dunne was also a writer. On January 30, 1964, John Gregory Dunne married writer Joan Didion. The two worked on many writing
projects together. Dunne was responsible for writing novels such as
The Studio,
Vegas,
True Confessions,
Red White and Blue and
Playland. Screenplays included
Panic in Needle Park,
A Star is Born,
True Confessions (the screenplay of his novel), and
Up Close and Personal. Dunne died on December 30, 2003 in New York.
Scope and Content
In 1966, John Gregory Dunne, 1932-2003, American author of numerous novels, screenplays, and works of non-fiction, visited
Delano, California to research the continuing grape strike. In his research he interviewed Cesar Chavez, leader of the strike,
corresponded with the grape growers, including Di Giorgio, and collected newspaper clippings dealing with the strike and wrote
to his agent and publishers about the upcoming novel. He took daily notes and gathered all pamphlets, testimony, and fliers
to do with the strike. The novel
Delano: The Story of the California Grape Strike was published in 1967.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Research files
- Delano writings
- Other writings
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Dunne, John Gregory, 1932- --Archives.
Grape Strike, Calif., 1965-1970 --History --Archival resources.
Authors, American --20th century --Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
manuscripts for publication.
photographs.
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