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  • KEY
  • Scope and Contents
  • Preferred Citation
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Conditions Governing Access

  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Title: Delmer Daves papers
    Creator: Daves, Delmer
    Identifier/Call Number: M0192
    Identifier/Call Number: 893
    Physical Description: 38.5 Linear Feet (89 boxes)
    Date (inclusive): 1930-1965
    Abstract: Writer, director, and producer Warner Brothers (1943-1967). Director, writer, and producer Twentieth Century Fox (1949, 1954). Graduate of Stanford University (1927).

    KEY

    1. All hand notations are Delmer Daves' unless otherwise specified.
    2. All sheets are quarto size, written on one side only unless otherwise specified.
    3. All sheets consist of one typed page unless otherwise specified.
    4. Descriptive symbols can be combined ad libitum, i.e. OPpNAD-Occasional Pen and pencil Notes, Additions, Deletions.
    1. AAutograph
    2. ALSAutograph Letter Signed
    3. ANSAutograph Note Signed
    4. BWBlack and White
    5. CCarbon
    6. DDDelmer Daves
    7. FFrequent
    8. IOCInter-office Communication
    9. IOC-SInter-office Communication, Signed
    10. JBJulian Blaustein
    11. JIBJoseph I. Breen
    12. JLWJack L. Warner
    13. JSJCol. Jason S. Joy
    14. JWJerry Wald
    15. Legal8 1/2" × 14"
    16. LSLew Schreiber
    17. MMimeographed
    18. Misc.Miscellaneous
    19. MMMolly Mandaville
    20. NNotes
    21. NDNo Date
    22. OOccassional
    23. PPen
    24. Ppencil
    25. phphotocopy
    26. PNADPen Notes, Additions, Deletions
    27. pNADpencil Notes, Additions, Deletions
    28. PpNADPen and pencil Notes, Additions, Deletions
    29. Prelim.Preliminary
    30. RAKRay A. Klune
    31. Rev.Revised
    32. Rev. Temp.Revised Temporary
    33. RLHL.R. L. Hough
    34. Size X7 1/4" × 10 1/2"
    35. SPScreenplay
    36. STSteve Trilling
    37. TTyped
    38. TLSTyped Letter Signed
    39. TNSTyped Note Signed
    40. vso.verso
    41. WBWarner Brothers
    42. 8vo.octavo size
    43. 20CF20th Century Fox
    44. []information not included but determined by reader

    Scope and Contents

    Correspondence, play and film scripts, treatments of novels, adaptations, drafts, lists, photographs, diagrams and working papers of Mr. Daves' career in the motion picture industry in Hollywood from 1930 to 1965. Mr. Daves was a writer, director and producer. The collection contains correspondence with many of the industry's leading figures. The contents are important in relating the history, methods and trends of the industry as well as a biographical source on Mr. Daves.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item] Delmer Daves Papers, M0192, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Delmer Daves, 1969, John Lea McDaniels, 1984, and the Associates of Stanford University Libraries, 1984.

    Conditions Governing Use

    While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Motion pictures -- Production and direction
    Screenwriters.