Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Nancy Dowd papers
- Dates:
- 1920-2003, bulk 1966-2001
- Creators:
- Dowd, Nancy
- Extent:
- 45 linear feet of papers.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Nancy Dowd papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
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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).
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Nancy Dowd, 2006-2012
- Arrangement:
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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
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- screenwriters
- Names:
- Dowd, Nancy--Archives.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2013
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Inmagic. Date of source: September 17, 2013
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Available by appointment only.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.
- Preferred citation:
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Nancy Dowd papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Location of this collection:
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333 S. La Cienega BlvdBeverly Hills, CA 90211, US
- Contact:
- (310) 247-3036 extension 2226