Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- The Truth about Pocahontas: A Love Story, manuscript by Paul M. Bryan
- Dates:
- circa 1942
- Creators:
- Bryan, Paul M.
- Abstract:
- Paul M. Bryan (1872 December 13 - 1944 August 4) worked with the U. S. Geological Survey in the Southwest in the early 1910s before becoming a screenwriter in New York and Los Angeles. This manuscript is a story Paul M. Bryan worked on from 1920-circa 1942 entitled The Truth About Pocahontas: A Love Story. Bryan submitted the story to several motion picture companies, but it was never used. Paul M. Bryan was the father of Bruce Bryan, long-time editor of Masterkey and Director Emeritus of the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles.
- Extent:
- 0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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The Truth About Pocahontas: A Love Story by Paul M. Bryan, circa 1942, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.233; [folder number] [folder title][date].
Background
- Scope and content:
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Manuscript collection consists of a screenplay entitled "The Truth about Pocahontas: A Love Story", which is a historical romance based on the lives of Pocahontas and John Smith.
- Biographical / historical:
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Paul M. Bryan was born on 1872 December 13 in Sylvania, Georgia. He worked as a clerk with the United States Land Office in 1910, and lived in Washington, D. C., with his wife Ethel and sons Leslie B. (later known as Bruce) and Hughes. Bryan got work with the U. S. Geological Survey, and the family moved west. The Bryans lived in Arizona, Montana, and New Mexico, sometimes on American Indian Reservations. In the 1910s the family moved to Los Angeles, California and Bryan started writing scenarios and screenplays for the motion picture industry. Paul M. Bryan wrote at least 13 films and was the father of Bruce Bryan, long-time editor of Masterkey and Director Emeritus of the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles.
Paul M. Bryan started working on a scenario for a movie called The Truth About Pocahontas: A Love Story in the 1920s and finished the final version no later than 1942. Bryan submitted the story to several motion picture companies, but it was never used. Paul M. Bryan died in Los Angeles on 1944 August 4.
Sources: United States Federal Census, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940.
- Acquisition information:
- Donation by Bruce Bryan, 1960 July 23.
- Processing information:
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Biographical note created by Bruce Bryan, 1974 March 21. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 September 10 made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-07-25 19:28:03 +0000 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives and fill out the Researcher Application Form.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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The Truth About Pocahontas: A Love Story by Paul M. Bryan, circa 1942, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.233; [folder number] [folder title][date].
- Location of this collection:
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4700 Western Heritage WayLos Angeles, CA 90027, US
- Contact:
- (747) 201-8448