Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Barry Sandler papers
- Dates:
- 1981-2000
- Creators:
- Sandler, Barry
- Abstract:
- Correspondence, fan mail, press releases, publicity photographs, public relations material, clippings, and film reviews from screenwriter Barry Sandler regarding his 1982 film, Making Love.
- Containers:
- item: Acc2012.039
- Extent:
- 0.2 Linear Feet 1 archive carton.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder #, or item name] Barry Sandler Papers, Coll2014-037, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection includes correspondence, fan mail, press releases, publicity photographs, public relations material, clippings, film reviews from screenwriter Barry Sandler regarding his 1982 film, Making Love. The collection also includes manuscripts and transcripts from a presentation he gave on homosexuality in film.
- Biographical / historical:
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Excerpted from Barry Sandler Biography on the University of Central Florida School of Visual Arts website at http://svad.cah.ucf.edu/staff.php?id=63 (accessed September 12, 2014).
"With a [Bachelor's degree (1970) and Master of Fine Arts degree (1972) in Screenwriting] from UCLA Film School, Barry Sandler has written screenplays for numerous motion pictures, including Crimes of Passion, The Mirror Crack'd, Evil Under the Sun, The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox, The Other Side of Midnight, Gable and Lombard, All-American Murder, The Loners, The Valley, Evil Never Dies, The Kansas City Bomber, and the groundbreaking classic Making Love, the first major studio film to present a positive portrayal of gay people."
"He serves on the WGA Credit Arbitration Committee, the American Cinemateque Advisory Board, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as well as being Artistic Director of the Outfest Screenwriting Lab and advisor to the Orlando Gay and Lesbian Center. Sandler is currently on the faculty of the University of Central Florida School of Film, where he teaches screenwriting, and he was the inaugural instructor in the UCF Honors College LGBT program. In 2007, Sandler was selected as one of the WGA Gay Groundbreakers. In 2008, he was chosen as an honorary speaker at California State University, Northridge. In 2009, he was honored with a week-long tribute and retrospective of his work by the University of Nebraska, and in 2010 he was honored by the Florida Queer Arts Council with a commemoration of his contribution to advancing the positive images of gay and lesbian people through his work."
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Barry Sandler, September 21, 2012.
- Processing information:
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Three folders (0.1 linear ft.) of clippings, and a poster have been separated from the collection due to mold and water damage.
Collection processed by Lizzie Hernandez, August 2014.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged alphabetically.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Sponsor:
- Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2014-11-19 12:33:16 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder #, or item name] Barry Sandler Papers, Coll2014-037, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
- Location of this collection:
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909 West Adams BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90007, US
- Contact:
- (213) 821-2771