Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Sydney Pollack papers
- Dates:
- 1956-2008, bulk 1965-2007
- Creators:
- Pollack, Sydney
- Extent:
- 118 linear feet of papers. 108 artworks
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Sydney Pollack papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Sydney Pollack papers span the years 1956-2008 and encompass 118 linear feet of manuscripts and 108 artworks. The collection includes production records, scripts, correspondence, posters, set plans, and photographs. The production files include material on ABSENCE OF MALICE (1981), OUT OF AFRICA (1985), THE SLENDER THREAD (1965), THEY SHOOT HORSES, DONΣ THEY? (1969), TOOTSIE (1982), and THE WAY WE WERE (1973).
- Biographical / historical:
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Sydney Pollack was an American director, producer, and actor active in film from 1962 to 2008. He began his career as an actor, was a television director in the early 1960s, then went on to direct, produce, and act in dozens of films. Pollack received Academy Awards in the directing and best picture categories for OUT OF AFRICA (1985).
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Claire Pollack and the Estate of Sydney Pollack, 2011
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files, subseries A-B as follows: A. Produced; B. Unproduced; 2. Television files, subseries A-B as follows: A. Produced; B. Unproduced; 3. Story files; 4. Subject files; 5. Books; 6. Periodicals; 7. Oversize; 8. Graphic Arts.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- actors
directors
producers - Names:
- Pollack, Sydney , 1934-2008--Archives.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- Β© 2015
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Inmagic. Date of source: June 02, 2015
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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Sydney Pollack 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