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  • Biography
  • Collection Scope and Content Summary
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Alan D. Hunter photographs
    Date (inclusive): 1960s-2002
    Collection number: 519
    Creator: Hunter, Alan D.
    Extent: 108 linear feet of photographs.
    Repository: Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
    Languages: English

    Important Information for Users of the Collection

    Access

    Available by appointment only.

    Publication rights

    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

    Alan D. Hunter photographs, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Jim Bradford and John Towski, 2003

    Biography

    Alan Derek Hunter was a British entertainment journalist and still photographer active from the 1950s through 2002. He became a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1952 and covered not only most of its events, including the Golden Globe Awards, but also the Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, film premieres, parties, press conferences, and many other film industry functions. His photographs appeared in many film-related publications, with extensive visibility in many Australian, British, German, and Japanese film magazines.

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    The Alan D. Hunter photographs span the years 1960s-2002 and encompass more than 100 linear feet. The manuscript material consists almost entirely of clippings and miscellaneous correspondence. There is a small amount of material on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as well as carbons of stories. The photograph series includes 1,448 rolls of 35mm original color negatives comprising approximately 43,000 individual images, with matching proof sheets or slides.

    Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series: 1. Subject photographs

    Indexing Terms

    Hunter, Alan D. , 1923-2002--Archives.
    photographers