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  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
    Title: John Dapper papers
    Creator: Dapper, John, 1923-
    Identifier/Call Number: 2352
    Physical Description: .6 Linear Feet 1 box
    Date (inclusive): 1957-1989
    Abstract: This small collection contains set designs and related production files of American set designer and art director John Dapper (born 1923). There are files for thirteen projects, chiefly films, dating from 1957 to 1984.
    Language of Material: English.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Advance notice required for access.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of John Dapper and Lyman B. Hallowell, 1989.

    Biographical / Historical

    John Dapper (born 1923) was an American set designer and art director for film, television, and theater. He was married to Lyman Hallowell.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], John Dapper papers, Collection no. 2352, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Scope and Contents

    This small collection contains set designs and related production files of American set designer and art director John Dapper (born 1923). There are files for thirteen projects, chiefly films, dating from 1957 to 1984. Materials primarily consist of set drawings as well as some production files including schedules and cast lists. There are three other miscellaneous items: the Spring 1989 issue of American Cinemeditor addressed to Dapper's husband, Lyman Hallowell; photocopies pages from a CBS Television Network plastic scenery catalog; and a play by Michael Menaugh with the handwritten title: "For Andre Tchaikowsky / 'I laughed a lot' – Harold Hobson / A Farce in One Act."

    Rights Statement for Archival Description

    Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

    Conditions Governing Use

    All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library 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.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Set design drawings
    Set designers -- United States -- Archival resources
    Motion picture art directors -- Archival resources
    Motion pictures -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
    Dapper, John, 1923- -- Archives