Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Grover Jones papers
- Dates:
- 1910s-1940s
- Creators:
- Jones, Grover
- Extent:
- 28 linear feet of papers. 1 linear feet of photographs.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Grover Jones papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Grover Jones papers span the years 1910s-1940s and encompass approximately 29 linear feet. The material consists of production files, script and story material, correspondence, and photographs. The photograph series consists of one album, prints, and negatives of motion picture production and biography photographs.
- Biographical / historical:
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Grover Jones was an American screenwriter active from 1920 to 1940. He received Oscar nominations for writing the original story for LADY AND GENT (1932) and for writing the screenplay for THE LIVES OF A BENGAL (1935).
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Susan Avery Jones Talmadge, 1992; Sunny Hale and Stormie Hale, 2005
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series: Not arranged in series.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- screenwriters
- Names:
- Jones, Grover , 1893-1940--Archives.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2013
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Inmagic. Date of source: November 22, 2013
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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Grover Jones 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