Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- John Gregory Dunne papers
- Dates:
- 1962-1967, bulk 1966-1967
- Creators:
- Dunne, John Gregory, 1932-
- Abstract:
- All materials relate to John Gregory Dunne's novel Delano: The Story of the California Grape Strike. Between 1966 and 1967 Dunne researched his novel in Delano, California. The collection include the manuscript, Dunne's research, including interviews, daily notes log, and local area research materials. Also included are ephemera related to his research, financial statements, newspapers clippings devoted to the grape strike, correspondence, photographs, official statements, strikers' newspapers, materials relating to the boycott, and other writings by Dunne during 1967.
- Extent:
- 4 document boxes (2 linear ft.)
- Language:
- Finding aid is written in English. and Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], John Gregory Dunne papers (Collection 992). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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In 1966, John Gregory Dunne, 1932-2003, American author of numerous novels, screenplays, and works of non-fiction, visited Delano, California to research the continuing grape strike. In his research he interviewed Cesar Chavez, leader of the strike, corresponded with the grape growers, including Di Giorgio, and collected newspaper clippings dealing with the strike and wrote to his agent and publishers about the upcoming novel. He took daily notes and gathered all pamphlets, testimony, and fliers to do with the strike. The novel Delano: The Story of the California Grape Strike was published in 1967.
- Biographical / historical:
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John Gregory Dunne was born May 25, 1932 in Hartford, Connecticut. Dunne was a novelist and screenwriter. His brother, Dominick Dunne was also a writer. On January 30, 1964, John Gregory Dunne married writer Joan Didion. The two worked on many writing projects together. Dunne was responsible for writing novels such as The Studio,Vegas,True Confessions,Red White and Blue and Playland. Screenplays included Panic in Needle Park,A Star is Born,True Confessions (the screenplay of his novel), and Up Close and Personal. Dunne died on December 30, 2003 in New York.
- Processing information:
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Brief-listed by Brooke Whiting, ca. 1967
Processing completed by Rebecca Ruud, March 2012, with assistance by Kelley Bachli and Lilace Hatayama.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series:
- Research files
- Delano writings
- Other writings
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2012
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from finding aid processed using the Archivists' Toolkit, encoding added via Archivists' Toolkit, Notetab Pro, and Oxygen. Date of source: 2012 . Supplementary encoding and revision by Caroline Cubé.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], John Gregory Dunne papers (Collection 992). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988