Finding Aid for the John Gregory Dunne papers, 1962-1967, bulk 1966-1967
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Title: John Gregory Dunne papers
Date (inclusive): 1962-1967, bulk 1966-1967
Collection number: 992
Creator:
Dunne, John Gregory, 1932-
Extent:
4 document boxes (2 linear ft.)
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.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Language of the Material:
Materials are in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
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.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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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.
[Identification of item], John Gregory Dunne papers (Collection 992). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4232961
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.
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.
Arranged in the following series:
- Research files
- Delano writings
- Other writings
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Dunne, John Gregory, 1932- --Archives.
Grape Strike, Calif., 1965-1970 --History --Archival resources.
Authors, American --20th century --Archival resources.
manuscripts for publication.
photographs.
John Gregory Dunne papers
, 1969- [ongoing] at the Bancroft Library, University of Berkeley (BANC MSS 79/125 c)
United Farm Workers Information Fair
at the University of Irvine Special Collections (MS-R015)
Research files. 1965-1967
Scope and Content Note
Includes mainly clippings, magazines, protest materials from the AFL-CIO, reports, and official statements. Not written by
Dunne, El Malcriado, The Grapes: Communist Wrath in Delano by Gary Allen, The California Farmer, Life, The Nation, The Agenda,
The Advocate, The New Republic, Rampants and others.
All of Dunne's collected research materials including fliers, pamphlets, administrative letters, advertisements, public relations
letters, NFWA song lyrics, and photographs of Reverend Salandini.
Notable names from this series include Edmund Pat Brown, Steve Allen, and Cesar Chavez. Includes additional material relating
to the area of the Delano: a telephone book, ephemera, maps, etc. Clippings regarding Lee Meyers, Dunn's typewritten and handwritten
daily notes.
Box 2
Box 3, Folder 6
Printed Materials (II). 1962-1967
Scope and Content Note
Includes all materials gathered by Dunne about the Boycott. Fliers, pamphlets, administrative letters, Steve Allen advertisement,
public relations letters, NFWA song lyrics, clippings and photographs of Reverend Salandini. Official statements and testimony.
Notable names from this file include Edmund Pat Brown nd R.P. Moore. Also included are fact finding commission reports, conference
reports, resolutions, and press conference statements.
Box 4
Printed Materials (III-V). 1965-1967
Scope and Content Note
Includes material relating to the are of Delano, CA: a telephone book, ephemera, maps, annual reports, Kern county tourist
materials, addresses, Dunne's handwritten notes (includes spiral notebooks). Also copies of press releases and public relations
correspondence from the Di Giorgio corporation, Schendley Corporation, and clippings regarding Lee Meyers.
Box 3, Folder 1
Box 3, Folder 5
Teamsters Election. 1966
Box 3, Folder 2
Box 3, Folder 7
Box 1, Folder 1
Box 1
Delano writings. 1965-1967
Box 2, Folders 3-5