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Screenwriters -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3419 Collections and/or Records:

Awards

 Sub-subseries
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Produced works comprise the bulk of the collection.  It consists of screenplays, notes, publicity, and other production material for the films Bad Company, Kramer vs. Kramer, Still of the Night, Nadine, Places in the Heart, Billy Bathgate, and Nobody’s Fool.

Dates: 1982, undated

Awards

 File — Box 22, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Common Wealth Awards in Dramatic Arts program and press release, 1988American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow list of members selected, correspondence, and certificate, 1989American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Drama program, 1992Theater Hall of Fame Scroll of Honor presented by Rudolph Giuliani, Mayor of the City of New York certificate, 1995Star on the Playwrights Sidewalk at the Lucille Lortel Theater, NYC....
Dates: 1988-1998

Awards, 1988-1998

 Series
Series Description

This series includes award certificates, correspondence, presentation programs, and clippings for awards Shepard received from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, among other institutions.

Dates: 1988-1998

Awards, undated

 Sub-Series — Box 14
Scope and Contents From the Series: The series Personal Papers documents Broyles’s early interests and activities outside of his writing career. Included are a 1962 diary and general correspondence (arranged chronologically). While the bulk of Broyles’s Texas Monthly correspondence is housed in Series II: Magazines, this selection of personal correspondence does include some letters addressed to him as editor of the magazine. Broyles’ early career with the Houston Independent School District is also represented in...
Dates: undated

Awards, 1993 - 1994

 File — Box 350, Folder: 6
Description From the Sub-Series:

6 part series, five of which aired August 1993 on CBS-TV.

Dates: 1993 - 1994

Awards, January 1985

 File — Box 318, Folder: 9
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: Written and co-produced by Wittliff. Starred Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard. Wittliff began as director but was replaced by Richard Pearce. 1985, Lange won Academy Award nomination. The film received the Christopher Award. Kelly Asbury drew story boards for Wittliff when he was director. Publicity contains reviews, congratulations, studio press kit, publicity junket which began in New York because movie opened the 1984 New York Film festival, final report of the screening program,...
Dates: January 1985

Awards, honors, and events, 1987-2009

 File — Box 136, Folder: 5
Series Description From the Series: This series contains materials belonging to Shrake of a more personal nature and is arranged chronologically. The oldest item in this series, and in the collection, is Shrake’s father’s baby dress. Also included are certificates, clippings about Shrake and friends, photographs of Shrake, family and friends, scrapbooks, short stories written for class, two typewriters, a briefcase Shrake used for traveling on Sports Illustrated assignments, Artwork by Shrake...
Dates: 1987-2009

Awards, Spur Western Writers Award, 1992

 File — Box 338, Folder: 6
Series Description From the Series:

The Screenplays are arranged chronologically according to when they were written. The order does not reflect the order in which the films were released. The date following the title in parentheses is the release date. Photographs, film, and videotape may not be duplicated without permission from the Wittliff estate.

Dates: 1992

"Baa Baa Black Sheep", 1997 - 1999

 Sub-Series — Box 233
Series Description From the Series:

This series contains research materials, notes, scripts, and correspondence for a number of film projects that have not been produced. Arranged alphabetically by working title, these projects include: “Baa Baa Black Sheep”, “Earth Angel” (a.k.a. “Huey and the War Lover”), “Hard Rock: There Are No limits,” “R&R,” “Terrible Beauty: Stories From a War,” and an untitled baseball project.

Dates: 1997 - 1999

Bad Bob Buck: Clippings, circa 1975-1985

 File — Box 125, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series:

Shrake kept subject files on a wide variety of topics, often having to do with ideas for writing projects. These files make up the Subject Files sub-series and are the bulk of the Research series.They are arranged alphabetically by subject. Also included in the Research series are the Notes and Notebooks sub-series, and books and general research. The series is arranged chronologically by sub-series

Dates: circa 1975-1985

Bad Bob Buck: Notes, circa 1975-1985

 File — Box 124, Folder: 7
Series Description From the Series:

Shrake kept subject files on a wide variety of topics, often having to do with ideas for writing projects. These files make up the Subject Files sub-series and are the bulk of the Research series.They are arranged alphabetically by subject. Also included in the Research series are the Notes and Notebooks sub-series, and books and general research. The series is arranged chronologically by sub-series

Dates: circa 1975-1985

Bad Company, 1972

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Produced works comprise the bulk of the collection.  It consists of screenplays, notes, publicity, and other production material for the films Bad Company, Kramer vs. Kramer, Still of the Night, Nadine, Places in the Heart, Billy Bathgate, and Nobody’s Fool.

Dates: 1972

Bad Company, The Late Show, Kramer vs. Kramer, Nobody's Fool

 other level — Frame Upper A Bin 16
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of story boards, posters, set designs, set drawings, set plans, and framed photoprints that are oversized and do not fit into standard size archival boxes. It includes story boards from Nadine and Places in the Heart; posters from Still of the Night, Billy Bathgate, Bad Company, The Late Show, Places in the Heart, Kramer vs. Kramer, Nobody’s Fool, Nadine (French version),...
Dates: 1969-1994

“Badwater Canyon” screenplay: second draft, 1998

 File — Box 1891, Folder: 5-6
Scope and Contents From the Series: Personal papers of author James Crumley. These items were collected from his home and reflect Crumley’s professional writing career and personal life. This collection includes multiple drafts of Crumley’s screenplays and novels, international translations, and publicity; some writings by other authors; drawings and work by Crumley’s first wife, Martha Elizabeth; correspondence; a sampling of documents that reflect his medical and financial history; reviews; publicity; photographs; office...
Dates: 1998

Bank Account Ledgers with receipts and notes, circa 1967-1972

 File — Box 121, Folder: 3
Series Description From the Series: This series is arranged chronologically, and contains receipts, income taxes, expense reports, financial statements and other documents related to various aspects of Shrake’s life. The financial records tend to give snapshots of Shrake’s financial situation and lifestyle through the years, rather than a complete picture. Besides expense reports from Sports Illustrated that go to 1976, the financial records do not contain any documents between 1972 and...
Dates: circa 1967-1972

Bank Statement, January 24, 1963

 File — Box 120, Folder: 6
Series Description From the Series: This series is arranged chronologically, and contains receipts, income taxes, expense reports, financial statements and other documents related to various aspects of Shrake’s life. The financial records tend to give snapshots of Shrake’s financial situation and lifestyle through the years, rather than a complete picture. Besides expense reports from Sports Illustrated that go to 1976, the financial records do not contain any documents between 1972 and...
Dates: January 24, 1963