urn:taro:utexas.cah.01576 A Guide to the Texas Film Collection, 1940-1984 Original EAD encoding by Jessi Fishman according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. May 2010 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Texas Film Collection 1940-1984 Materials are written in English. 85-275; 85-284 ca. 800 items Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Lobby cards, posters, distributor's pressbooks and presskits, screenplays and photographic stills documenting 148 films relating to Texas. Pressbooks contain synopses of the films as well as articles about them. Scope and Contents

The Texas Film Collection, 1940-1984, is comprised of lobby cards, posters, distributor's pressbooks and presskits, screenplays, and photographic stills, pertaining to Texas-related films. The distributor's pressbooks in the collection are especially valuable because they contain detailed and accurate synopses of the films as well as lengthy articles about the films, reproductions of entire ad campaigns, and all of the posters. Additionally, the collection contains a substantial photographic archive of stills of many of these films. A number of foreign posters are included in the collection, documenting the way that Texas films were perceived overseas. Some of the notable films documented in the collection include Bonnie and Clyde, Urban Cowboy, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Alamo, and Dallas (television program).

Arrangement and Organization

Film titles are listed alphabetically in the collection inventory with locations designated for materials available for each one. The materials are also separated into series, as follows:

I. Pressbooks, Presskits, Screenplays II. Lobby cards III. Posters IV. Photographs Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

 Index Terms Subjects Acting Motion pictures--Texas--Sources Motion picture plays Western films Motion pictures--Distribution Bonnie and Clyde (Motion picture) Urban cowboy (Motion picture) Best little whorehouse in Texas (Motion picture) Alamo (Motion picture : 1960) Dallas (Television program) Places Texas Preferred Citation

Texas Film Collection, 1940-1984, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Processing Information

This collection was processed by Alison Beck and Kerry Rusch, February 1986.

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.

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