urn:taro:utexas.cah.03108 A Guide to the "Inventing the West" Videotape, 1984 Original EAD encoding by Justin Kovar according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. November 2011 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary University of Texas "Inventing the West" Videotape 1984 Materials are written in English. 84-254 1 vhs videotape Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin A panel discussion on Texas mythology and its legacy in the western genre films of Hollywood. Scope and Contents

The Inventing the West Videotape, consists of one VHS videocassette, approximately 1 hour and 49 minutes long. It contains a videorecording of a September 14, 1984 symposium on Texas mythology and its legacy in the western genre films of Holllywood. Actor Randolph Scott and the movie “Red River” are often mentioned throughout, and there is a debate on whether or not the film Star Wars is in the western tradition. The event was sponsored by the University of Texas’ Department of Radio-Television-Film and Department of American Studies, as well as Cinema Texas, The Austin Chronicle and Laguna Gloria Art Museum.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Boetticher, Budd, 1916-2001 Michener, James A. 1907-1997 Scott, Randolph, 1898-1987 Ford, John, 1894-1973 Wayne, John, 1907-1979 Subjects (Organizations) University of Texas at Austin Department of Radio-Television-Film Subjects Western Films Texas--History Preferred Citation

Inventing the West Videotape, 1984, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

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 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 3Y203 "Inventing the West" Videotape September 14, 1984 [DVD access copy in box 3Y203.]

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