Broughton, James, 1913-1999
Variant namesJames Richard Broughton was raised in California and graduated from Stanford University in 1936. After studying playwriting and directing in New York, Broughton returned to California and began making experimental films, including The Pleasure Garden, which won a special jury prize at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. During this time, Broughton wrote and published poetry as one of San Francisco's "Renaissance Poets," which included Helen Adam, Robert Duncan, Jack Spicer, and Eve Triem. From 1958 to 1964, Broughton was resident playwright with the Playhouse Repertory Theater in San Francisco and six of his plays were first performed there. In 1968, Broughton returned to filmmaking with The Bed and continued to make films for the next twenty years, including Dreamwood (1972), Testament (1974), and Scattered Remains (1988). His films have won numerous awards at film festivals throughout the world and, in 1989, the American Film Institute presented a lifetime achievement award to Broughton. In the 1960s and 1970s, Brougton taught at San Francisco State University and the San Francisco Art Institute and has lectured extensively throughout the United States and Europe. Broughton continued to write as well and has published more than twenty books, including A Long Undressing (1971), The Androgyne Journal (1977), Graffiti for the Johns of Heaven (1983), and Special Deliveries: New and Selected Poems (1990). In 1993, he completed his memoirs, Coming Unbuttoned.
From the description of James Broughton papers, 1895-1999. (Kent State University). WorldCat record id: 43619682
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| creatorOf | Allen, Donald, 1912-2004. Donald Allen collection, 1930-2005. | University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library | |
| creatorOf | Broughton, James, 1913-1999. James Broughton papers, 1895-1999. | Kent State University | |
| referencedIn | New Yorker records | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Grove Press Records | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Essential cinema repertory collection, [ca. 1915-1972], [ca. 1960-1970] (bulk) | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Serious Business Company records, 1965-1983, bulk 1972-1983 | Bancroft Library | |
| referencedIn | Oyez Press Records., 1963-1987. | Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center. | |
| referencedIn | Correspondence and other papers of Arthur Sullivan, W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert, and related persons, 1834-1979. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Gerard Malanga Papers, 1944-1971 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Literary Correspondence and Manuscripts Collection, undated, 1835-1990 | Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center. | |
| referencedIn | Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Poetry mss., 1954-2002 | Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington) | |
| creatorOf | Sheets, Kermit. Kermit Sheets pictorial collection [graphic]. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Allen, Donald, 1912-2004. Unpublished anthology of the San Francisco Renaissance, ca. 1965. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Beam, Jeffery, 1953-. Jeffery Beam papers, ca. 1968-2007. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| creatorOf | Ansen, Alan. Collection of literary manuscripts, [ca.1953-1960]. | State Library of Ohio | |
| referencedIn | Willie Varela Papers, ca. 1960-1995 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| creatorOf | Broughton, James, 1913-1999. Shaman psalm : manuscript, 1981 / by James Broughton. | Kent State University | |
| referencedIn | Robert A. Wilson collection, 1906-2011 | University of Delaware Library - Special Collections | |
| creatorOf | Del Tredici, David. Wondrous the merge : for string quartet with narrator-singer (baritone) / David Del Tredici. | Library of Congress | |
| referencedIn | Literary Correspondence and Manuscripts Collection, undated, 1835-1990 | Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center. | |
| referencedIn | George Gamow and Barbara Gamow Papers, 1915-1975, (bulk 1950-1975) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| creatorOf | University of Connecticut. Libraries. Literary correspondence and manuscripts collection, 1929-1990. | University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library | |
| referencedIn | Serious Business Company. Serious Business Company records, 1965-1983 (bulk 1972-1983). | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Ansen, Alan. Collection of literary manuscripts from Measure, [ca. 1953-ca. 1960]. | Ohio State University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Witter Bynner papers, 1829-1965. | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Adam, Helen, 1909-1993. Papers, 1956-1976. | Kent State University | |
| referencedIn | Eve Triem papers, 1921-1999, 1943-1984 | University of Washington Libraries Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | William J. Eisenlord photographs | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | John Wieners Papers, 1955-1970 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
| creatorOf | Broughton, James, 1913-1999. Broughton, J. | School of The Art Institute of Chicago, John M Flaxman Library | |
| creatorOf | Deemer, Bill. Bill Deemer correspondence, 1965-1995. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Ruth Krauss Papers., undated, 1929-1992. | Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center. | |
| referencedIn | Canyon Cinema Records, ca. 1961-2009 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| creatorOf | Foley, Jack, 1940-. Papers relating to Robert Duncan tribute, 1988 April 4. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Jeffery Beam Papers (#4888), ca. 1968-2007 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection | |
| referencedIn | Poets' Theatre (Cambridge, Mass.) records | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Sheets, Kermit. Kermit Sheets pictorial collection [graphic]. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| referencedIn | New Directions Publishing records | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Papers, 1870-1969 | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Hart, Frederic. The tigers were taking a bath / music by Frederic Hart ; poem by James Broughton. | The Juilliard School, Lila Acheson Wallace Library |
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Birth 1913-11-10
Death 1999-05-17
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