James Ivory papers circa 1960-2005

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James Ivory papers circa 1960-2005

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James Francis Ivory (1928-) is an American director best known for the films he made as part of Merchant Ivory Productions, the production company he formed with his longtime collaborators producer Ismail Merchant and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. The James Ivory Papers comprise his personal and professional papers, and include material relating to Ivory's feature films, television programs and commercials, Merchant Ivory Productions materials (including papers of Ismail Merchant and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala), and Ivory's published and unpublished writings, including literary and artistic work done while Ivory was a college student at the University of Oregon. The collection includes correspondence, screenplays, treatments, storyboards, production notes, promotional material, legal and financial notes, articles, reviews, sketchbooks, notebooks and photographs.

97.5 linear feet, 79 containers

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University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6376341

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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Ivory, James

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James Ivory was born in Berkeley, California on June 7, 1928. Edward Ivory, his father, had grown up in New York state where he attended Syracuse University and graduated in forestry. As an ROTC graduate he served as an officer in France during World War I and after the war was employed in Thomas Edison's experimental laboratory in New Jersey at East Orange. In 1921 he married Hallie DeLoney, descended from an old Louisiana family. Later they moved to Berkeley, California where he w...

Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013

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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala CBE was a German-born British and American author and screenwriter. Born in Cologne, Germany, she fled with her family under the Nazi Regime to Britain. After meeting Cyrus Jhabvala in England, she married him and moved to India in 1951. The couple lived in New Delhi and had three daughters. Jhabvala began then to elaborate her experiences in India and wrote novels and tales on Indian subjects. She wrote a dozen novels, 23 screenplays, and eight collections of short stories....

Merchant Ivory productions

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Merchant, Ismail

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