Correspondence and literary manuscripts, 1939-1966.

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Correspondence and literary manuscripts, 1939-1966.

The collection contains seven letters between Croves and Gabriel Figueroa and Bert Granet, from William Weber Johnson and Fred Zinnemann to Bert Granet, and a contract signed by Croves, Figueroa, and Rosa Elena Lujan (Traven's wife) as a witness, concerning the screenplay for The Bridge in the jungle; one letter from Traven to Raymond Everitt at Little, Brown & Co. concerning the script of Swallowed by the bush, bone and soul; a typescript of The Bridge in the jungle, 1957 (133 leaves); and a typescript mimeograph of The Death ship adapted for radio by John Anthony West (91 leaves).

11 items.

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Lujan, Rosa Elena

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Figueroa, Gabriela

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Mexican cinematographer. From the description of Preservation photocopy of a telegram : Mexico City, to John Steinbeck, 1949 Dec. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 777828008 From the description of Typed letter signed: Mexico City, to John [Steinbeck], 1950 Jan 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 777866863 From the description of Preservation photocopy of a telegram : Mexico City, to John Steinbeck, 1948 Dec. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 777245517 ...

Johnson, William Weber, 1909-1992

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William Weber Johnson (b. 1909) worked as a newspaper reporter with papers in Illinois and Detroit before becoming a war correspondent for "Time" magazine in London. He eventually became the head of Time-Life bureaus in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Dallas, Boston, and Los Angeles. Johnson became a professor of Journalism at UCLA in 1961 and headed the department from 1966-1971. He also wrote several non-fiction books including "Kelly Blue" in 1960 and "Heroic Mexico" in 1968. From the ...

Zinnemann, Fred, 1907-1997

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Epithet: Austrian-American film director British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x0001c3 ...

Traven, B.

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Bruno Traven (d. 1969) a mysterious author, perhaps American, perhaps German, born in 1882 or 1890, lived in Mexico for much of his writing life. He signed his name Hal Croves in the letters in this collection. From the description of Papers by or about B. Traven, 1950-1977. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122520925 B. Traven (1890-1969) wrote novels, short stories, and screenplays under several pseudonyms including Hal Croves. He is best known for Treasure of the ...

Everitt, Raymond,

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Granet, Bert, 1910-2002

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