Gordon Parks papers, 1946-1991 (bulk 1960-1990).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 7,900 items; 39 containers plus 4 oversize; 15.6 linear feetContained works: - Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006. Flavio. 1978
- Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006. Learning tree. 1963
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Correspondence, speeches, writings, film scripts, notes, project proposals, contracts, production material, financial records, and other papers documenting Parks's career as a writer, photographer, and producer and director of films. Includes drafts of The Learning Tree (1963) and Flavio (1978) as well as film scripts and production materials for The Learning Tree (1969) and Parks's ballet, Martin, about the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., filmed in 1989 for public television.
Manuscript music transferred to Library of Congress Music Division.
Audio and video recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
Photographer, author, filmmaker, and composer.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003050
Forms part of: The Gordon Parks Archives in the Library of Congress.
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