02856cpcaa2200505 a 4500 mm 96083761 DLC 20260227111725.0 cr ||||||||||| 960404|||||||||||| eng mm 96083761 DLC DLC DLC dacs L lcmd Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006. Gordon Parks papers, 1946-1991 (bulk 1960-1990). 7,900 items. 39 containers plus 4 oversize. 15.6 linear feet. Arranged in 5 series. Series 1: Books, 1959-1989; Series 2: Stage and Screen, 1963-1991; Series 3: Other Writings, 1964-1990; Series 4: Miscellany, 1946-1990; Series 5: Addition, 1961-1990; and Series 6: Oversize, 1968-1975. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. 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. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. American literature. Ballet United States. Motion pictures, American. Photography United States. Authors. itoamc Composers. itoamc Motion picture directors. itoamc Photographers. itoamc Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006. Flavio. 1978. Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006. Learning tree. 1963. Gordon Parks Archives in the Library of Congress. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003050 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003050.3 44379 44379