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Senate House Library, University of London

Baxter John


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 973

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Baxter John

Date(s): c1933-c1991

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 8 boxes

Name of creator(s): Baxter | John | b 1939 | Australian author, lecturer and film historian

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Baxter was born in Australia in 1939. He has written extensively on the cinema, producing biographies of Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick, Luis Bunel, Steven Spielberg, Frederico Fellini, Josef von Sternberg and George Lucas. He lived for a time in Los Angeles, where he was a film journalist and wrote screenplays. Baxter is also known for writing and commentating on science fiction. He has lived in Paris since 1989.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers relating to the film industry (particularly in Australia) collected by John Baxter, comprising typescript film scenarios and related materials such as posters, brochures and programmes, as well as books written by Baxter.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Unsorted

Conditions governing access:

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Collection level description. A box list has also been compiled for this deposit.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, University of London, in 1995.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Originally compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2002; 2006-11-29, Richard Temple


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Cinema

Personal names
Baxter | John | b 1939 | Australian author, lecturer and film historian

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