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- c1933-c1991 (Creation)
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8 boxes
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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.
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GB 0096 MS 973 c1933-c1991 Collection (fonds) 8 boxes Baxter , John , b 1939 , Australian author, lecturer and film historian
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.
Transferred from the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, University of London, in 1995.
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.
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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.
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.
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Collection level description. A box list has also been compiled for this deposit.
Originally compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. 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. Feb 2002; 2006-11-29, Richard Temple Baxter , John , b 1939 , Australian author, lecturer and film historian Cinema
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Transferred from the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, University of London, in 1995.
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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.
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Unsorted
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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.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Collection level description. A box list has also been compiled for this deposit.
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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.
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- English