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Bute, Mary Ellen

 Person

Biography

Mary Ellen Bute (1906-1983), American film director and animator

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Kit Smyth Basquin collection of Mary Ellen Bute

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1007
Abstract:

Writings, correspondence, printed material, and other papers relating to Mary Ellen Bute.

Dates: 1920s-2000

Mary Ellen Bute Papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 603
Abstract:

Scripts, correspondence and photographs documenting the film productions of Mary Ellen Bute and Ted Nemeth. The films represented in this collection include "Passages from James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake," "Skin of Our Teeth," and "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking."

Dates: 1907-1985

Cecile Starr papers relating to Mary Ellen Bute

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 679
Abstract:

The Cecile Starr Papers Relating to Mary Ellen Bute consist of Starr's research files on the filmmaker Mary Ellen Bute and audiovisual recordings of and about Bute. The papers document Starr's research and fundraising to produce a documentary film about Bute (never completed) as well as Starr's work to publicize and distribute Bute's films, especially after Bute's death.

Dates: 1935-2009

Thornton Wilder papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 108
Abstract: The collection consists chiefly of correspondence with family, friends, and literary colleagues; and writings, accompanied by related material. There are smaller amounts of personal papers, printed material, photographs, memorabilia, and audio recordings. The material documents Wilder's life and work, in particular his career as a successful novelist and playwright.Series I, Correspondence, consists of four subseries: Family Correspondence; General Correspondence; First Name Only and...
Dates: 1892-1991, bulk 1935-1975

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Cinematographers 3
Women motion picture producers and directors 3
Audiovisual materials 2
Filmmakers 2
Independent filmmakers 2