Elmo Williams Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1019-BC
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, interviews, personal history, newspaper clippings and movie scripts, and materials related to developing a motion picture.
Dates
- 1950-1980
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of CSWR material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publication or distribution.
Biographical Information
Elmo Williams was born in Lone Wolf, OK in 1913, and moved to northern New Mexico in 1916. He worked his way up at 20th Century-Fox from editor to producer and ran the studio's Worldwide Productions division. He was married to Lorraine Williams who was an active partner in his film and television career. He died in Brookings, OR in 2015.
Extent
6 boxes (4.0 Linear ft.)
Separated Material
Photos are transferred to Elmo Williams Pictorial Collection.
- 20,000 leagues under the sea (Motion picture : 1954)
- Clippings
- Correspondence
- High Noon (Motion picture)
- Interviews
- Motion picture industry
- Motion pictures -- United States
- Motion pictures producers and directors
- Screenplays
- Tora Tora Tora (Motion picture)
- Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
- War films -- Japan
- War films -- United States
- Western films -- United States
- Williams, Elmo, 1913-2015
- Williams, Lorraine, -2004
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Elmo Williams Collection, 1950-1980
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- © 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451