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Max Evans Film Scripts Collection

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Identifier: MSS-1093-SC

Scope and Contents

Folder contains two items:

1. Max Evans's (final) screenplay for his novelette "Bid Shad's Bridge" (1969). It was initially published in Knight Magazine. 2. Budget estimate for "The Man who Walks Backward" (undated) from his novel (Bluefeather Fellini (1993, UNM Press 2007) to be produced and directed by Max Evans.

Dates

  • 1969, undated

Creator

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 / Historical

Max Evans (August 29, 1924 – August 26, 2020) was an American writer. Born in Ropesville, Texas, he grew up in West Texas and northeastern New Mexico. He enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II and upon his return from the war settled in New Mexico and lived in Albuquerque until he passed away in 2020.

He was the author of fiction and nonfiction books. His first novel, The Rounders (1960) was made into a film in 1965. In 1998, his novel root>

Extent

1 Folder

Language of Materials

English

Title
Finding Aid of the Max Evans Film Scripts Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Tomas Jaehn
Date
2022-01-27
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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