Broughton, James, 1913-1999

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James Richard Broughton was raised in California and graduated from Stanford University in 1936. After studying playwriting and directing in New York, Broughton returned to California and began making experimental films, including The Pleasure Garden, which won a special jury prize at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. During this time, Broughton wrote and published poetry as one of San Francisco's "Renaissance Poets," which included Helen Adam, Robert Duncan, Jack Spicer, and Eve Triem. From 1958 to 1964, Broughton was resident playwright with the Playhouse Repertory Theater in San Francisco and six of his plays were first performed there. In 1968, Broughton returned to filmmaking with The Bed and continued to make films for the next twenty years, including Dreamwood (1972), Testament (1974), and Scattered Remains (1988). His films have won numerous awards at film festivals throughout the world and, in 1989, the American Film Institute presented a lifetime achievement award to Broughton. In the 1960s and 1970s, Brougton taught at San Francisco State University and the San Francisco Art Institute and has lectured extensively throughout the United States and Europe. Broughton continued to write as well and has published more than twenty books, including A Long Undressing (1971), The Androgyne Journal (1977), Graffiti for the Johns of Heaven (1983), and Special Deliveries: New and Selected Poems (1990). In 1993, he completed his memoirs, Coming Unbuttoned.

From the description of James Broughton papers, 1895-1999. (Kent State University). WorldCat record id: 43619682

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creatorOf Allen, Donald, 1912-2004. Donald Allen collection, 1930-2005. University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library
creatorOf Broughton, James, 1913-1999. James Broughton papers, 1895-1999. Kent State University
referencedIn New Yorker records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Grove Press Records Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Anthology Film Archives. Essential cinema repertory collection, [ca. 1915-1972], [ca. 1960-1970] (bulk) Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Serious Business Company records, 1965-1983, bulk 1972-1983 Bancroft Library
referencedIn Oyez Press Records., 1963-1987. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
referencedIn Correspondence and other papers of Arthur Sullivan, W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert, and related persons, 1834-1979. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Gerard Malanga Papers, 1944-1971 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Literary Correspondence and Manuscripts Collection, undated, 1835-1990 Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
referencedIn Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D Houghton Library
referencedIn Poetry mss., 1954-2002 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Sheets, Kermit. Kermit Sheets pictorial collection [graphic]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Allen, Donald, 1912-2004. Unpublished anthology of the San Francisco Renaissance, ca. 1965. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Beam, Jeffery, 1953-. Jeffery Beam papers, ca. 1968-2007. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Ansen, Alan. Collection of literary manuscripts, [ca.1953-1960]. State Library of Ohio
referencedIn Willie Varela Papers, ca. 1960-1995 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Broughton, James, 1913-1999. Shaman psalm : manuscript, 1981 / by James Broughton. Kent State University
referencedIn Robert A. Wilson collection, 1906-2011 University of Delaware Library - Special Collections
creatorOf Del Tredici, David. Wondrous the merge : for string quartet with narrator-singer (baritone) / David Del Tredici. Library of Congress
referencedIn Literary Correspondence and Manuscripts Collection, undated, 1835-1990 Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
referencedIn George Gamow and Barbara Gamow Papers, 1915-1975, (bulk 1950-1975) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf University of Connecticut. Libraries. Literary correspondence and manuscripts collection, 1929-1990. University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library
referencedIn Serious Business Company. Serious Business Company records, 1965-1983 (bulk 1972-1983). UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Ansen, Alan. Collection of literary manuscripts from Measure, [ca. 1953-ca. 1960]. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn Witter Bynner papers, 1829-1965. Houghton Library
creatorOf Adam, Helen, 1909-1993. Papers, 1956-1976. Kent State University
referencedIn Eve Triem papers, 1921-1999, 1943-1984 University of Washington Libraries Special Collections
referencedIn William J. Eisenlord photographs Archives of American Art
referencedIn John Wieners Papers, 1955-1970 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Broughton, James, 1913-1999. Broughton, J. School of The Art Institute of Chicago, John M Flaxman Library
creatorOf Deemer, Bill. Bill Deemer correspondence, 1965-1995. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Ruth Krauss Papers., undated, 1929-1992. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
referencedIn Canyon Cinema Records, ca. 1961-2009 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Foley, Jack, 1940-. Papers relating to Robert Duncan tribute, 1988 April 4. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Jeffery Beam Papers (#4888), ca. 1968-2007 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Poets' Theatre (Cambridge, Mass.) records Houghton Library
referencedIn Sheets, Kermit. Kermit Sheets pictorial collection [graphic]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
referencedIn Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Papers, 1870-1969 Houghton Library
creatorOf Hart, Frederic. The tigers were taking a bath / music by Frederic Hart ; poem by James Broughton. The Juilliard School, Lila Acheson Wallace Library
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associatedWith Deemer, Bill. person
associatedWith Del Tredici, David. person
associatedWith Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988. person
associatedWith Eisenlord, William J. person
associatedWith Foley, Jack, 1940- person
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associatedWith Johnson, Crockett, 1906-1975 person
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associatedWith Malanga, Gerard. person
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associatedWith Varela, Willie. person
associatedWith Wieners, John, 1934- person
associatedWith Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922- person
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San Francisco (Calif.)
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American poetry
Experimental films
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Birth 1913-11-10

Death 1999-05-17

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