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Series II. Hughes Productions, 1920 to 1992, 1927 to 1979
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Hughes Productions series (1920-1992) primarily details the production, advertising, and censorship for The Outlaw, a film directed by Howard Hughes. Materials include advertising and publicity, editing, legal, production and direction, story development, administrative, distribution, censorship, and financial records, as well as film soundtracks and records from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and United Artists Corporation. The series also contains ledgers, telegrams, newspaper clippings, music sheets and scores, reports, memoranda, agreements, correspondence, affidavits, analyses, screenplays, synopses, and story treatments. Black-and-white photographic prints and negatives include publicity, production, direction, set, and location scouting stills.
Corporate records contain administrative, legal, and financial reports, contracts, and correspondence pertaining to business operations. Also included are distribution materials from the MPAA and United Artists Corporation.
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa mid to late 1940s
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Photograph of Howard Hughes out for dinner, circa 1937
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Washington, D.C., August 1947
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Edward C. Light Schematic Drawings of the Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" Seaplane
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The Edward C. Light Schematic Drawings of the Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" Seaplane consists of blueline print reproductions of sheets created between 1941 and 1950 containing schematic engineering design drawings pertaining to the aircraft's rudder and flight control system assembly and installation. Types of drawings include full body perspective diagrams, structural sections, elevations, and plans.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and an unidentified man, circa 1944
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Howard Cannon at Sullivan County International Airport, White Lake, New York: photographic print, approximately 1970 June 26 to 1970 June 27
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Collection Name: Howard Cannon Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 13
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Hughes XF-11 photographs, 1946-1947
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Materials contain photographs of the Hughes XF-11 prototype military reconnaissance aircraft. Howard Hughes piloted the two XF-11 prototypes built: in July 1946, Hughes crashed the first XF-11 in Beverly Hills, California; in April 1947, Hughes successfully flew the second prototype at high speeds and at high altitudes. However, the United States Air Force abandoned the controversial project, and in August of 1947, Hughes was called to testify before the Truman Committee in the U.S. Senate about the failures of the program.
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
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Various Hughes Electronics/Hughes Aircraft Company organizational charts, 1984 to 1995
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Collection Name: Hughes Aircraft Retirees Association Records
Box/Folder: Box 02
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