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of drawings that relate to film and T studio facilities, from plans for front-office redesigns and new and improved stages to countless drawings done for sets built on the backlots of MGM and the other major studios. The collection also contains various other kinds of production art, including illustrations, concept drawings, storyboards and title art. Since 2010, the Guild has worked with the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library to preserve and store many of the original illustrations, but we still have a selection of these unique works of art stored at the Guild. In addition to assisting members with production research, the ADG archives also offers support to other projects undertaken by the Guild. One of the most exciting of these was the Backdrop Recovery Project. Beginning in 2017, the Guild worked with J.C. Backings to preserve over two hundred historic painted backdrops that were in danger of being discarded as the company prepared to move to a new facility. Guild volunteers helped identify and photograph the backings, and the Guild underwrote the cost of storing them until new homes could be found for them at museums, theaters and universities. As a result, the ADG Archives received other materials that were stored at J.C. Backings' home on the Sony lot, including test paintings, research cards, black-and-white photos of the backings in their catalog, and more than eighty notebooks containing research photos for backings and images of them in use in MGM films. As time allows, the archives staff is working through these materials and plans to add information about them to the catalog, along with selected images. C A. SCENIC ARTISTS PHIL RAIGUEL AND ROY PERRY IN FRONT OF A BACKING FOR THE LOS ANGELES CIVIC LIGHT OPERA, CIRCA 1960. B. SIDE VIEW OF CAPTAIN HOOK'S SHIP RENDERED BY ILLUSTATOR JACQUES REY FOR THE 1991 FILM HOOK. PRODUCTION DESIGNER NORMAN GARWOOD. C. SAMPLE PAINTING FOR GRAND CANYON BACKING EXECUTED FOR EURO DISNEY. A B