This collection houses set designs, photographs, negatives, and other materials documenting James J. Moran's career in film and theatre. The majority of the items show his work at the University of Tennessee, including his participation in such plays as Lilliom, Ring of the Nibelung, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Our Country's Good. Other materials document his work on such projects as Warner Brothers' Witches of Eastwick (1986) and Metro Goldwyn Mayer's Stanley and Iris (1988). The material in the collection is arranged by project and/or production.