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Andrew Sarris papers, 1945-1988, bulk 1965-1985

20.42 linear feet
The Andrew Sarris Papers are comprised of correspondence, drafts and manuscripts, clippings, printed ephemera, periodicals, monographs, photographs, and audio recordings related to the career and personal life of renowned film critic Andrew Sarris. The materials span several decades, from the inception of his career as a film critic and theorist in the mid-1950s to the last years of his long tenure at The Village Voice in the late 1980s..
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Amos Vogel papers, 1896-2001, bulk 1960-1990

68 linear feet
This collection documents the professional work of film critic, professor, and author, Amos Vogel. The bulk of the records are concerned with numerous films that Vogel has screened for Cinema 16, the independent film society that he founded and directed for sixteen years, as well as administrative records, correspondence, photographs, and printed material.
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Subseries III.5: Articles and Essays, 1958-1996

Voice. Within these texts, Vogel addressed the then-current film culture, including the issues faced by

The last subseries consists primarily of articles and essays that Amos Vogel regularly contributed to such well-known publications asFilm Comment, Evergreen, The New York Times, andThe Village Voice. Within these texts, Vogel addressed the then-current film culture, including the issues faced by avant-garde directors, and the future of the independent (and mainstream) film industry. He also reviewed films that he had screened at various festivals that had stood out in some way. Also held in this subseries are letters sent to editors, program notes for film festivals, in particular the New York Film Festival, which he founded, and book reviews.

  1. Series III: Writings, 1896-1996
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Tennessee Williams papers, 1920-1983

160 linear feet
A large and important collection of the correspondence, memoirs, and plays of Tennessee Williams. The collection is especially strong in the later works.
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Daniel Talbot Papers, 1923-2010, bulk 1960-2008

495 linear feet
The Dan Talbot Papers document the business operation of the New Yorker Films, an independent film acquisition and distribution company, dating from 1960s to 2008, as well as movie theaters in the Upper West Side Manhattan which he operated, dating from 1960 to 2007. It is of particular relevance to New Yorkers as the Talbots operated the New Yorker Theater, Cinema Studio, Metro, and Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, on the Upper West Side, as popular venues to view independent and foreign films.
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Carnegie Corporation of New York, Series III: Grant Records, 1911-1994

1500 linear feet

The Corporation awards grants to nonprofit organizations and institutions for projects that are broadly educational in nature and that show promise of having national or international impact. Certain appropriations are made for activities, such as Corporation-led initiatives that are administered by the foundation's officers. The trustees set the overall policies of the foundation and have final authority to approve all grants above $50,000 recommended by the program staff. Grants of $25,000 or less, called discretionary grants, are made upon the approval of the president and are reported to the board; larger discretionary grants, those between $25,000 and $50,000, are also reviewed by a Corporation-wide group, which makes recommendations to the president. (from Program Guidelines 2003-2004 (http://www.carnegie.org/sub/program/areas.html))

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Pamela Moore Papers, 1939-2018, bulk 1950-1964

12.75 linear feet
Pamela Moore (1937-1964) was an American novelist, best known for Chocolates for Breakfast (1956). The papers contain correspondence, clippings, contracts, diaries, drafts, manuscripts, memorabilia, photographs, notebooks, notes, outlines, proofs, school materials, sketch books, and a collection of published editions of Moore's novels.
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Subseries III.1.2: Edouard de Laurot, and Others, 1956-1963, 1982, 2013

issues of Film Culture magazine.
The subseries also contains clippings on Laurot and Mekas, and copies of Film Culture magazine

This subseries contains correspondence from Moore to Laurot, as well as clippings, and several issues of Film Culture magazine.

  1. Series III: Personal and Biographical Materials, 1948-2013 [Bulk Dates: 1948-1964]
  2. Subseries III.1: Personal Correspondence and Related Materials, 1956-2013
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Cecile Starr papers, 1925-2001

15 linear feet
Personal documents, correspondence, photographs, audiocassettes, and printed material of the filmmaker, film writer, and educator Cecile Starr (1921-2014).
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Anthology Film Archive Jonas Mekas Film Culture. Flyers, announcements, letters, and correspondence regarding article by Cecile Starr: "New York Letter" in Sight and Sound, Winter 1961/62. New York 1961-1998 1 Folder, 1961-1998 Box 7, Folder 72

Anthology Film Archive Jonas Mekas Film Culture. Flyers, announcements, letters, and correspondence

(Personal account of Cecile Starr's Preservation Award and ceremony given her by Anthology Film Archives in 1992.)

  1. Series VII: Articles (with related correspondence)
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The Makino Mamoru Collection on the History of East Asian Film, 1863-2015, bulk 1920s-1990s

370.11 linear feet
Over the course of fifty years, the former documentary filmmaker Makino Mamoru (1930-) developed an extensive collection on the history of East Asian film, which covers the history of Japanese cinema spanning over a hundred years. The collection as a whole contains approximately 80,000 items, and focuses on print materials. The materials cover various film events and festivals across multiple genres of films: experimental films, educational films, documentary films, news films, amateur films, and animated films, among many others. The collection contains books, correspondences, handbills, magazines, manuscripts, newspapers, notes, photographs, postcards, posters, scripts/scenarios, slides, glass plate negatives, video cassettes, and other printed materials.
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Subseries VI.19: Theater (Pre-War), 1926-1999

This subseries includes materials related to non-film cultural performances. These include kabuki

This subseries includes materials related to non-film cultural performances. These includekabukitheater, puppet theater,shinpa/新派, musical performances and others. There are programs, handbills, newsletters, guides to the theater, and magazines with special issue themes ofkabuki.For pre-war theater handbills for vaudeville shows that are organized by theater, see Series XIII: Handbills/Chirashifor Vaudeville Shows and Revues, 1915-1947.

  1. Series VI: Subject Files, 1908-2006
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Film Program Scripts collection etc, 1931-2007

85 linear feet

Alphabetical collection of scripts, starting with "About A Boy" and ending with "Utopia Parkway".

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Richard Brick and Geri Ashur collection, 1968-2014, bulk 1975-2005

43 Linear Feet
The Richard Brick and Geri Ashur collection consists of materials related to film productions created and collected by Richard Brick and Geri Ashur, dating from 1968 to 2014. The materials document the career of Richard Brick as a filming professor, producer, and the first commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting (MOFTB). The collection also includes materials related to films by Geri Ashur. The bulk of the collection focuses on the motion picture films and production files of the films Richard Brick and Geri Ashur produced, as well as the administrative records that document Richard Brick's contribution to the filming industry in New York during his tenure as the commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting (MOFTB).
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