Nina Rosenblum Papers
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Abstract
Nina Rosenblum (1950- ) is a documentary film and television director, writer, and producer. She is the founder of Daedalus Productions, Inc. with Daniel V. Allentuck, and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Directors Guild of America, and New York Women in Film and Television. Rosenblum has taught documentary film production at various universities, including New York University and Columbia University. Through her documentary work, Rosenblum addresses topics such as the history of photography, the role of documentary film in a larger social context, and human rights. This collection consists of materials created and collected by Nina Rosenblum documenting her career as a documentary film producer and director. Materials in this collection include negatives, master prints, and sound prints in analog and digital format of Rosenblum's various films, as well as documentation for these projects, such as correspondence, research files, production scrapbooks, calendars, posters, and reviews. Works by Rosenblum represented in this collection include America and Lewis Hine (1984), Through the Wire (1990), Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II (1992), Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island (1994), Walter Rosenblum: In Search of Pitt Street (1999), Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero (2002), and Ordinary Miracles: The Photo League's New York (2012). This collection also contains materials concerning her parents, photographer Walter Rosenblum and photographic historian Naomi Rosenblum, including photographs by Walter Rosenblum and items related to A History of Women Photographers (1996), a book by Naomi Rosenblum. Additionally, there are some personal photographs, award certificates, samples of Rosenblum's artwork prior to her career as a filmmaker, and a teaching portfolio.
Biographical Note
Nina Rosenblum (1950- ) is a documentary film and television director, writer, and producer. She is the founder of Daedalus Productions, Inc. with Daniel V. Allentuck, and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Directors Guild of America, and New York Women in Film and Television. Rosenblum has taught documentary film production at various universities, including New York University and Columbia University. Through her documentary work, Rosenblum addresses topics such as the history of photography, the role of documentary film in a larger social context, and human rights issues, such as prison reform. Rosenblum's works include America and Lewis Hine (1984), Through the Wire (1990), Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II (1992), Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island (1994), Walter Rosenblum: In Search of Pitt Street (1999), Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero (2002), and Ordinary Miracles: The Photo League's New York (2012). Rosenblum received a 1994 Emmy Award for The Untold West: The Black West (1993) and an Academy Award nomination for Best Feature Documentary for Liberators.
Arrangement
The collection has been arranged into 20 series, 15 of which have been further arranged into subseries. The series and subseries arrangement is as follows:
Series I. Personal
Subseries I.A. Nina Rosenblum
Subseries I.B. Naomi Rosenblum
Subseries I.C. Walter Rosenblum
Series II. Artwork and Teaching
Subseries II.A. Artwork
Subseries II.B. Teaching
Series III. Events and Press
Series IV. America and Lewis Hine
Subseries IV.A. Administrative Materials
Subseries IV.B. Awards and Honors
Subseries IV.C. Marketing Materials
Subseries IV.D. Press
Subseries IV.E. Production Materials
Subseries IV.F. Research Materials
Subseries IV.G. Screenings and Festivals
Series V. Through the Wire
Subseries V.A. Marketing Materials
Subseries V.B. Press and Awards
Subseries V.C. Production Materials
Subseries V.D. Screenings and Festivals
Series VI. Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in WWII
Subseries VI.A. Awards and Honors
Subseries VI.B. Controversy
Subseries VI.C. Marketing Materials
Subseries VI.D. Press and Reviews
Subseries VI.E. Production Materials
Subseries VI.F. Research Materials
Subseries VI.G. Screenings and Festivals
Series VII. The Untold West: The Black West
Subseries VII.A Administrative Materials
Subseries VII.B Press and Awards
Subseries VII.C Production Materials
Subseries VII.D Research Materials
Subseries VII.E Screenings and Festivals
Series VIII. Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island and Beat Down: The Case of Raymond Alvarez
Subseries VIII.A. Lock-Up
Subseries VIII.B. Beat Down
Series IX. Slave Ship: The Testimony of the Henrietta Marie
Series X. A History of Women Photographers
Series XI. Walter Rosenblum: In Search of Pitt Street
Subseries XI.A. Correspondence
Subseries XI.B. Marketing Materials
Subseries XI.C. Press and Awards
Subseries XI.D. Production Materials
Subseries XI.E. Screenings and Festivals
Series XII. Sly and Jimi: The Skin I'm In
Subseries XII.A. Correspondence
Subseries XII.B. Marketing Materials
Subseries XII.C. Production Materials
Series XIII. Unintended Consequences
Subseries XIII.A. In Arm's Reach
Subseries XIII.B. Marketing Materials, Honors, and Press
Subseries XIII.C. Production Materials
Subseries XIII.D. Research Materials
Series XIV. Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero
Subseries XIV.A. Marketing Materials and Screenings
Subseries XIV.B. Production Materials
Series XV. An Empty Place at the Table
Series XVI. Zahira's Peace
Subseries XVI.A. Administrative Materials
Subseries XVI.B. Marketing Materials
Subseries XVI.C. Press and Awards
Subseries XVI.D. Production Materials
Subseries XVI.E. Screenings and Festivals
Series XVII. Twin Lenses
Subseries XVII.A. Administrative Materials
Subseries XVII.B. Marketing Materials
Subseries XVII.C. Press and Reviews
Subseries XVII.D. Production Materials
Subseries XVII.E. Screenings and Festivals
Series XVIII. In the Name of Democracy
Subseries XVIII.A. Administrative Materials
Subseries XVIII.B. Marketing Materials
Subseries XVII.C. Production Materials
Subseries XVII.D. Screenings, Festivals, and Press
Series XIX. Ordinary Miracles: The Photo League's New York
Subseries XIX.A. Administrative Materials
Subseries XIX.B. Marketing Materials
Subseries XIX.C. Press and Reviews
Subseries XIX.D. Production Materials
Subseries XIX.E. Research Materials
Subseries XIX.F. Screenings and Festivals
Series XX. Unrealized Projects and Tributes
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials created and collected by Nina Rosenblum documenting her career as a documentary film producer and director on subjects including prison reform, women photographers, and the Photo League. Materials in this collection include negatives, film elements (such as voiceovers, interviews, credits, and trailers) on various media, master prints, and sound prints in analog and digital format of Rosenblum's various films. Also included is documentation for these projects, such as correspondence, research files, production scrapbooks, calendars, contracts, posters, budgets, press releases, photographs at openings and film festivals, and published reviews. Works by Rosenblum represented in this collection include America and Lewis Hine (1984), Through the Wire (1990), Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II (1992), Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island (1994), Walter Rosenblum: In Search of Pitt Street (1999), Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero (2002), and Ordinary Miracles: The Photo League's New York (2012). This collection also contains materials concerning her parents, photographer Walter Rosenblum and photographic historian Naomi Rosenblum, including photographs by Walter Rosenblum and items related to A History of Women Photographers (1996), a book by Naomi Rosenblum. Additionally, there are some personal photographs, award certificates, samples of Rosenblum's artwork prior to her career as a filmmaker, and a teaching portfolio.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use materials in the collection in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Nina Rosenblum Papers; MSS 558; box number; folder number or item identifier; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University Libraries.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Nina Rosenblum in November 2018, December 2021, and February 2024; the accession numbers associated with these gifts are 2018.116, 2021.041, and 2024.017.
Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures
Some audiovisual materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers. Materials not yet digitized will need to have access copies made before they can be used. To request an access copy, or if you are unsure if an item has been digitized, please contact Fales Library and Special Collections (special.collections@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596) with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.
Born-Digital Access Policies and Procedures
Advance notice is required for the use of computer records. Original physical digital media is restricted. An access terminal for born-digital materials in the collection is available by appointment for reading room viewing and listening only. Researchers may view an item's original container and/or carrier, but the physical carriers themselves are not available for use because of preservation concerns.
Appraisal
Off-air recordings, in both analog and digital formats, have been appraised out of the collection due to copyright limitations. These recordings include YouTube Clips, any recording from a copyrighted broadcast or cable television transmission, and local television recordings. Broadcast recordings of which Nina Rosenblum was a producer, director, or co-producer have been retained.
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Processing Information
At the time of accessioning, materials were rehoused in archival boxes and described on the collection-level with a box-level inventory. Born-digital objects were identified and inventoried.
At the time of processing in 2024, the collection was arranged and described into series. Materials were placed into acid-free legal boxes and folders, and oversized materials were rehoused in appropriately sized boxes. Scrapbook pages were removed from their binders, and additional items were removed from non-archival sleeves. Duplicate publications and documents, publications widely available online or in NYU's catalog holdings, and documents with sensitive personal information were removed.
99 CDs, DVDs, and hard drives were forensically imaged, analyzed, and arranged in Forensic Toolkit. New York University Libraries follow professional standards and best practices when imaging, ingesting, and processing born-digital material in order to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the content.
