Series XIX. Ordinary Miracles: The Photo League's New York, 1942-2014, inclusive
Extent
13.13 Linear Feet in 6 manuscript boxes, 6 record cartons, 1 medium flat box, 3 cassette boxes, 1 card box, 3 small flat boxes, and 1 flat file folder
Extent
22 Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel
Extent
7 VHS
Extent
11 16mm_film_reels
Extent
8 audiocassette
Extent
10 DAT
Extent
5 Digital_Betacam
Extent
15 DVCAM
Extent
33 MiniDV
Extent
7 Betacam_SP
Extent
33.68 Gigabytes in 755 computer files
Scope and Contents
This series encompasses materials related to Ordinary Miracles: The Photo League's New York, a 2012 feature documentary chronicling the rise and fall of the Photo League (1936–1951), a cooperative of photographers in New York. Materials consist of extensive research documents, such as press on member photographers, photocopied archival documents about classes and events, audio from a symposium with Walter Rosenblum and others, and news reels. Additional materials related to the production, marketing, and screening of the film include a production binder, grant application, correspondence with Photo League members, budgets, slides, negatives, contact sheets, photographs, posters, ads for the film premiere, and film elements (such as sound rolls, voiceovers, interviews, camera rolls, and trailers) on various media. Also included are photographs from a 1999 reunion of Photo League members.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically into six subseries and alphanumerically within each one.
Subseries XIX.A. Administrative Materials, 1988-2011, inclusive
Extent
.44 Linear Feet in 1 manuscript box
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes office files, such as budgets, correspondence, and grant proposals.
Budgets, 1989-2011, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1988-2011, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Grant Proposals, 1989
Box: 15, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Subseries XIX.B. Marketing Materials, 2011-2014, inclusive
Extent
.45 Linear Feet in 1 manuscript box and 1 oversized flat file folder
Extent
470 Megabytes in 7 computer files
Scope and Contents
This subseries consists of materials related to the marketing of the film, such as synopses, posters, and postcards.
Electronic Records -- Brochure, Posters, and DVD Cover, 2011-2014, inclusive
Digital materials
Electronic Records -- Brochure, Posters, and DVD Cover (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Poster, 2012
Flat-File-Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Synopses and Postcards, 2012-2013, inclusive
Box: 19, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Subseries XIX.C. Press and Reviews, 2011-2012, inclusive
Extent
.44 Linear Feet in 1 manuscript box
Extent
39.8 Megabytes in 19 computer files
Scope and Contents
This subseries consists of publicity materials related to the film, such as reviews and articles.
Articles and Clippings, 2011-2012, inclusive
Box: 19, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Electronic Records -- Articles and Photographs, 2012
Digital materials
Electronic Records -- Articles and Photographs (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Subseries XIX.D. Production Materials, 1989-2012, inclusive
Extent
11.52 Linear Feet in 3 manuscript boxes, 6 record cartons, 3 cassette boxes, 1 card box, 2 small flat boxes, and 1 medium flat box
Extent
16 Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel
Extent
2 VHS
Extent
11 16mm_film_reels
Extent
8 audiocassette
Extent
10 DAT
Extent
5 Digital_Betacam
Extent
15 DVCAM
Extent
33 MiniDV
Extent
7 Betacam_SP
Extent
29.96 Gigabytes in 73 computer files
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains materials related to the production of the film, such as audio and video recordings. Also included are photographs and interviews from the 1999 reunion of Photo League members. Materials also consist of scripts, treatments, and tape logs.
Audio Recordings
Helen Levitt
Tape 2, undated, inclusive
Box: 33, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0480 (Material Type: Audio)
Tape 3, undated, inclusive
Box: 33, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0479 (Material Type: Audio)
Huberland, 1996
Box: 62, audiocassette: 558.0055 (Material Type: Audio)
Interviews with Photo League Members, 1996
Digital materials
Interviews with Photo League Members (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Interviews with Photo League Members and New York Public Library, 1999-2010, inclusive
Digital materials
Interviews with Photo League Members and New York Public Library (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Joe Schwartz and Jerry Liebling
Jerry Liebling -- Voiceover and Schwartz, undated, inclusive
Box: 42, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0523 (Material Type: Audio)
Joe Schwartz -- Tape 10 -- With and Without Camera, October 4, 1999
Box: 42, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0518 (Material Type: Audio)
Joe Schwartz -- Tape 11, circa 1999, inclusive
Box: 33, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0476 (Material Type: Audio)
Joe Schwartz -- Tape 12, October 4, 1999
Box: 33, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0475 (Material Type: Audio)
N1, October 2, 1999
Box: 42, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0525 (Material Type: Audio)
N2, October 2, 1999
Box: 42, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0508 (Material Type: Audio)
N3, October 2, 1999
Box: 33, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0481 (Material Type: Audio)
N4, October 2, 1999
Box: 42, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0516 (Material Type: Audio)
N5, October 2, 1999
Box: 42, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0526 (Material Type: Audio)
N6, October 2, 1999
Box: 42, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0512 (Material Type: Audio)
Rebecca Lepkoff
Voiceover -- Tape 7, October 4, 1999
Box: 42, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0519 (Material Type: Audio)
Voiceover -- Tape 8, October 4, 1999
Box: 42, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0524 (Material Type: Audio)
Audio Recording, undated, inclusive
Box: 37, DAT: 558.0058 (Material Type: Audio)
Sol Libsohm, June 25, 1999
Box: 37, DAT: 558.0056 (Material Type: Audio)
Tape #1, undated, inclusive
Box: 33, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0477 (Material Type: Audio)
Tape #13, undated, inclusive
Box: 42, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0514 (Material Type: Audio)
Walter, undated, inclusive
Box: 37, DAT: 558.0057 (Material Type: Audio)
Electronic Recordings, 2004-2012, inclusive
Digital materials
Electronic Recordings (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Film and Video Recordings
#3, undated, inclusive
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0096 (Material Type: Video)
#3B, October 15, 1999
Box: 22, DVCAM: 558.0563 (Material Type: Video)
#4, September 26, 2000
Box: 22, DVCAM: 558.0316 (Material Type: Video)
#5, October 15, 1999
Box: 22, DVCAM: 558.0561 (Material Type: Video)
#5-11, undated, inclusive
Box: 54, 16mm_film_reels: 558.0024 (Material Type: Film)
Corbis 1, February 10, 2004
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0069 (Material Type: Video)
Farm -- Bin 1, Shot 6 -- Archival Footage, August 24, 2011
Box: 25, Digital_Betacam: 558.0105 (Material Type: Video)
G. Gilbert, December 3, 2000
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0093 (Material Type: Video)
Ida Wyman at Soho Triad Gallery, January 12, 2000
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0092 (Material Type: Video)
Joe and Jerry in Union Square -- #4B, October 15, 1999
Box: 22, DVCAM: 558.0562 (Material Type: Video)
Joe Schwartz -- Voiceover, October 24, 1994
Box: 28, Betacam_SP: 558.0606 (Material Type: Video)
Lewis Cole
Video Recording, December 7, 2000
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0094 (Material Type: Video)
Video Recording, undated, inclusive
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0095 (Material Type: Video)
Video Recording, undated, inclusive
Box: 60, VHS: 558.0204 (Material Type: Video)
Lisa Davis
#2, undated, inclusive
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0083 (Material Type: Video)
At Home and Peter -- 1 of 2, January 10, 2011
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0079 (Material Type: Video)
At Home and Peter -- 2 of 2, January 10, 2011
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0066 (Material Type: Video)
Naomi Rosenblum
Mason Visits Mom, 2010
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0082 (Material Type: Video)
Mom, January 31, 2008
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0078 (Material Type: Video)
Naomi -- Social Photography, undated, inclusive
Box: 39, MiniDV: 558.0074 (Material Type: Video)
New York Public Library
NYPL Photo League 1 -- Digital Master, undated, inclusive
Box: 22, MiniDV: 558.0045 (Material Type: Video)
NYPL Photo League 2 -- Digital Master, undated, inclusive
Box: 22, MiniDV: 558.0046 (Material Type: Video)
NYPL Photo League 3 -- Digital Master, undated, inclusive
Box: 22, MiniDV: 558.0047 (Material Type: Video)
Paul Strand and Walter Rosenblum
Italy -- Tape 1, undated, inclusive
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0086 (Material Type: Video)
Italy -- Tape 2, undated, inclusive
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0085 (Material Type: Video)
Italy -- Tape 3, undated, inclusive
Box: 44, MiniDV: 558.0068 (Material Type: Video)
Italy -- Tape 5, undated, inclusive
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0090 (Material Type: Video)
Paul Waller, Strand, and Rosenblum -- Tape 1, January 24, 2011
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0087 (Material Type: Video)
Tape 2, January 24, 2011
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0084 (Material Type: Video)
Tape 3, January 24, 2011
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0088 (Material Type: Video)
Tape 4, January 24, 2011
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0098 (Material Type: Video)
Tape 4, undated, inclusive
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0099 (Material Type: Video)
Tape 5, January 24, 2011
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0089 (Material Type: Video)
Walter Rosenblum on Strand -- Master -- Tape 3, undated, inclusive
Box: 60, VHS: 558.0254 (Material Type: Video)
Rebecca Lepkoff
In Her Studio and Mary, December 16, 2000
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0091 (Material Type: Video)
Looks at Photos in Her Studio, December 16, 2000
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0077 (Material Type: Video)
Tape 4A, October 15, 1999
Box: 22, DVCAM: 558.0559 (Material Type: Video)
"RG"
Tape 1, February 26, 2000
Box: 25, Digital_Betacam: 558.0108 (Material Type: Video)
Tape 2, February 26, 2000
Box: 25, Digital_Betacam: 558.0107 (Material Type: Video)
Tape 3, February 26, 2000
Box: 25, Digital_Betacam: 558.0103 (Material Type: Video)
Tape 4, February 26, 2000
Box: 25, Digital_Betacam: 558.0106 (Material Type: Video)
Rosalie Walter
Tape 1, September 26, 2000
Box: 22, DVCAM: 558.0311 (Material Type: Video)
Tape 2, September 26, 2000
Box: 22, DVCAM: 558.0317 (Material Type: Video)
Tape 3, September 26, 2000
Box: 22, DVCAM: 558.0314 (Material Type: Video)
Sol Libsohm
#2, June 25, 1999
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0097 (Material Type: Video)
Video Recording, undated, inclusive
Box: 44, MiniDV: 558.0067 (Material Type: Video)
Trailers, undated, inclusive
Digital materials
Trailers (Material Type: Electronic Record)
"UB"
Tape 1, October 14, 1999
Box: 22, DVCAM: 558.0308 (Material Type: Video)
Tape 1A, October 14, 1999
Box: 22, DVCAM: 558.0312 (Material Type: Video)
Tape 2A, October 14, 1999
Box: 22, DVCAM: 558.0315 (Material Type: Video)
Tape 2B, October 14, 1999
Box: 22, DVCAM: 558.0313 (Material Type: Video)
Tape 3A -- Sid Koerner, October 15, 1999
Box: 22, DVCAM: 558.0309 (Material Type: Video)
Walter Rosenblum
Octavio and WR -- #1, January 13, 2003
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0075 (Material Type: Video)
Octavio and WR -- #2, January 13, 2003
Box: 40, MiniDV: 558.0076 (Material Type: Video)
Walter Rosenblum Films, undated, inclusive
Box: 39, MiniDV: 558.0072 (Material Type: Video)
Weegee Clip, 2012
Digital materials
Weegee Clip (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Zero Mostel, undated, inclusive
Box: 39, MiniDV: 558.0070 (Material Type: Video)
Notes, 1999-2011, inclusive
Box: 19, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photo League Reunion
Camera Rolls 1-2, October 2, 1999
Box: 54, 16mm_film_reels: 558.0021 (Material Type: Film)
Camera Rolls 3-4, October 2, 1999
Box: 54, 16mm_film_reels: 558.0028 (Material Type: Film)
Camera Rolls 5-6, October 2, 1999
Box: 54, 16mm_film_reels: 558.0023 (Material Type: Film)
Camera Rolls 7-8, October 2, 1999
Box: 54, 16mm_film_reels: 558.0022 (Material Type: Film)
Camera Rolls 9-10, October 2, 1999
Box: 54, 16mm_film_reels: 558.0027 (Material Type: Film)
Camera Rolls 11-12, October 2, 1999
Box: 54, 16mm_film_reels: 558.0026 (Material Type: Film)
Camera Rolls 13-14, October 2, 1999
Box: 54, 16mm_film_reels: 558.0025 (Material Type: Film)
Camera Rolls 17-18, October 2, 1999
Box: 55, 16mm_film_reels: 558.0030 (Material Type: Film)
Camera Rolls 19-20, October 2, 1999
Box: 55, 16mm_film_reels: 558.0029 (Material Type: Film)
Camera Roll 21, October 2, 1999
Box: 55, 16mm_film_reels: 558.0034 (Material Type: Film)
Contact Sheets and Slides, 1999
Box: 19, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
CR 1-4 -- Sound Rolls N1-N2, October 28, 1999
Box: 37, DAT: 558.0061 (Material Type: Audio)
CR 5-8 -- Sound Rolls N2-N4, October 28, 1999
Box: 37, DAT: 558.0065 (Material Type: Audio)
CR 9-12 -- Sound Rolls N4-N6, October 28, 1999
Box: 37, DAT: 558.0064 (Material Type: Audio)
CR 13-16 -- Sound Rolls 9-10, October 28, 1999
Box: 37, DAT: 558.0062 (Material Type: Audio)
CR 17-20 -- Sound Rolls 10-13, October 28, 1999
Box: 37, DAT: 558.0063 (Material Type: Audio)
CR 21 -- Sound Rolls 13-14, October 28, 1999
Box: 37, DAT: 558.0059 (Material Type: Audio)
Morris and Jack -- Harlem Document, circa 1999
Box: 22, DVCAM: 558.0310 (Material Type: Video)
Negatives, 1999
Box: 19, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs
Electronic Records, circa 1999-2012, inclusive
Digital materials
Electronic Records (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Prints, 1999
Box: 19, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 21, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sound Rolls 1-2, circa 1999
Box: 62, audiocassette: 558.0048 (Material Type: Audio)
Sound Rolls 3-4, circa 1999
Box: 62, audiocassette: 558.0052 (Material Type: Audio)
Sound Rolls 5-6, circa 1999
Box: 62, audiocassette: 558.0050 (Material Type: Audio)
Sound Rolls 7-8, circa 1999
Box: 62, audiocassette: 558.0049 (Material Type: Audio)
Sound Rolls 9-10, October 28, 1999
Box: 37, DAT: 558.0060 (Material Type: Audio)
Sound Rolls 9-10, circa 1999
Box: 62, audiocassette: 558.0051 (Material Type: Audio)
Sound Rolls 11-12, circa 1999
Box: 62, audiocassette: 558.0053 (Material Type: Audio)
Sound Rolls 13-14, circa 1999
Box: 62, audiocassette: 558.0054 (Material Type: Audio)
Tape 1 -- CR 1-4, October 14, 1999
Box: 25, Betacam_SP: 558.0113 (Material Type: Video)
Tape 2 -- CR 5-8, October 14, 1999
Box: 25, Betacam_SP: 558.0115 (Material Type: Video)
Tape 3 -- CR 9-12, October 15, 1999
Box: 25, Betacam_SP: 558.0111 (Material Type: Video)
Tape 4 -- CR 13-16, October 15, 1999
Box: 25, Betacam_SP: 558.0112 (Material Type: Video)
Tape 5 -- CR 17-20, October 15, 1999
Box: 25, Betacam_SP: 558.0114 (Material Type: Video)
Tape 6 -- CR 21, October 15, 1999
Box: 25, Betacam_SP: 558.0104 (Material Type: Video)
Video Recording, October 23, 1999
Box: 22, DVCAM: 558.0560 (Material Type: Video)
Production Book, 1999-2011, inclusive
Box: 19, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Proposals and Treatments, 1989-1999, inclusive
Box: 18, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scene Lists, Music, and Credits, 2011-2012, inclusive
Box: 19, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tape Logs, 2010
Box: 19, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Voiceovers and Narrations -- Scripts, 2011
Box: 19, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Subseries XIX.E. Research Materials, 1932-2010, inclusive
Extent
3.56 Linear Feet in 5 manuscript boxes, 1 record carton, and 1 small flat box
Extent
6 Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel
Extent
5 VHS
Extent
12.32 Gigabytes in 654 computer files
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes research materials used in the making of the film. Materials include archival copies of Executive Committee minutes and exhibitions sponsored by the League; bibliographies; Freedom of Information Act files; interviews and lectures given by Walter Rosenblum about the League; and correspondence with Photo League members.
Articles and Papers, 1935-2003, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 8-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 16, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 20, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Audio Recordings
Alfred Stieglitz Symposium -- "A Photographer's Place" -- Emmanuel Benson, Ralph Steiner, and Walter Rosenblum -- Tape 11, November 18, 1962
Box: 33, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0482 (Material Type: Audio)
Alfred Stieglitz Symposium -- "A Photographer's Place" -- Tape 12, November 18, 1962
Box: 33, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0483 (Material Type: Audio)
"Famous Photographers Tell How", undated, inclusive
Digital materials
"Famous Photographers Tell How" (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Oceanhill/Brownsville Parent Discussion -- Belle Barth, undated, inclusive
Box: 33, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0484 (Material Type: Audio)
Paul Strand, April 25, 1975
Box: 33, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0485 (Material Type: Audio)
Peter Magubane, June 23, 1984
Box: 33, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0502 (Material Type: Audio)
Strand Archives -- Tape #7, undated, inclusive
Box: 33, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 558.0478 (Material Type: Audio)
Bibliographies, Chronologies, and Notes, 1978-1999, inclusive
Box: 16, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Exhibitions and Books on the Photo League, 1948-2010, inclusive
Box: 16, Folder: 3-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Freedom of Information Act/FBI Files, 1999
Box: 16, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 17, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photo League
Archival Material -- Executive Committee, Membership, and Press, 1939-1950, inclusive
Box: 17, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photo League Bulletin Board, 2002-2008, inclusive
Box: 17, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photo League Members -- Press, Correspondence, and Photographs, 1932-2007, inclusive
Box: 17, Folder: 4-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 18, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photo League School, 1937-1950, inclusive
Box: 18, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photo Notes, 1938-1950, inclusive
Box: 18, Folder: 7-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs, 1934-1982, inclusive
Digital materials
Photographs (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Walter Rosenblum
Correspondence and Exhibitions with Photo League, 1944-2001, inclusive
Box: 18, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interviews about Photo League, 1971-1998, inclusive
Box: 18, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Museum of Photographic Arts -- Tape 6 -- Archival Footage, circa 1993
Box: 60, VHS: 558.0203 (Material Type: Video)
Museum of Photographic Arts -- Walkthrough for Docents -- Archival Footage, November 19, 1993
Box: 60, VHS: 558.0202 (Material Type: Video)
Rochester Institute of Technology -- Archival Footage, February 6, 1991
Box: 60, VHS: 558.0201 (Material Type: Video)
Rochester Institute of Technology -- Tape 4 -- Archival Footage, February 6, 1991
Box: 60, VHS: 558.0207 (Material Type: Video)
Tremaine Gallery -- Hotchkiss School -- Archival Footage, undated, inclusive
Box: 60, VHS: 558.0209 (Material Type: Video)
Writing and Lectures about Photo League, 1942-1999, inclusive
Box: 18, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Subseries XIX.F. Screenings and Festivals, 2011-2013, inclusive
Extent
.98 Linear Feet in 1 manuscript box, 1 small flat box, and 1 medium flat box
Extent
1.93 Gigabytes in 2 computer files
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes materials rleated to the screening of the film and participation in film festivals; materials include correspondence, schedules, and festival programs.
Electronic Recordings, 2013
Digital materials
Electronic Recordings (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Poster, 2012
Box: 21, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Programs and Schedules, 2011-2013, inclusive
Box: 19, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 20, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
