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Series XI. Walter Rosenblum: In Search of Pitt Street, 1979-2006, inclusive

Extent

11.27 Linear Feet in 4 manuscript boxes, 7 record cartons, 1 oversized custom box, 2 film cans, 1 small flat box, and 1 folder in a shared oversized box

Extent

13 VHS

Extent

2 16mm_film_reels

Extent

32 Betacam_SP

Extent

22 Digital_Betacam

Extent

5 MiniDV

Extent

2 U-matic

Extent

10.56 Gigabytes in 70 computer files

Scope and Contents

This series consists of materials related to Walter Rosenblum: In Search of Pitt Street, an hour-long documentary released in 1999 about the life and career of Rosenblum's father, the photographer Walter Rosenblum. Materials related to the production, marketing, and screening of the film, include scrapbooks, press, a script, photographs (print and digital), and film elements (such as interviews with Walter and Naomi Rosenblum, exterior shots, stills, and a subtitled version) on various media.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically into five subseries and alphanumerically within each one.

Subseries XI.A. Correspondence, 1999-2013, inclusive

Extent

.44 Linear Feet in 1 manuscript box

Extent

41.7 kilobytes in 2 computer files

Scope and Contents

This subseries consists of letters, both analog and digital, regarding the making of this film.

Electronic Records, 2006-2013, inclusive

Digital materials

Electronic Records (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Letters, 1999

Box: 11, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries XI.B. Marketing Materials, 1999

Extent

.44 Linear Feet in 1 manuscript box

Extent

48 kilobytes in 1 computer file

Scope and Contents

This subseries contains materials related to the marketing of the film, such as a one-page description, press release, and postcard.

DVD Cover, circa 1999

Digital materials

DVD Cover (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Postcards, Press Release, and One-Pager, 1999

Box: 12, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries XI.C. Press and Awards, 1993-2006, inclusive

Extent

2.21 Linear Feet in 2 manuscript boxes and 1 flat box

Scope and Contents

This subseries includes publicity materials related to the film and awards received by the film and filmmakers. Materials consist of articles, reviews, award programs, and a publicity scrapbook.

Awards Correspondence and Programs, 1999

Box: 12, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, Articles, and Reviews, 1993-2006, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Fales 116, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scrapbook, 1999-2001, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 13, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries XI.D. Production Materials, 1946-2006, inclusive

Extent

7.98 Linear Feet in 2 manuscript boxes, 6 record cartons, 1 small flat box, 1 oversized custom box, and 2 film cans

Extent

13 VHS

Extent

2 16mm_film_reels

Extent

32 Betacam_SP

Extent

22 Digital_Betacam

Extent

5 MiniDV

Extent

2 U-matic

Extent

10.55 Gigabytes in 65 computer files

Scope and Contents

This subseries consists of materials related to the production of the film, such as transcripts, photographs, a proposal, video recordings, notebooks, and music cue sheets.

Astoria -- Video Recordings

Master, May 18, 1996

Box: 26, Betacam_SP: 558.0883 (Material Type: Video)

Tape 3, May 18, 1996

Box: 26, Betacam_SP: 558.0895 (Material Type: Video)

Tape 4, May 18, 1996

Box: 26, Betacam_SP: 558.0893 (Material Type: Video)

Tape 5, May 18, 1996

Box: 27, Betacam_SP: 558.0172 (Material Type: Video)

Tape 7, May 18, 1996

Box: 27, Betacam_SP: 558.0123 (Material Type: Video)

Tape 9, May 18, 1996

Box: 27, Betacam_SP: 558.0124 (Material Type: Video)

Audio Transcripts, 1996

Box: 11, Folder: 10-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

California -- Video Recordings

Judy Keller -- Master -- Tape 2, April 27, 1998

Box: 26, Digital_Betacam: 558.0886 (Material Type: Video)

Master -- Tape 1, April 27, 1998

Box: 26, Digital_Betacam: 558.0897 (Material Type: Video)

Master -- Tape 3, April 27, 1998

Box: 26, Digital_Betacam: 558.0887 (Material Type: Video)

Cinema at Pitt Street -- Enlarged Photograph by Walter Rosenblum, 1938

Box: 63 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Exteriors -- Video Recordings

Rivington and Pitt Streets -- Tape 4 -- Master, April 5, 1996

Box: 30, Betacam_SP: 558.0533 (Material Type: Video)

Tape 1 -- Master, April 5, 1996

Box: 30, Betacam_SP: 558.0535 (Material Type: Video)

Tape 2 -- Master, April 5, 1996

Box: 30, Betacam_SP: 558.0534 (Material Type: Video)

Tape 3 -- Master, April 5, 1996

Box: 30, Betacam_SP: 558.0532 (Material Type: Video)

Interviews and Stills -- Video Recordings

Her Study -- Tape 7 -- Interview Master, April 24, 1998

Box: 26, Digital_Betacam: 558.0894 (Material Type: Video)

Interviews and 2 Stills #9, April 24, 1998

Box: 26, Digital_Betacam: 558.0900 (Material Type: Video)

Stills -- Darkroom -- South Bronx, April 22, 1998

Box: 26, Digital_Betacam: 558.0901 (Material Type: Video)

Stills -- Darkroom -- South Bronx, April 22, 1998

Box: 39, MiniDV: 558.0071 (Material Type: Video)

Stills -- East Harlem, April 22, 1998

Box: 26, Digital_Betacam: 558.0899 (Material Type: Video)

Stills -- East Harlem, April 22, 1998

Box: 27, Digital_Betacam: 558.0121 (Material Type: Video)

Stills -- Haiti #5, April 24, 1998

Box: 26, Digital_Betacam: 558.0902 (Material Type: Video)

Stills and Interview #8, February 24, 1998

Box: 30, Digital_Betacam: 558.0531 (Material Type: Video)

Stills -- Master, April 22, 1998

Box: 26, Digital_Betacam: 558.0884 (Material Type: Video)

Stills -- Master -- #6, undated, inclusive

Box: 26, Digital_Betacam: 558.0891 (Material Type: Video)

Stills -- Photo League and Andre, May 4, 2001

Box: 26, Betacam_SP: 558.0890 (Material Type: Video)

Master Recordings and Completed Film

Master, September 28, 1995

Box: 26, Betacam_SP: 558.0875 (Material Type: Video)

Master -- Reel 2, September 28, 1995

Box: 33, Betacam_SP: 558.0043 (Material Type: Video)

Master -- Reel 3, September 28, 1995

Box: 33, Betacam_SP: 558.0044 (Material Type: Video)

Master -- Channel 1, undated, inclusive

Box: 28, VHS: 558.0599 (Material Type: Video)

Subtitled, undated, inclusive

Box: 30, Betacam_SP: 558.0540 (Material Type: Video)

Walter Rosenblum: In Search of Pitt Street, February 8, 1996

Box: 30, U-matic: 558.0538 (Material Type: Video)

Walter Rosenblum: In Search of Pitt Street, 1999

Box: 51, 16mm_film_reels: 558.0287 (Material Type: Film)

Walter Rosenblum: In Search of Pitt Street, undated, inclusive

Box: 52, 16mm_film_reels: 558.0288 (Material Type: Film)

Walter Rosenblum: In Search of Pitt Street, undated, inclusive

Box: 39, MiniDV: 558.0073 (Material Type: Video)

Music Cue Sheets, 1999

Box: 11, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Negatives, circa 1998-1999, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Norfolk -- Video Recordings

Dining Room Table and Study -- Reel 5, September 1, 1995

Box: 27, Betacam_SP: 558.0173 (Material Type: Video)

Lisa Tennis -- Film Transfer Master -- Reel 8, September 1, 1995

Box: 27, Betacam_SP: 558.0122 (Material Type: Video)

Master, April 14, 1997

Box: 26, Betacam_SP: 558.0882 (Material Type: Video)

Mom Backyard -- Film Transfer Master -- Reel 7, September 1, 1995

Box: 27, Betacam_SP: 558.0118 (Material Type: Video)

Norfolk, June 18, 1997

Box: 28, VHS: 558.0598 (Material Type: Video)

Protection Master, June 18, 1997

Box: 28, Betacam_SP: 558.0605 (Material Type: Video)

Tennis -- Reel 2, September 1, 1995

Box: 27, Betacam_SP: 558.0120 (Material Type: Video)

Tennis and Naomi Garden -- Master, September 1, 1995

Box: 26, Betacam_SP: 558.0889 (Material Type: Video)

Walter and Family/Tennis, 1997

Box: 28, VHS: 558.0595 (Material Type: Video)

Walter in Front of Computer, September 1, 1995

Box: 28, Betacam_SP: 558.0602 (Material Type: Video)

Notebooks and Daily Planner, 1998

Box: 11, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs, 1946-2006, inclusive

Digital materials

Photographs (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Photographs and Contact Sheet, circa 1998-1999, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Proposal, 1998

Box: 11, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Shoot 1 -- Video Recordings

101, April 5, 1996

Box: 39, MiniDV: 558.0528 (Material Type: Video)

102, April 5, 1996

Box: 39, MiniDV: 558.0529 (Material Type: Video)

102, April 5, 1996

Box: 38, VHS: 558.0187 (Material Type: Video)

104, April 5, 1996

Box: 39, MiniDV: 558.0530 (Material Type: Video)

Slides, circa 1998-1999, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Video Recordings

#10, April 26, 1998

Box: 26, Digital_Betacam: 558.0898 (Material Type: Video)

#11, April 26, 1998

Box: 26, Digital_Betacam: 558.0896 (Material Type: Video)

106M Pitt Street, February 19, 1979

Box: 27, U-matic: 558.0177 (Material Type: Video)

Greenberg Gallery, June 11, 1997

Box: 28, VHS: 558.0585 (Material Type: Video)

Metropolitan Museum -- Master, undated, inclusive

Box: 26, Digital_Betacam: 558.0888 (Material Type: Video)

Reels 1-4, September 28, 1995

Box: 28, VHS: 558.0588 (Material Type: Video)

"Talkin' Pictures", October 7, 1999

Box: 28, VHS: 558.0594 (Material Type: Video)

Walter -- Video Recordings

D-Day, August 5, 1995

Box: 28, VHS: 558.0592 (Material Type: Video)

First Apartment and Darkroom, 1996-1998, inclusive

Digital materials
First Apartment and Darkroom (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Interview, July 26, 2000

Box: 28, VHS: 558.0591 (Material Type: Video)

RIT -- Dub, February 6, 1991

Box: 28, VHS: 558.0593 (Material Type: Video)

Shoot 1 -- Tape 1, April 5, 1996

Box: 31, Betacam_SP: 558.0617 (Material Type: Video)

Shoot 1 -- Tape 2, April 5, 1996

Box: 31, Betacam_SP: 558.0613 (Material Type: Video)

Shoot 1 -- Tape 3, April 5, 1996

Box: 31, Betacam_SP: 558.0614 (Material Type: Video)

Shoot 1 -- Tape 4, April 5, 1996

Box: 26, Betacam_SP: 558.0892 (Material Type: Video)

Subseries XI.E. Screenings and Festivals, 1999-2006, inclusive

Extent

.44 Linear Feet in 1 manuscript box

Extent

2.8 Megabytes in 2 computer files

Scope and Contents

This subseries includes materials related to the scrrening of the film and participation in film festivals; materials include festival programs, schedules, and correspondence.

Correspondence, Schedules, and Programs, 1999-2006, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 3-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs, circa 1999

Digital materials

Photographs (Material Type: Electronic Record)
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