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Series III. "Celebrity", circa 1983-2010, inclusive

Extent

2 Gigabytes (224 files) +

Extent

.1 Linear feet (2 folders)

Scope and Contents

Jane Hoffer photographed celebrities between about 1983 and 2010 at such New York City venues as the Apollo Theater, Columbia University, the New York Academy of Science, Hunter College, Radio City Music Hall, and the City College of New York. Series III contains contact sheets of Hoffer's "Celebrity" photographs, a CD holding digital versions of the same, and a copy of her self-published photobook reproducing the images.

"Celebrity" contact sheets, [circa 1983-2010], inclusive

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

11 sheets with 213 thumbnail images of

Activists
Arthur Ashe, Marian Wright Edelman, Coretta Scott King, Andrei Sakharov, Elie Wiesel

Artists, Authors, Photographers
Meridith Lynn Auld (Mrs. Tom Brokaw), Art Buchwald, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Mario Vargas Llosa, Frank McCourt, Gordon Parks, Ann Patchett, Gary Trudeau, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Tom Wolfe

Businessmen, philanthropists, scientists
Anthony Fauci, Eugene Lang, Richard "Dick" Parsons, David Rockefeller

Educators
Geoffrey Canada, Maxine Greene, Michele Meyers (president, Sarah Lawrence College)

Journalists
Jane Alexander, Tom Brokaw, Walter Cronkite, Sam Donaldson, Amy Goodman, Jeff Greenfield, Bryant Gumbel, Carol Jenkins, Peter Jennings, Robert MacNeil, Jane Pauley, Dan Rather, Cokie Roberts, Tim Russert, Morley Safer, Joel Siegel, Liz Smith, Mike Wallace, Barbara Walters

Performers (actors, dancers, directors, musicians)
Tony Bennett, Boys' Choir of Harlem, Cab Calloway, Kitty Carlisle, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Spike Lee, Mitch Miller, Arthur Penn, Pearl Primus, Elisabeth Röhm, Ron Silver, Dawn Upshaw

Political figures
Hugh Carey, Bill Clinton, Mario Cuomo, David Dinkins, Geraldine Ferraro, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Green, Ed Koch, C. Everett Koop, Colin Powell, Charles Rangel, Chuck Schumer, Donna Shalala, Alan Simpson, Eliot Spitzer, Andrew Stein, Percy Sutton, Andrew Young

Religious leaders
Calvin O. Butts III, Edward Cardinal Egan

"Celebrity" CD, circa 1983-2010, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Computer Disks)

Conditions Governing Access

The digital files have been transferred off the CD to N-YHS servers. The CD is for back-up purposes only and is restricted from use except by internal processing staff.

"Celebrity" digital images, circa 1983-2010, inclusive

Digital-Folder: PR 312 (Material Type: Digital files)

Scope and Contents

Digital images of the contact sheets. The digital files have been transferred off the CD to N-YHS servers. A file manifest is available upon request.

Conditions Governing Access

The digital files can be made available online for viewing only. To arrange to receive a link to the desired digital files, contact the Reference Librarian at reference@nyhistory.org.

Celebrity. Photos by Jane Hoffer [photobook], [circa 2010], inclusive

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Books)
New-York Historical Society
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New York, NY 10024