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COLLECTION Identifier: hfa00017

Lothar and Eva Just Film Stills Collection

Overview

The Lothar and Eva Just Film Stills Collection at the Harvard Film Archive consists of approximately 800,000 film stills, pressbooks, posters, and other cinema-related ephemera originally amassed by Lothar Just, a Munich-based film publicist. Just's expansive collection began in the gathering of image and source material for the annual film lexicons, the Heyne Filmlexikon and Filmjahrbuch, which he continues to publish.

Dates

  • Creation: 1876-2009

Language of Materials

Much of the material is German-language, regardless of the country of origin.

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions on physical access to the paper portion of this collection. Collection is open for research. The Harvard Film Archive's manuscript collections and paper-based materials are accessed through the Houghton Library Reading Room. This material is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Researchers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine retrieval policies and times.

Access to posters by appointment only. Applications to consult this material should be directed to the staff of the Harvard Film Archive.

Use Restrictions

Reproduction and/or publication of materials subject to copyright requires written permission from a) the copyright owner, his/her heirs or assigns and from b) the Harvard Film Archive, owner of the original material.

Extent

1000 linear feet (1000 boxes)

The Lothar and Eva Just Film Stills Collection at the Harvard Film Archive consists of approximately 800,000 film stills, pressbooks, posters, and other cinema-related ephemera originally amassed by Lothar Just, a Munich-based film publicist. Just's expansive collection began in the gathering of image and source material for the annual film lexicons, the Heyne Filmlexikon and Filmjahrbuch, which he continues to publish.

While the collection contains significant holdings from the silent era, its greatest strength lies in vintage images from the 1930s-1970s, as well as images from the last 40 years. Thanks to Just's and Munich's close connection with the New German Cinema, the collection contains important holdings on postwar German film. The collection is also particularly strong in the areas of German pre-war and very rare Nazi era cinema. In addition, the Just film stills significantly represent North American and European cinema while including excellent materials for internationally known Chinese, Japanese and Latin American filmmakers. Much of the material is German-language, regardless of the country of origin.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged alphabetically first by director's last name, then by film title.

Acquisition Information

Collection purchased from Lothar Just by the Harvard Fine Arts Library in 2009.

Processing Information

Processed by: HFA staff, 2009-2013

Title
Lothar and Eva Just Film Stills Collection : Finding Aid, C-F
Author
Harvard Film Archive, Harvard University
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hfa00017

Repository Details

Part of the Harvard Film Archive, Harvard Library, Harvard University Repository

The Harvard Film Archive is one of the largest university-based motion picture collections in the United States, with a collection of 40,000 audio visual items, a growing number of manuscript collections, and nearly one million still photographs, posters, and other promotional materials from around the world and from almost every period in film history. The HFA's collection of paper materials, including the documentation of individual filmmakers as well as promotional materials such as posters, film stills, and ephemera are accessible to Harvard affiliates as well as to outside researchers.

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