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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Am 3134

Jerry Schatzberg papers

Overview

Personal and professional papers of American photographer and film director, Jerry Schatzberg.

Dates

  • Creation: 1950-2016

Creator

Language of Materials

Predominantly in English, with a significant amount of French and a smaller quantity of German and other languages.

Conditions Governing Access

Restricted: donor permission required; series of personal correspondence closed until 2036 January 1.

Bulk of collection is open for research.

Extent

34.5 linear feet (38 boxes)
4.21152 Gigabytes (2 boxes)

Collection includes screenplays and production records for completed film projects; scripts and research material for unrealized projects; both personal and professional correspondence; film festival material; photographic tear sheets; and audiovisual and born-digital material.

Biographical / Historical

Jerry Schatzberg (born June 26, 1927 in New York) is an American photographer and film director.

Arrangement

Arranged in seven series, chiefly in original order within series as received from the creator; minimally processed.

Physical Location

b, vault, Harvard Depository

Immediate Source of Acquisition

2015M-147. Purchased with the Charles Charles American History Fund, Harvard Film Archive, the Bayard Livingston and Kate Gray Kilgour Fund, the Timothy S. Mayer Fund, the Amy Lowell Trust, and the Frank Brewer Bemis Bequest.

Separated Materials

Born-digital material have been separated: Am3134BD

General note

Includes audiovisual and/or digital media: 1 45 rpm record, 10 CDs, 8 3.5-inch floppy disks, 23 videocassettes, and 31 audiocassettes.

Processing Information

Minimally processed by Melanie Wisner, 2017 June.

Title
Schatzberg, Jerry, 1927-. Jerry Schatzberg papers, circa 1950-2016 (MS Am 3134): Guide.
Status
in_progress
Author
Melanie Wisner
Date
2017 June 15
Description rules
dacs
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou02819

Repository Details

Part of the Houghton Library Repository

Houghton Library is Harvard College's principal repository for rare books and manuscripts, archives, and more. Houghton Library's collections represent the scope of human experience from ancient Egypt to twenty-first century Cambridge. With strengths primarily in North American and European history, literature, and culture, collections range in media from printed books and handwritten manuscripts to maps, drawings and paintings, prints, posters, photographs, film and audio recordings, and digital media, as well as costumes, theater props, and a wide range of other objects. Houghton Library has historically focused on collecting the written record of European and Eurocentric North American culture, yet it holds a large and diverse number of primary sources valuable for research on the languages, culture and history of indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania.

Houghton Library’s Reading Room is free and open to all who wish to use the library’s collections.

Contact:
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