Herman G. Weinberg scrapbooks

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unitid

{"value"=>"8-MFL + n.c. 2839-2894 and 8-MWEZ 27620-27,621", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"21259", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Herman G. Weinberg scrapbooks"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1926-1983", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1926/1983"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"17 lin.ft. (56 scrapbooks and 2 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1926

date_inclusive_end

1983

origination

{"value"=>"Weinberg, Herman G", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Herman G. Weinberg, writer, foreign film translator, teacher, and film historian, was born in New York City, August 6, 1908. He entered the motion picture industry in 1927 as a musical consultant in the scoring of foreign silent films and then worked as U.S. correspondent for various European film periodicals. He was a theater manager in Baltimore and New York during the 30s and 40s. Mr. Weinberg achieved fame subtitling major foreign films. The films included LA STRADA, OPEN CITY, PAISAN, THE BICYCLE THIEF, and SHOESHINE. He wrote articles and film criticism for many periodicals and taught film history at City College in New York. His books include The Lubitsch Touch, Saint Cinema, The Complete \"Greed\", Stroheim: A Pictorial Record, The Complete \"Wedding March\", and a Manhattan Odyssey, his autobiography. Mr. Weinberg died in New York City, November 7, 1983.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

arrangement

{"value"=>"Chronological"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Herman G. Weinberg scrapbooks consist of 56 scrapbooks containing clippings, correspondence, halftones, photographs, radio scripts, and assorted film festival material. The collection concerns Mr. Weinberg's career and life. Included in the scrapbooks is correspondence from more than ninety famous film personalities. The scrapbooks are arranged chronologically.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"date"=>"1986", "source"=>"Gretchen Berg (daughter)", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Gretchen Berg (daughter), 1986"}

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note

{"value"=>"<p>Register and name index available</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}

{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}

langmaterial_code

eng

fre

keydate

1926

prefercite

{"value"=>"Herman G. Weinberg scrapbooks, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Herman G. Weinberg, writer, foreign film translator, teacher, and film historian, was born in New York City, August 6, 1908. He entered the motion picture industry in 1927 as a musical consultant in the scoring of foreign silent films and then worked as U.S. correspondent for various European film periodicals. He was a theater manager in Baltimore and New York during the 30s and 40s. Mr. Weinberg achieved fame subtitling major foreign films. The films included LA STRADA, OPEN CITY, PAISAN, THE BICYCLE THIEF, and SHOESHINE. He wrote articles and film criticism for many periodicals and taught film history at City College in New York. His books include The Lubitsch Touch, Saint Cinema, The Complete \"Greed\", Stroheim: A Pictorial Record, The Complete \"Wedding March\", and a Manhattan Odyssey, his autobiography. Mr. Weinberg died in New York City, November 7, 1983. The Herman G. Weinberg scrapbooks consist of 56 scrapbooks containing clippings, correspondence, halftones, photographs, radio scripts, and assorted film festival material. The collection concerns Mr. Weinberg's career and life. Included in the scrapbooks is correspondence from more than ninety famous film personalities. The scrapbooks are arranged chronologically.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

17 linear feet (56 scrapbooks and 2 boxes)

date_start

1926

date_end

1983

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