James Gossage photographs

id
3053
origination
Gossage, James D.
date statement
1965-2011 [bulk 1965-1975]
key date
1965
identifier (local_mss)
21426
org unit
Billy Rose Theatre Division
call number
*T-Vim 1996-039
b-number
13833925
total components
146
total series
4
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:39 UTC
updated
2026-08-15 02:28:43 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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unitid
{"value"=>"21426", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"*T-Vim 1996-039", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"13833925", "type"=>"local_b"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1965-2011", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1965/2011"}
{"value"=>"1965-1975", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1965/1975"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"James Gossage photographs"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"15 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4.87 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Billy Rose Theatre Division</span>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"James Gossage is a photographer who documented Off Off-Broadway productions in New York City in the 1960s and 1970s. The collection consists of Gossage's prints, contact sheets, negatives, and color transparencies. The images illustrate productions as well as the playwrights, actors, and directors creating the work."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
origination
{"value"=>"Gossage, James D.", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>James Gossage is a photographer who documented Off Off-Broadway productions in the early 1960s through the 1970s. Gossage photographed rehearsals, live performances, backstage activity, and portraits of actors and directors.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The James Gossage photographs date from 1965 to 2011, with very little material present between 1975 and 2011. The collection is arranged into four series, which comprise images of performances, performers, negatives with contact sheets, and a portfolio of Robert Patrick's Cinopages website.</p> <p>The collection holds production photographs, negatives, and contact sheets from many of the plays produced at La Mama Experimental Theater Club (La MaMa), Caffe Cino, Circle Repertory Company, and Playwrights Workshop. Gossage also photographed individuals at the forefront of the Off-Off-Broadway movement, including Joe Cino, Ellen Stewart, Leonard Melfi, Tom Eyen, Lanford Wilson, and Marshall Mason.</p> <p>There are also images of live performances that depict actors (including some backstage and candid shots), sets, and costumes from the plays Gossage photographed. Some of the photographs are also filed with the production's programs or reviews. Also present are headshots and professional photographs of individual performers, as well as interiors of theater spaces, all shot by Gossage.</p> <p>Gossage numbered each negative, contact sheet, and print, following the format CT0001, CTC0010, MOC00001, or XAC00001. The sequencing of the numbers is roughly chronological. Identification number ranges are all noted in the container list when present.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The James Gossage photographs are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21426#c1803623'>Series I: Performances</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1960-1975</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series I contains negatives, contact sheets and prints of performances held at various Off Off-Broadway venues. Within some files there are some non-photographic material such as programs and reviews collected by Gossage. Files contain both the title of the performance and the playwright's name. The location of the performance and negative identification number range is noted in the container list.</p> <p>Box 1, 2, and 5 contains prints. Box 4 contains contact sheets. Box 10 contains negatives.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21426#c1803650'>Series II: Performers and Theaters</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1960-1974</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series II contains headshots and professional portraits of actors and playwrights involved in the Off Off-Broadway theater scene. There are also more informal snapshots of actors behind the scenes and the interiors of theaters. The negative identification number range is noted in the container list.</p> <p>Box 3 contains prints. Box 4 contains contact sheets. Box 10 contains negatives.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21426#c1803660'>Series III: Transparencies, Negatives, and Contact Sheets</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1960-2011</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series III contains negatives, slides, and transparencies, along with their corresponding contact sheets. Images with the prefix CT are black and white, and images with the prefixes CTC, MOC, or XAC are in color. The numbering is sequential, but some runs do not exist or were skipped.</p> <p>The series includes an index of black and white images titled: <span class=\"title\">Off Off-Broadway and in Caffe theater events, places, and creative personnel, including a Cross Reference to the Photographic Negatives of James D. Gossage</span>. This document, which was printed in 2000, serves as a partial index of Gossage's work. It contains parts of three sections with different access points to the negatives in the collection and the corresponding identification number. A similar index for color images also is present.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21426#c1803681'>Series IV: Website, <span class=\"title\">Robert Patrick's Cinopages</span></a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>2000s</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series IV holds a portfolio of the website <span class=\"title\">Robert Patrick's Cinopages</span>, which has been printed into three volumes.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Photographs donated by Magie Dominic in 1996 and 1997. Additional material donated by James Gossage in 2011.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Initial acquisitions processed by <span class=\"name\">Susan McArthur</span>. Additions processed by <span class=\"name\">Emily P. Dunne</span> in <span class=\"date\">2025</span>.</p>"}
revisiondesc
{"value"=>"Additions in boxes 4-15 processed and finding aid revised by Emily P.\n Dunne in", "date"=>"2025."}
date_start
1965
keydate
1965
date_end
2011
date_inclusive_start
1965
date_inclusive_end
2011
date_bulk_start
1965
date_bulk_end
1975
extent_statement
4.87 linear feet (15 boxes)
prefercite
{"value"=>"James Gossage photographs, *T-Vim 1996-039. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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