Triangle/Reliance Film Corporation records

Description data TOP

unitid

{"value"=>"3030", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 3030", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1912/1923", "value"=>"1912-1923"}

date_inclusive_start

1912

date_inclusive_end

1923

keydate

1912

date_start

1912

date_end

1923

unittitle

{"value"=>"Triangle/Reliance Film Corporation records"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4 linear feet (4 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}

physloc

{"value"=>"*ZL-502"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The Triangle Film Corporation and its subsidiaries, the Triangle Film Service (Canada), the Triangle Distributing Corporation and the Western Triangle Distributing Corporation, represent some of the major New York-based motion picture companies for the period 1912-1925, known as the classic era of silent movies. Collection consists of organizational records of the Triangle Film Corporation, the Reliance Motion Picture Company and other film studios. Triangle records, 1915-1920, contain items such as minutes of board of directors, cash books and accounts. Reliance records, 1914-1923, include minutes, journals, cash books, ledgers, and related financial papers. Other film studios represented in the collection are K-T Film Distributing Corporation, Keystone Film Company, Majestic Motion Picture Company, New York Motion Picture Corporation, Serial Publication Corporation, and Tri-Stone Pictures, Inc."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"Materials in English"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Triangle/Reliance Film Corporation records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Triangle Film Corporation", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The Triangle Film Corporation and its subsidiaries, the Triangle Film Service (Canada), the Triangle Distributing Corporation and the Western Triangle Distributing Corporation, represent some of the major New York-based motion picture companies for the period 1912-1925, known as the classic era of silent movies.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of organizational records of the Triangle Film Corporation, the Reliance Motion Picture Company and other film studios. Triangle records, 1915-1920, contain items such as minutes of board of directors, cash books and accounts. Reliance records, 1914-1923, include minutes, journals, cash books, ledgers, and related financial papers. Other film studios represented in the collection are K-T Film Distributing Corporation, Keystone Film Company, Majestic Motion Picture Company, New York Motion Picture Corporation, Serial Publication Corporation, and Tri-Stone Pictures, Inc.</p> <p>Note: vols. 28-31 in 1 AB; vols. 33-36 in 1 AB; 37 in 1 AB; vols. 39-40 in 1 AB.</p>"}

arrangement

{"value"=>"<p>Three series: I. Triangle Film Corporation; II. Reliance Motion Picture Corporation; III. Miscellaneous Film Studios</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from Jerome Schicker (date?)</p>"}

separatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>Still photographs and press releases were transferred to the Billy Rose Theatre Collection at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Research Center, 111 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10023-7410.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Complied by Richard Salvato, 1982; revised by Valerie Wingfield, Sept. 2000.</p>"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Vol. 36, Keystone Film Co. Board of Directors. Minutes May 17 – Aug. 13 1912; available on microfilm; *ZL-502</p>"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>Still photographs and press releases were transferred to the Billy Rose Theatre Collection at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts</p>"}

extent_statement

4 linear feet (4 boxes)

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1. Triangle Film Corporation [9/1]
2. Triangle Distributing Corporation [4/1]
3. Reliance Motion Picture Corporation [11/1]
4. OTHER FILM STUDIOS [6/1]