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{"value"=>"NULL", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"ca. 1992-1998", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1992/1998"}
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1992
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1998
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1992
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1992
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1998
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Bill Barvin Location Photograph Archive"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"37.11 ln. ft. (81 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy.</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
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{"value"=>"AZ 12-2302"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"William Michael \"Bill\" Barvin (1952-2000) was a location manager and scout for television, film, and video projects filmed in New York and New Jersey as well as Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Barvin worked on productions including \"Law and Order,\" \"Quiz Show,\" \"Mr. Wonderful,\" and the ELT - English Language Teaching Videos video \"Only in America.\". Over 3,000 35mm negative strips and 1,000 print photographs related to Barvin's career as a location manager and scout for television, film, and video projects filmed in New York and New Jersey as well as Connecticut and Pennsylvania and arranged into series primarily by location. Images are of interiors of occupied and unoccupied apartments, lofts, homes, businesses, schools, churches, theaters, laundromats, factories, warehouses, and offices along with exteriors of properties as well as street views of larger exterior locations. The collection also includes one box of production doccumentation materials."}
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
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{"value"=>"Barvin, Bill", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>William Michael (Bill) Barvin was born November 25, 1952 in Waterloo, Iowa and grew up in Houston, Texas. He studied art and photography at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio and graduated with a BA in 1978.</p> <p>Barvin worked in the film industry for twenty-five years as a location manager, scout, and producer for television shows, films, and music videos shot primarily in New York and New Jersey in the 1980s though 2000. Barvin worked on television shows including Law and Order and The Sopranos and films including Quiz Show, Fallen, The Hurricane, and Mr. Wonderful. Barvin also worked on music videos including Beck's Devil's Haircut and Dru Hill's In My Bed as well as scouted locations for ELT - English Language Teaching Videos video Only In America. Barvin's work was based in the New York-New Jersey area.</p> <p>Bill Barvin died on July 5, 2000 after a two year battle with ALS.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Bill Barvin Location Photograph Archive contains over 3,000 35mm negative strips and around1000 3. 5x5 and 4x6 prints of locations Barvin scouted for potential use in movies, television, and video. Most of the locations photographed were located in New York and New Jersey, but some were photographed in Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Images are of interiors of occupied and unoccupied apartments, lofts, homes, businesses, schools, churches, theaters, laundromats, factories, prisons, warehouses, and offices along with exteriors of properties as well as street views of larger exterior locations. Some of the materials are identified as related to specific television, film, and video properties, but most photos are arranged according to location by state and then city. The collection also includes one box of production documentation materials.</p> <p>Of particular interest are the Photo Files subseries where prints of locations were attached together along with notes to provide a more detailed description of the shooting site.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Bill Barvin Location Photograph Archive is arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/lhg/22336#c1032199'>Series I. Locations</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series contains negatives and photographs related to identify and unidentified locations. Most of the locations photographed were located in New York and New Jersey. Many images are of interiors of occupied and unoccupied apartments, lofts, homes, businesses, schools, churches, theaters, Laundromats, factories, prisons, warehouses, and offices along with exteriors of properties as well as street views of larger exterior locations.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/lhg/22336#c1033594'>Series II. Television, Film, and Video</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series contains negatives and photographs related to identified television, film, and video productions.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/lhg/22336#c1033932'>Series III. Oversized Photo Files</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series contains photographs that were taped or glued together into manila folders to create a detailed view of the location. Many of the folders contain handwritten notes detailing information on the accessibility of the location for future filming.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Lynn Cassaniti, May 2011</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Whitney E. Berman, April 2013</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Milstein Division for admission to the Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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37.11 ln. ft. (81 boxes)
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{"value"=>"Bill Barvin Location Photograph Archive, Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library"}