MARC Record from Library of Congress

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040 $aDLC$cDLC$edacs$dDLC
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110 2 $aFrontier Films (New York, N.Y.)
245 00 $aFrontier Films (New York, N.Y.) records,$f1936-1947.
300 $a3,000$fitems.
300 $a8$fcontainers plus$a1$foversize.
300 $a5$flinear feet.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aFinancial records, personnel card files, scrapbook, photographs, and other records of Frontier Films. Scrapbook contains items relating to the feature-length film Native Land (1942).
541 $cDeposit,$aMarjory Spoerri, registrar-archivist of the Paul Strand Foundation,$d1983.
541 $cConverted to gift,$d2012.
544 $3Frames of film$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
545 $aA non-profit documentary filmmaking company comprised of filmmakers on the political left who were devoted to producing artistic films relating to social and political issues. Major figures in the organization included Leo Hurwitz, Ralph Steiner, and Paul Strand. Split from New York Film and Photo League in 1934 to become Nykino; name changed to Frontier Films in 1937. Disbanded in 1942.
546 $aCollection material in English.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011138.
600 10 $aHurwitz, Leo T.,$d1909-1991.
600 10 $aSteiner, Ralph,$d1899-1986.
600 10 $aStrand, Paul,$d1890-1976.
610 20 $aNykino (Organization : New York, N.Y.)
630 00 $aNative land (Motion picture : 1942)
650 0 $aMotion pictures$xPolitical aspects.
650 0 $aMotion pictures$xProduction and direction.
650 0 $aMotion pictures$xSocial aspects.
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011138
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011138.3