Leo Hurwitz collection, 1910-1992, bulk 1925-1991 Finding aid created by Stacey Doyle, Ken Fox, and Nancy Kauffman, George Eastman Museum, Moving Image Department, March 2016 Descriptive Summary Creator: Hurwitz, Leo, 1909-1991 Title: Leo Hurwitz collection Dates: 1910-1992, bulk 1925-1991 Physical Extent: 89.5 cubic feet Repository: Moving Image Department George Eastman Museum 900 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14607 Phone: 585-271-3361 Fax: 585-256-3397 Email:
[email protected] Content Abstract: The Leo Hurwitz Collection consists of correspondence and papers (both business and personal), scripts, storyboards, publications and clippings, research materials, financial records, promotional material, interviews, festival materials, film and audio dating from 1910-1992, bulk 1925-1991. The collection covers the whole of Hurwitz’s professional career and to a lesser extent his personal life, but with much overlap in the materials themselves. The collection documents Hurwitz's involvement with many notable figures, including Paul Strand, Elia Kazan, Joris Ivens, Paul Robeson, Ralph Steiner, W.E.B. Du Bois, Henri Langlois, Woody Guthrie, James Blue, and Edwin Rolfe. Languages: Collection materials are primarily in English. Other languages represented are German, French, Finnish, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, and Hebrew. Location: Collection materials are located onsite. Access Restrictions: This collection is open to research upon request. Copyright: George Eastman Museum holds the rights to the majority of the physical materials but not intellectual property rights. The only exception of this is the oral history, which is for 1 on-site review only. This oral history is owned by Columbia University and they must be contacted for permission to copy or cite from the document.