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'''The Jim Henson Company Archives''' is a collection of materials documenting the career of [[Jim Henson]]. |
'''The Jim Henson Company Archives''' is a collection of materials documenting the career of [[Jim Henson]]. |
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| − | + | The [[New York City|New York]] offices of [[the Jim Henson Company]] formely served as the repository for files, drafts, and artifacts from the company's history. Currently, the Archives are housed in a facility in Long Island City, New York. The archive's database, as of [[2003]], included over 10,000 records; by [[2007]], the records catalogued had grown to 21,000. The archive takes up 1,000 feet of physical space, shared with the photo library. Certain physical artifacts are stored off-site, such as 300,000 cels from ''[[Muppet Babies]]''. [[Karen Falk]] serves as head archivist, with Carla DellaVedova, Hillary Howell and Lauren Bien having served as Associate Archivists. |
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| + | The Los Angeles offices are the location for the media archives, which house over 50,000 items in audio and video. |
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| − | The NY archives, with about 23,000 entries in its database, houses documents, artwork, production records, licensed products, awards and Jim Henson's personal papers. 3-D objects from this collection are housed in off-site storage. The media archives, which comprises about 75,000 items, and the photo library are housed in the Jim Henson Company headquarters in Hollywood and in off-site storage. Karen Falk, based in NY, is Director of Archives. Carla Dellavedova, Media Archives Manager, and Hillary Howell, Media Archivist, are based in Hollywood. A small portion of the Henson media archives relating to Jim's film work is housed in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Archives in Los Angeles.<ref>Email interview with [[Karen Falk]]. November 17, 2009.</ref> |
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The company archive is not all-inclusive. As stated by Falk in an "Ask Henson" query on [[Henson.com]], the acceptance of an item into the archives is contingent upon whether it helps document the creative aspects of a production, is useful in illustrating the company history, can be used visually in marketing or promotions, and whether it can be safely and effectively stored (the latter problem led to the "de-accessioning" of [[Croonchy Stars]] cereal). In addition, every surviving item personally owned by [[Jim Henson]] is included. |
The company archive is not all-inclusive. As stated by Falk in an "Ask Henson" query on [[Henson.com]], the acceptance of an item into the archives is contingent upon whether it helps document the creative aspects of a production, is useful in illustrating the company history, can be used visually in marketing or promotions, and whether it can be safely and effectively stored (the latter problem led to the "de-accessioning" of [[Croonchy Stars]] cereal). In addition, every surviving item personally owned by [[Jim Henson]] is included. |
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In addition to concept notes, scripts, character sketches, and other pre-production and production materials, the archives includes such oddities as a "[[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] repair kit," a black gym bag containing fleece, sewing utensils, spare eyes, and a mike, for emergency use when Jim Henson made the talk show rounds in the 1980s. Visual materials and notes from the archives have been utilized in the past on Henson.com, in ''[[Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles (book)|Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles]]'', and other projects. |
In addition to concept notes, scripts, character sketches, and other pre-production and production materials, the archives includes such oddities as a "[[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] repair kit," a black gym bag containing fleece, sewing utensils, spare eyes, and a mike, for emergency use when Jim Henson made the talk show rounds in the 1980s. Visual materials and notes from the archives have been utilized in the past on Henson.com, in ''[[Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles (book)|Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles]]'', and other projects. |
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Revision as of 18:17, 17 November 2009
The Jim Henson Company Archives is a collection of materials documenting the career of Jim Henson.
The New York offices of the Jim Henson Company formely served as the repository for files, drafts, and artifacts from the company's history. Currently, the Archives are housed in a facility in Long Island City, New York. The archive's database, as of 2003, included over 10,000 records; by 2007, the records catalogued had grown to 21,000. The archive takes up 1,000 feet of physical space, shared with the photo library. Certain physical artifacts are stored off-site, such as 300,000 cels from Muppet Babies. Karen Falk serves as head archivist, with Carla DellaVedova, Hillary Howell and Lauren Bien having served as Associate Archivists.
The Los Angeles offices are the location for the media archives, which house over 50,000 items in audio and video.
The company archive is not all-inclusive. As stated by Falk in an "Ask Henson" query on Henson.com, the acceptance of an item into the archives is contingent upon whether it helps document the creative aspects of a production, is useful in illustrating the company history, can be used visually in marketing or promotions, and whether it can be safely and effectively stored (the latter problem led to the "de-accessioning" of Croonchy Stars cereal). In addition, every surviving item personally owned by Jim Henson is included.
In addition to concept notes, scripts, character sketches, and other pre-production and production materials, the archives includes such oddities as a "Kermit repair kit," a black gym bag containing fleece, sewing utensils, spare eyes, and a mike, for emergency use when Jim Henson made the talk show rounds in the 1980s. Visual materials and notes from the archives have been utilized in the past on Henson.com, in Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles, and other projects.