National Museum of the American Indian

Young Productions videotape collection

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAI.AC.076
Creators:
Young Productions, Inc.
Dates:
1984-1985
Languages:
English
.
Physical Description:
7 Videocassettes (Betacam)
Repository:
This collection contains 7 Betacam videocassettes depicting the Museum of the American Indian (MAI) in New York City. The tapes were produced by JoAnn Young of Young Productions in New Jersey, circa 1984-1985, for a television series called,
Only One New York
on WNYC-TV.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection contains 7 Betacam videocassettes depicting the Museum of the American Indian (MAI) in New York City. The tapes were produced by JoAnn Young of Young Productions in New Jersey, circa 1984-1985, for a television series called,
Only One New York
on WNYC-TV. The footage includes a guided tour of MAI with interior and exterior shots; MAI exhibit cases; and performances held at MAI. It also includes an interview with MAI director Dr. Roland Force.

Arrangement

Arrangement
This collection is arranged in original order.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
This collection was shot by Young Productions of Oradell, NJ.
The Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation was established by wealthy collector George Gustav Heye in 1908. Heye began collecting American Indian artifacts as early as 1897 and his collection rapidly increased over the next several years. Based in New York, Heye bought collections and documentary photographs, sponsored expeditions, and traveled and collected items himself. In addition, once MAI was established he sponsored numerous expeditions across the Western Hemisphere, including North American, Canada, South America and Central America. From 1908 to 1917 Heye housed his artifacts on temporary loan at the University of Pennsylvania's University Museum, Pennsylvania, in lofts on East 33rd Street in New York City, and at other depositories. In 1917, the collections moved from his apartment to their permanent museum location at Audubon Terrace, at 155th Street and Broadway in New York City. The museum, containing ethnographic and archaeological collections from North, Central and South America, opened to the public in 1922. Less than ten years later, Heye completed a storage facility in the Pelham Bay area of the Bronx, known as the Research Branch. Heye served as Chairman of the Board and Museum Director until his death in 1957. After growing concern about the financial and other management of the collections came to a head, the museum became part of the Smithsonian Institution in 1989 and in 1994 opened exhibit space in the U.S. Customs House at Bowling Green near New York City's Battery Park. The Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, Maryland later opened in 1999 and the main Washington, DC museum opened in 2004. Please visit the following links for more information about the history of the museum; History of the Collection, Collections Overview, and Significance of the Collection. Moreover, for information about how the museum currently cares for and exhibits the collection, please see the Conservation department and recent entries regarding Exhibitions and Conservation on the NMAI Blog. In addition, see portions of the NMAI Archive Center's collections highlighted in the SIRIS Blog.

Administration

Author
Emily Moazami
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of JoAnn Young, 2014.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Emily Moazami, Supervisory Archivist, 2022.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Conditions Governing Access
Due to its fragile nature, this collection is closed to researchers until it has been digitized.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Young Productions videotape collection, NMAI.AC.076; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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