Sigmund Nesselroth artwork and other material
Special Collections
Margaret Herrick Library
© 2014
Title: Sigmund Nesselroth artwork and other material
Date (inclusive): circa 1930s-1946
Collection number: 255
Creator:
Nesselroth, Sigmund
Extent:
5 linear feet of papers.
1 linear foot of photographs.
Repository:
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages:
English
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Sigmund Nesselroth artwork and other material, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences.
Gift of Mildred Nesselroth, 1980
Sigmund Nesselroth was a Hungarian-born architect. After training as an architect at Harvard, he
worked in Birmingham, Alabama from around 1924 to 1930. Nesselroth then relocated to Hollywood,
California where he found work as a matte artist drawing backgrounds in the art department at Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer. In his later years he returned to work as an architect in Los Angeles.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The Sigmund Nesselroth artwork and and other material span circa 1930s-1946 and encompass
approximately 6 linear feet. The collection consists of a half-dozen charcoal drawings; a scrapbook with
clippings covering the 1945 film strike that included the arrest of his wife, Mildred; and photographs
that document the use of matte backgrounds in film, particularly in relation to the Warren Newcombe
special and visual effects unit at MGM.
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series: Not arranged in series.
Nesselroth, Sigmund , 1894-1965--Archives.
visual effects