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Muybridge (Eadweard), Walter R. Miles Research
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Series 1. Correspondence

box 1, folder 1

Correspondence, Johnston & Johnston Attorneys at Law, re.Muybridge shooting of Major Harry Larkyn Dec. 1927

box 1, folder 2

Correspondence (1928-29) and copies of depositions (ca. 1882-83) re. Stanford v. Muybridge lawsuit 1882 - 1929

box 1, folder 3

Copies of historical letters, ca. 1882-1883, between Leland Stanford and John Stillman re. Stanford v. Muybridge lawsuit

Container Summary: (photocopies).
box 1, folder 4

Copies of correspondence 1892-1896

Scope and Contents note

(incoming Muybridge correspondence from various museum curators and scientists exhorting the value of Muybridge's work, The Science of Animal Locomotion).
box 1, folder 5

Correspondence etc. 1929-1930

Scope and Contents note

re. personal accounts of Muybridge's photographic technique; also clippings and notes re. development of motion pictures.
box 1, folder 6

Correspondence and addresses re. Muybridge Dedication at Kingston-Upon-Thames, 1931-1932

box 1, folder 7

Correspondence: John D. Isaacs 1915-1916

Scope and Contents note

Contains related biographical information. Includes correspondence by Isaacs' daughter, Lillian Isaacs Morris, to Walter Miles, defending her father, dated June 30, 1929.
box 1, folder 8

Correspondence with England (Will Day) 1928-1929

box 1, folder 9

Correspondence re. semi-centennial celebration of Muybridge at Stanford. (incoming and outgoing) 1928-1929

box 1, folder 10

Correspondence re. semi-centennial celebration of Muybridge at Stanford. (incoming and outgoing) 1928-1929

box 1, folder 11

Correspondence re. semi-centennial celebration of Muybridge at Stanford. (incoming and outgoing) 1928-1929

box 1, folder 12

Correspondence re. semi-centennial celebration of Muybridge at Stanford. (incoming and outgoing) 1928-1929

box 1, folder 13

Correspondence re. semi-centennial celebration of Muybridge at Stanford. (incoming and outgoing) 1928-1929

box 1, folder 14

Correspondence re. semi-centennial celebration of Muybridge at Stanford. (incoming and outgoing) 1928-1929

box 1, folder 15

Correspondence re. semi-centennial celebration of Muybridge at Stanford. (incoming and outgoing) 1928-1929

box 1, folder 16

Correspondence, Lester Cowan 1928

Scope and Contents note

(incoming and outgoing).
box 1, folder 17

Correspondence, Lester Cowan 1929

Scope and Contents note

(incoming and outgoing).
box 1, folder 18

Correspondence, Francis X. Dercum 1928-1929

Scope and Contents note

(incoming and outgoing).
box 1, folder 19

Correspondence, Caspar Dickson 1925-1929

Scope and Contents note

(incoming and outgoing).
box 1, folder 20

Correspondence, Timothy Hopkins 1928-1929

Scope and Contents note

(incoming and outgoing).
box 1, folder 21

Correspondence, Janet Leigh 1929-1956.

box 1, folder 22

Correspondence, Robert E. Swain 1928-1929

box 1, folder 23

Correspondence, Charles R. Toothaker 1928-1929

Scope and Contents note

(incoming and outgoing).
box 1, folder 24

Correspondence, to Ray Lyman Wilbur and Herbert Hoover 1928-1929

Scope and Contents note

(outgoing).
box 1, folder 25

Correspondence, Frank Woods 1928-1929.

box 1, folder 26

Correspondence, miscellaneous 1929-1939

 

Series 2. Ephemera & research material for Semi-centennial celebration

box 1, folder 27

Notes re. semi-centennial organization.

box 1, folder 28

Semi-centennial celebration programs

box 1, folder 29

University of Southern California course: "Introduction to the Photoplay," February 6th, 1929.

box 2, folder 1

Miles Articles and Addresses (drafts) for Semi-Centennial Celebration

box 2, folder 2

Accompanying articles re. Muybridge and Semi-Centennial Celebration

box 2, folder 3

Joseph D. Grant speech at Semi-Centennial Celebration

box 2, folder 4

Miles: Bibliography cards and notes

box 2, folder 5

"Early Photography," Goldschmidt & Co. Catalogue, circa 1939

box 2, folder 6

Serial Numbers of the Plates in Animal Locomotion

box 2, folder 7

"The Science of Animal Locomotion (Zoopraxography)" by Eadweard Muybridge circa 1883

box 2, folder 7

"Animal Locomotion" by Eadward Muybridge circa 1887

Scope and Contents note

(includes catalogue of plates); misc. articles by Muybridge.
box 2, folder 8

"United States Patent Office: Improvement in the Method and Apparatus for Photographing Objects in Motion," June 27, 1878.

box 2, folder 9

Copies of articles re. Horse in Motion from various publications circa 1881-1912

box 2, folder 10

Muybridge medal 1930

Scope and Contents note

Includes associated documents.
box 2, folder 11

Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Bulletins: Sept. 1928, Oct. 1928, Nov. 1928, Dec. 1929, Jan. 1929; Premier Publication, Nov. 1927.; "The Motion Picture," circa 1929 1928 - 1929

box 7

Los Angeles Times Annual Preview [of Motion Pictures] April 23, 1929

box 7

Palo Alto Times, May 8, 1929

box 7

Stanford Daily May 8, 1929

 

Series 3. Photographs & negatives

box 2, folder 14

Print, Muybridge copyright, horse in motion, 1881

box 2, folder 15

Stanford-Muybridge motion picture studio at Stanford; 2 maps of Stanford Farm.

box 2, folder 16

Muybridge Apparatus at Kingston Library; Muybridge memorial - Walter Keyte photographs (incl. correspondence, 7/9/1932).

box 2, folder 17

Muybridge shutters (before, during, after exposure)

Scope and Contents note

incl. 1 negative
box 2, folder 18

Muybridge motion picture apparatus

box 2, folder 19

Front cover and frontispiece of "The Attitudes of Animals in Motion" by Leland Stanford

box 2, folder 19

"The Action of the Horse" by Muybridge and various photographs from book

box 2, folder 20

Horse in Motion; Muybridge with pick-axe; Muybridge with model

box 2, folder 21

Photograph of correspondence from Muybridge to Mrs. W. W. Pendegast, May 1876

box 2, folder 22

Semi-centennial celebration (with Louis B. Mayer and others) at Stanford 1929

box 2, folder 23

Portraits: J. B. Stillman; Muybridge; John D. Isaacs; Leland Stanford (photograph of painting); unidentified negative; unidentified man in field.

box 2, folder 24

Two men posing in front of memorial sculpture (unidentified).

 

Series 4. Publications & miscellaneous

box 3

U.S. Camera 1937

box 3, folder 1

Notes and notebook - Miles' notes on Semi-Centennial Celebration

box 3, folder 2

"The Stanford-Muybridge Motion Pictures of 1878-1879," by Walter R. Miles,

Container Summary: (3 copies).
box 3, folder 3

The Bulletin: Architecture, Engineering, Surveying September 1929.

box 3, folder 4

Time May 13, 1929

box 3, folder 5

Magazine clipping: Look (ca. 1952) - Motion Picture Pioneers

box 3, folder 6

Science August 30, 1929

Container Summary: (3 copies).
box 3, folder 7

Catalog - The Will Day Historical Collection of Cinematograph and Moving Picture Equipment 1930

Scope and Contents note

Includes caricature of Will Day).
box 3, folder 8

For Your Confidential Information: A Letter to Roger W. Babson from Carl E. Milliken May 7, 1929

Container Summary: (2 copies)

Scope and Contents note

Includes accompanying correspondence).
box 3, folder 9

International Photographer June 19, 1929

Container Summary: (2 copies).
box 3, folder 10

The Stanford Illustrated Review June 1929

Container Summary: (3 copies).
box 3, folder 11

Distribution of Electricity January 1932.

box 3, folder 12

Miscellaneous clippings

 

Series 5. Nitrate Negatives

box 4, folder 1

18 negatives used in publication by Miles (poor condition)

 

Series 6. Glass Positives

box 5

Glass positives & lantern slides

Container Summary: 32 slides and a few small fragments.
 

Series 7. Printing Blocks for Miles publications

box 6

Photographic half-tone printing blocks

Container Summary: 9 printing blocks and 1 rubber stamp.
 

Series 8. Oversize ephemera

box 7

"The Times Film Number," London Edition, March 19, 1929.