Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Home Vision Entertainment collection
- Dates:
- 1930s-1990s
- Creators:
- Home Vision Entertainment
- Extent:
- 10 linear feet of photographs.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Home Vision Entertainment collection, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Home Vision Entertainment collection spans the 1930s-1990s and encompasses 10 linear feet. The collection consists of prints, negatives, slides, and transparencies of motion picture production, television production, biography, and subject photographs.
- Biographical / historical:
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Home Vision Entertainment was founded in Chicago in 1986 to distribute home video of public television programming. In the 1990s, the company shifted its focus to home video distribution of independent and international film, building upon its partnerships with Janus Films and the Criterion Collection. In 2005, Home Vision Entertainment was taken over by Image Entertainment.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired from Chicago Film Archives, 2010
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series: 1. Motion picture production; 2. Television production; 3. Biography; 4. Subject
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Names:
- Home Vision Entertainment
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2014
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Inmagic. Date of source: March 28, 2014
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Available by appointment only.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.
- Preferred citation:
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Home Vision Entertainment collection, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Location of this collection:
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333 S. La Cienega BlvdBeverly Hills, CA 90211, US
- Contact:
- (310) 247-3036 extension 2226