Finding aid for the David Shepard collection on John Hoffman and Slavko Vorkapich 2175
Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 January
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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: David Shepard collection on John Hoffman and Slavko Vorkapich
Creator:
Shepard, David
Identifier/Call Number: 2175
Physical Description:
16.98 Linear Feet
13 boxes
Date (bulk): 1980s-2000s
Abstract: This collection consists of lectures, articles, newspaper clippings, correspondences, photographs, and other papers on film
montage editors John Hoffman and Slavko Vorkapich compiled by film preservationist David Shepard. Hoffman and Vorkapich created
two visual tone poems together. The second of which, "Forest Murmurs" (1947), was restored by David Shepard in 2004.
Language of Material:
English.
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This collection consists of lectures, articles, newspaper clippings, correspondences, photographs, and other papers on film
montage editors John Hoffman and Slavko Vorkapich compiled by film preservationist David Shepard. Hoffman and Vorkapich created
two visual tone poems together. The second of which, "Forest Murmurs" (1947), was restored by David Shepard in 2004.
David Shepard (1940-2017) was a film preservationist. His company, Film Preservation Associates, created high quality versions
of silent films. Shepard joined the American Film Institute and started restoring films in 1968.
John Hoffman (1904-1980) was an American director and film editor of montage sequences.
Slavko Vorkapich (1894-1976) was a Serbian-born Hollywood montage creator and a former chair of the University of Southern
California's School of Cinematic Arts from 1949 to 1951.
John Hoffman and Slavko Vorkapich created two visual tone poems together. The second of which, "Forest Murmurs" (1947), was
restored by David Shepard in 2004.
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at cin@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of David Shephard, February 1, 2015.
[Box/folder no. or item name], David Shepard collection on John Hoffman and Slavko Vorkapich, Collection no. 2175, Cinematic
Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Magnetic tapes
Correspondence
Motion pictures -- Editing -- Archival resources
Scripts
Lectures and lecturing -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Clippings
Photographs
Hoffman, John, 1904-1980 -- Archives
Vorkapich, Slavko -- Archives