Photographs, Photographic Negatives, and Slides
name: label: Collection Collector
content: Sidney, George, 1916-2002
setName: label: See more items in
content: George Sidney Collection
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
label: Date
content: 1914-1996
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0867, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series consists of photographs collected as well as taken by George Sidney.  He assigned each roll of film he shot a number and he repeated roll numbers over the course of his life.  In most cases, a contact sheet was made from a roll of film, the number was noted on the reverse, filed with any relevant material in an envelope with the roll number and then stored in a file cabinet.  Some envelopes contained contact sheets, photographic prints, and negatives.  Other envelopes contained nothing or only negatives or prints.  See the "Empty photograph envelope" (Series 3, Subseries 2) file for those envelopes that were empty or had only negatives enclosed in them. Many rolls of film were shot in different venues, and the researcher is encouraged to look beyond the initial folder title and arrangement for subjects not noted in the finding aid. Slides, unless otherwise noted, are maintained in original order, even though scene numbers may not be sequential.  Original arrangement may reflect the way Sidney shot the film. Entries with no folders numbers denote binder boxes or oversize boxes.