G. Charles Niemeyer Motion Picture Research Papers
name: label: Collaborator
content: Niemeyer, G. Charles, Dr. (Grover Charles)
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Cultural History
topic: label: Topic
content: Motion pictures -- History
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Dr. G. Charles Niemyer, Date Unknown.
creator: label: Collaborator
content: Niemeyer, G. Charles, Dr. (Grover Charles)
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content: G. Charles Niemeyer Motion Picture Research Papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: G. Charles Niemeyer was a Broadway actor and later a professor at the University of Maryland, College Park.  In the 1960s he began to research and write a new history of motion picture technology entitled From Shadow Play to Photoplay. It was never published.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: As a young man, Niemeyer was a professional actor on Broadway in New York, appearing in the original production of, The Cradle Will Rock, Golden Boy, and Mother, among other productions between the years of 1935-1938.  He obtained his Ph.D., from Yale University.  Later he was a professor of Speech and Drama at the University of Maryland, College Park where he directed numerous productions.  He was also an associate professor of film.  In the 1960s he began work on a new history of motion picture technology, inspired by the work of Gordon Hendricks, and relying on the motion picture collections of the NMAH Division of Photographic History, as well as the Library of Congress motion picture history collections.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1960-1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0679
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Research
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged in two series. 

Series 1, Original Manuscripts, 1967-1981, undated  

Series 2, Slides, 1972-1975
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Amy Bergseth, Intern, June, 2007; supervised by Franklin A. Robinson, Jr., Archives Technician.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Research
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection includes manuscript and slides for a book on the early history of motion pictures, From Shadow Play to Photoplay, which was never published.  Many of the slides are of objects in the museum's Division of Photographic History, ordered from the Smithsonian Photographic Services Division.