- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Lanier, Jessica
- Title:
- Jessica Lanier Collection of Woody Allen Set Photographs
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/x920g049k
- Dates:
- 1997-2000
- Size:
- 4 boxes and 1.6 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-4
- Language:
- English
Abstract
The collection consists of set decorator Jessica Lanier's set photographs for several of Woody Allen's films, including Sweet and Lowdown (1999), Small Time Crooks (2000), and The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001), as well as her copies of shooting scripts and revisions. Photographs consist of contemporary color prints and Polaroids, as well as some negatives.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
The collection consists of set decorator Jessica Lanier's set photographs for several of Woody Allen's films from 1999 to 2001, including Sweet and Lowdown (1999), Small Time Crooks (2000), and The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001), all of which were shot in various locations across New Jersey and New York. Also present are her copies of the shooting scripts and revisions for Small Time Crooks and The Curse of the Jade Scorpion.
Photographs primarily consist of contemporary color prints and Polaroids, as well as some 35mm film negatives. Shooting scripts, script revisions, and documents regarding the photographs' use are also sometimes included, as are keys that explain the set codes, set names, locations, and scene numbers. Photographs were removed from large binders, and their original organization by scene number was preserved.
- Arrangement
Materials are arranged chronologically by film project, then by set number.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Lanier, Jessica
Jessica Lanier is a set decorator who has worked on many feature films since 1991. She was the set decorator for three of Woody Allen's films between 1998 and 2001, including Sweet and Lowdown, Small Time Crooks, and The Curse of the Jade Scorpion. Lanier holds degrees from Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture and teaches at Salem State University.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Gift of Jessica Lanier in 2015 (AM 2015-81).
- Appraisal
Nothing was removed from the collection during 2015 processing.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Kelly Bolding in May 2015. Finding aid written by Kelly Bolding in May 2015.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Jessica Lanier Collection of Woody Allen Set Photographs; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/x920g049k
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-4
Find More
- Subject Terms:
- Motion picture plays, American -- 20th century -- Photographs.
Motion picture set designers -- United States -- 20th century -- Photographs. - Genre Terms:
- Shooting scripts -- 20th century.
photographs -- 20th century. - Names:
- Allen, Woody, 1935-
Lanier, Jessica - Places:
- New York (State) -- 20th century -- Photographs.