Samuel Kravitt photographs and other materials
Scope and Contents
The materials comprise photographs, a photographic negative collection documenting life at Yale during World War II, exhibit files, and biographical information documenting the work of Samuel Kravitt as photographer.
Dates
- Circa 1930-1960
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research. Researchers must request cotton gloves from the Reading Room Service Desk before handling photographic negatives in this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by Samuel Kravitt was transferred to Yale University in 2017. These materials may be used for non-commercial purposes without seeking permission from Yale University as the copyright holder. For other uses of these materials, please contact beinecke.library@yale.edu. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Boxes 1-8 were transferred from RU 668. Boxes 9-12 are the gift of Marcia U. Kravitt, 2008.
Arrangement
The records are arranged by subject.
Extent
6.5 Linear Feet (13 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The materials comprise photographs, a photographic negative collection documenting life at Yale during World War II, exhibit files, and biographical information documenting the work of Samuel Kravitt as photographer.
Biographical / Historical
Samuel Kravitt was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1913. He left high school in 1929, intending to become a pilot. After borrowing a World War I aerial camera, however, he decided on a career in photography. From 1930 to 1931, he served as apprentice to Joseph Stone, a local portrait photographer. In 1932, Kravitt opened his first studio at age 19 in downtown New Haven. In the early 1930s, he was commissioned to document the lifestyle of the Shaker community in Hancock, Massachusetts. He subsequently relocated to New York and was staff photographer for the New York World's Fair Corporation from 1937 to 1939, documenting the construction of the Fair. Kravitt returned to New Haven in 1940, opening a studio in the Yale Record Building. He made a transition from still photography to filmmaking during the 1950s and in 1962 founded Associated Film Consultants, a New York-based independent production company. Kravitt died in 2000.
General note
This collection was previously known as the Samuel Kravitt Photographic Negative Collection Documenting Life at Yale during World War II (RU 668).
- Title
- Guide to the Samuel Kravitt Photographs and Other Materials
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Staff of Manuscripts and Archives
- Date
- May 1998
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)
beinecke.library@yale.edu
Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511