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+ 12.5 m of textual records
+ Created by Theresa Mowatt for Gunild Spiess (wife)
+ "Administrative history/biographical sketch"
+ Bibliographic list
Accession No. 2006.011
+ Detailed description of fond scope, contents and rights/access
+ 7, 835 photographs
+ 64 audio recordings
+ 337 video recordings
+ 153 cinefilms
+ 1, 945 sets of cinex strips
+ 115 graphic materials & artifacts
+ books (266 titles)
+ periodicals (38 titles)
Time Span: 1941-1987
Stored: Media Commons Vault
"Fritz was considered the dean of Canadian cinematography".
- Gunild Speiss, Wife (personal communication)
+ Born February 2, 1925 - Died March 12, 1998
Highly prestigious & respected:
+ cinematographer
+ television commercial director
+ documentary filmmaker
+ photographer
"He is a big part of still and moving image history in Canada; particularly within advertising".
- Rachel Beattie, Assistant Media Archivist, Media Commons Archives
Hygrothermograph
+ teacher
Courtney Cardozo
April 3rd 2013
Acid-free folders?
- Finding aid (not finding guide): overwhelming and hard to understand at first
- Separate PDF's, meant for a binder
- Collection is copious and in very-good condition (thanks to wife and daughter's efforts)
- Provenance and original order
- Archivists are very knowledagble about the collection and the whereaouts about material
- Material is easy to access
- Material is stored within a temperature/humidity controlled vault (monitored with hygrothermograph)
- Collection Level Description is understandable
- Follows Rules for Archival Description (RAD)
- No warning signs and no dangerous material like nitrate film within collection
Funding?!
Polypropylene or polyethylene cans?
- A piece of extremely important Canadian history
Paperclips!
"Intellectual discipline, of course, is very conducive to producing good work. It is clear to see how Fritz' work exhibited this type of discipline."
- Gunild Spiess (Wife), personal communication
Introduction Slide: http://www.fritzspiessarchive.com/images/fritzat50withcamera.jpg
Slide 3: http://www.fritzspiessarchive.com/images/fritz%20teaching2.jpg
Slide 13: http://atinachan.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/copyright.jpg
Slide 16: http://kelliegardner.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2011/12/ no-money-300x300-1.jpg
* All other photos were taken for the purpose of this fond analysis/presentation. They will not be distributed.