Larry Karstens collection on Cinerama
Scope and Contents
Materials collected by Larry Karsens documenting Cinerama, a widescreen film projection process invented in 1952 that utilized three synchronized 35mm projectors on one screen. Materials include film posters, lobby cards, promotional books, novels based on Cinerama films, magazines featuring Cinerama films, programs, clippings, letters, film stills, scrapbooks, research printed from the Internet, equipment manuals, sheet music, board games, and puzzles. Film titles featured in the collection include Seven Wonders of the World (1956), Windjammer (1958), How the West was Won (1962), The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962), Khartoum (1966), and Krakatoa: East of Java (1968). Also contains materials on large format cinema theaters, including blueprints, materials on The American Widescreen Museum, the Indian Hills theater in Omaha, Nebraska, and cinema palaces in Omaha. Materials dated 1940-2015.
Dates
- 1940-2015
Creator
- Karstens, Larry (collector, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical / Historical
Larry Karstens was part of the investment group involved in the Indian Hills Theater's preservation in Omaha, Nebraska. The theater, known for its Cinerama screen, eventually closed in 2000. Larry collected various promotional materials, film stills, and other materials related to the history, production, and screening of Cinerama films. As of 2022, Karstens was a resident of Omaha, Nebraska.
Extent
3 cartons
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Collected by Larry Karstens and donated in 2022.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Larry Karstens; 2022.
Appraisal
Collections which document or demonstrate the development of mass media in the United States (Media Arts History collection development policy IV-a-i-5, August 2018).
Processing Information
Processed; Austen Hunsaker; November 2023.
- Advertising -- Motion pictures
- Advertising and Marketing
- Board games
- Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce
- Cinerama Productions Corporation
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Film posters
- Jigsaw puzzles
- Karstens, Larry
- Motion pictures -- Distribution
- Motion pictures -- Production and direction
- Promotional materials
- Title
- Larry Karstens collection on Cinerama
- Status
- In Progress
- Date
- 2023 November 3
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
- Carton: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 6 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize-folder: 7 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 8 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: 9 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: 10 (Realia)
- oversize: 11 (Realia)
- oversize: 12 (Realia)
- oversize: 13 (Realia)
- oversize: 14 (Realia)
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States