The Ira Current Collection contains material from amateur photographer and motion picture filmmaker Ira Current. CU Boulder alumnus Ira Current (1910-2009) was a chemist for the Agfa Ansco Company, where he was head of the Industrial Photo Division and tested many products produced by the company. Upon retirement he began teaching photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). He is the author of three photography books and co-author of another, he holds five patents in photographic technology, and he was the long-time president of the Binghamton Camera Club, an amateur film and photography society in Binghamton, New York.
Permanent address to digital collection: https://doi.org/10.25810/4b4z-he40.
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Name of the collection: Ira Current
Title derived from original captions on the work by the creator. If the original title is not available titles are created by the cataloger.
Individual(s) or corporate entities that created or are associated with the work.
Common names seen in the collection include: Current, Ira B.
A term that specifies the characteristics and general type of content of the resource.
Type terms used in this collection include: Moving Image
A term or terms that designate a category characterizing a particular style, form, or content.
Genre terms used in the collection include: Amateur films
Location of work creation or publication city.
Places include: New York
The date of creation of the resource.
Date ranges include: 1940s-1970s
The date on which the resource was digitized or a subsequent snapshot was taken.
Dates include: 2020-2021
Contains the textual or coded form for the language of the content of the resource.
Language(s) seen in this collection include: English
The size or scale of the work.
Typically 16mm film reel in color or black-and-white.
A particular physical presentation of a resource, including the physical form or medium of material for a resource.
Form terms include: color films (visual works); sound films; silent films; film reels
Standard that indicates the nature and format of a document, file, or assortment of bytes. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is responsible for all official MIME.
Type in this collection: video/mp4
The method by which a resource achieved digital form.
Origin for this collection: reformatted digital
Additional notes or description of the content of the item. May contain cataloger's notes as deemed relevant.
A term or phrase representing the primary topic(s) on which a work is focused.
Common subject terms used in this collection include: Families--Social life and customs; Clubs; Photography--Developing and developers
A name used as a subject.
Often family members, clubs, or institutions that are referenced throughout the films.
Geographic location(s) relevant to the item.
Some coverage terms used in the collection include: Binghamton (Broome, New York, United States, North America) (populated place); Troy (Rensselaer, New York, United States, North America) (populated place)
Used for chronological subject terms or temporal coverage.
Terms used: Twentieth century
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Example: U183049112218_narv_currentIra_michael7_a.mp4
Controlled, stable link to the resource.
The institution or repository that holds the resource or where it is available.
Location: University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections
Shelfmark or other shelving designation that indicates the location identifier for a resource.
Shelf location: COU:491
Information that identifies other resources related to the one being described.
In this case an audio file (U183050995108_narv_currentIra_artistsInTheMakingSound1Of2_a.mp4) that is separate from the video file (U183050995124_narv_currentIra_artistsInTheMakingPicture1Of2_a.mp4).
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Statement in collection: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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For more information about this collection visit the webpage at the CU Boulder ArchivesSpace; Ira Current Collection.
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