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Robert Hackborn Fonds Series
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Objects

195? - 2009 83 items artifacts.
This series includes all the objects and artifacts in the Robert Hackborn Fonds. This is a diverse collection of artifacts, including items used in the production of television and the execution of special effects. Included in this class of material are some of the background paintings used in television productions including Fraggle Rock. This series also includes a collection of branded textiles used for marketing purposes for various productions. The objects in this series have been arranged based on how they were ordered and stored by Mr. Hackborn, except in cases where an item's size or condition necessitated an alternate storage location.

Hackborn, Robert Arthur, Mr., September 22, 1928

Graphic Materials

1958 - 198?. ~ 3900 items Graphic Materials.
This series includes all of the graphic material in the Robert Hackborn Fonds. Most notably, this series contains a large volume of ~3000 oversized architectural and floor-plan drawings revealing much about the process of television production during the period represented in this collection. Many of these drawings have been further annotated by Mr. Hackborn during the course of his television production work. The records in this series have been arranged based on how they were ordered and stored by Mr. Hackborn, except in cases where an item's size or condition necessitated an alternate storage location.

Hackborn, Robert Arthur, Mr., September 22, 1928

Audio Visual

1971 - 1985 103 items Audio Visual. This series includes all of the audio visual material in the Robert Hackborn Fonds. Formats represented include vinyl audio disc, Umatic, Beta, VHS, 35mm and 16mm film. The records in this series have been arranged based on how they were ordered and stored by Mr. Hackborn
2012.005.01

Hackborn, Robert Arthur, Mr., September 22, 1928

Published Materials

1957 -1991. 21,276 items Photographic.
This series includes all of the photographic material in the Robert Hackborn Fonds. Formats represented include a wide variety of sizes of colour and black and white prints, slides, diffusion transfer prints, negatives, panorama print rolls, and contact sheets. The vast majority of the photographs and negatives in this series were executed by Hackborn during the course of his work as a production and set designer. They include candid scenes revealing aspects of the television production process and are, as a whole, excellently composed with many individual prints standing out as fine art calibre items. The photographs in this series have been arranged based on how they were ordered and stored by Mr. Hackborn, except in cases where an item's size or condition necessitated an alternate storage location.
2012.005.02

Hackborn, Robert Arthur, Mr., September 22, 1928

Photographic

1971 - 1985. 103 items Audio Visual.
This series includes all of the audio visual material in the Robert Hackborn Fonds. Formats represented include vinyl audio disc, Umatic, Beta, VHS, 35mm and 16mm film. The records in this series have been arranged based on how they were ordered and stored by Mr. Hackborn
2012.005.01

Hackborn, Robert Arthur, Mr., September 22, 1928

Textual Records

194? - 199? 2.67 m textual.
This series includes all of the unpublished textual records in the Robert Hackborn Fonds. Series includes textual records related to the production of Canadian television, the special effects and production techniques pioneered or used by Mr. Hackborn, personal correspondence, screenplays, scripts, notes and clippings. The items in this series have been arranged and physically stored based on how they were ordered and stored by Mr. Hackborn.
2012.005.04

Hackborn, Robert Arthur, Mr., September 22, 1928