Troma Entertainment, Inc. records, 1963-2021
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Troma Entertainment, Inc.
- Title
- Troma Entertainment, Inc. records
- Dates
- 1963-2021 (inclusive)Date of CollectionDate of Collection
- Quantity
- 10.56 cubic ft. (13 boxes) + 16.76 GB
- Collection Number
- 12705
- Summary
- Troma Entertainment, Inc. is an American independent film production and distribution company, founded in 1974 by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz. Collection contains movies, correspondence, photographs, posters, fan mail, promotional and production files, scripts, schedules, and drawings related to the operations of Troma Entertainment, Inc.
- Repository
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American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu - Access Restrictions
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There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
Troma Entertainment, Inc. is an American independent film production and distribution company, founded in 1974 by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz. In the 1970s, Kaufman and Herz produced raunchy sex comedies including “The First Turn-On!” and “Squeeze Play.” In 1985, the company produced the film “The Toxic Avenger” which became Troma’s most popular film and the official mascot of Troma Entertainment. Troma was known for its horror B-movie productions which contained elements of farce, parody, gore and splatter. Their films have been categorized as "shock exploitation films" because they typically contain overt sexuality, nudity, and intentionally sadistic, gory, and blatant graphic violence. Troma film has become a term synonymous with these characteristics. They have produced, acquired and distributed over 1,000 independent films since its creation.
Content Description
Collection contains Troma movies, correspondence, photographs, posters, fan mail, trade cards, publications, scripts, schedules, production files, publicity and promotional materials, books, newspaper clippings, audio recordings, and drawings related to Troma Entertainment, Inc. and Lloyd Kaufman.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
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Restrictions on Use
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Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative Information
Related Materials
There are no known other archival collections created by Troma Entertainment, Inc. at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
This material was received from Troma Entertainment, Inc., Lloyd Kaufman, President from 2018-2021.
Processing Note
The collection was processed by Jamie J. Greene in January 2019 and updated in February 2021 and November 2023.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Description: Art: Toxic Avenger drawingDates: undatedContainer: Box 3
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Description: Art: Fan artDates: 2018-2019Container: Box 5 and 7
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Artifacts:
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Description: Hellbent for Horror - women's tank top and men's t-shirtDates: undatedContainer: Box 4
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Description: Modo Zero, TV Party boxDates: undatedContainer: Box 7
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Description: Cattle Ear TagsDates: undatedContainer: Box 10
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Audio:
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Description: Soundtrack for "Martin" music by Donald Rubinstein (LP record)Dates: 1977Container: Box 3
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Description: The Wiffenpoofs - 1968, Songs of Yale and YALE Circa 1968 (mix CD with famous musicians) (2 CDs)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4
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Description: TH1RT3EN (CD)Dates: 2013Container: Box 5
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Description: 25 TA Life / Tromatized YouthDates: 2009Container: Box 7
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Description: Tromatized Youth: Tromaville have eyesDates: 2017Container: Box 7
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Description: Tromatized Youth: Melvin Rise AgainDates: 2013Container: Box 7
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Description: Arrows: I love Rock and Roll single (45 vinyl record)Dates: 1975Container: Box 9
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Description: Dwarves: Surfbort (45 vinyl record)Dates: 2018Container: Box 9
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Description: Dwarves: Looking for a Warm teabag (33 vinyl record)Dates: 1988-2019Container: Box 9
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Description: Reverend Lust Vegas Hallelujah! (CD)Dates: undatedContainer: Digital, ahcdm_12705_015
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Description: Awards and Certificates: Tromeo and Juliet as an official selection of the 2009 Newport Beach Film FestivalDates: April 2009Container: Box 5
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Description: Biographical file: Lloyd Kaufman (Yale reunion, class of '68)Dates: 2018Container: Box 5
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Books:
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Description: "CarnEvil" by Douglas WentworthDates: 2014Container: Box 4
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Description: "Shatner Quake" by Jeff BurkDates: 2009Container: Box 5
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Description: "The Seduction of Mike: One Man's Life in 60 Years of Comic Books" by R. Sikoryak and Michael SmithDates: 1997Container: Box 5
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Description: "Cult People" by Nicanor LoretiDates: undatedContainer: Box 5
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Description: "The Monster That Ate the Movies: How Big Business is Destroying an American Institution" by Bill DeverDates: 2018Container: Box 5
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Description: "Cinematheque" programDates: 2018-2019Container: Box 7
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Description: "Le Cinema Francais C'es De La Merde!"Dates: NDContainer: Box 7
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Description: "Pests" by Lloyd Kaufman with Jordan Young and Regina KatzDates: 2017Container: Box 7
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Description: "Speedball #11: Run Bastard Run!"Dates: 2017Container: Box 7
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Description: "Acreable" by Antoine MarchalotDates: 2014Container: Box 8
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Description: "DogMendonca and PizzaBoy III" by Filipe MeloDates: 2016Container: Box 8
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Description: "Greenpoint of View" by Tony WolfDates: 2014Container: Box 8
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Description: "In God We Trust" by WinshlussDates: 2013Container: Box 8
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Description: "You're Really Reading This Book? My Ramblings on Social Media" by Jason PollockDates: 2015Container: Box 8
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Description: "Zombie Democracy" by Neil A. CohenDates: 2018Container: Box 8
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Description: "Almost Time" a play by David Rowell WorkmanDates: 2012Container: Box 10
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Description: "As a Peace-Loving Global Citizen" by Reverend Sun Myung MoonDates: 2010Container: Box 10
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Description: "Being Mr. Skin" by Jim ''Mr. Skin" McBride (advance uncorrected proof)Dates: 2019Container: Box 10
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Description: "Collins Cleaning Day" by Keith White Jr.Dates: 2013Container: Box 10
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Description: "Fake News Confidential" by Rick CarlileDates: 2018Container: Box 10
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Description: "Gimp: Surviving Your Survival" by Alisa ChristensenDates: 2008Container: Box 10
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Description: "Santastein" by Brian K. MorrisDates: 2014Container: Box 10
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Description: "The Selby is in your place" by Todd SelbyDates: 2010Container: Box 10
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Description: "Zombie Brides From Planet X" by David Rowell WorkmanDates: 2013Container: Box 10
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Description: MiscellaneousDates: 2016-2019Container: Box 6
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Description: Brochures that might mention TromaDates: 2008-2017Container: Box 1
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Description: Catalog of films - TTV SlicksDates: 2000-2002Container: Box 3
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Description: CAV Distributing Corp - old invoices and statementsDates: 1999-2000Container: Box 4
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Description: Comic book: Condaror y NocturnoDates: undatedContainer: Box 1
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Description: Comic book: The PassengerDates: 2007-2009Container: Box 4 and 8
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Description: Comic booksDates: 1999-2019Container: Box 5 and 10
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Correspondence:
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Description: LK fan lettersDates: 2014-2017Container: Box 1
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Description: Fan mail and artDates: 2008-2019Container: Box 4-6 and 10
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Description: Fan mail and holiday cards (USB drive)Dates: 2018-2019Container: Box 7 and Digital, ahcdm_12705_008
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Description: Letters/articles/invoicesDates: 2008-2009Container: Box 4
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Description: Troma fan mailDates: 2011-2019Container: Box 8
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 2001-2021Container: Box 13
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Description: Ephemera (Troma buttons, I.D. badges, stickers, paper bags, bowtie, and pins)Dates: 1986-2019Container: Box 5 and 7
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Film Festivals:
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Description: 2009 San Diego Comic Con exhibitor information and services manualDates: 2009Container: Box 8
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Description: Comic Con 2009Dates: 2009Container: Box 8
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Description: Chinese American Film FestivalDates: 2015-2016Container: Box 8
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Description: Hollywood in MongoliaDates: 2019Container: Box 8 and 10
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Description: Miscellaneous film festivals (flyers, pamphlets, and brochures)Dates: 2009-2018Container: Box 5 and 10
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Description: Troma DanceDates: 2008Container: Box 8
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Description: Tokyo International Film Festival bagDates: undatedContainer: Box 8
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Description: Film festival and comic book convention guidesDates: 2018Container: Box 6
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Description: Independent Film and Television Alliance: IFTA Producer Conference - Lloyd Kaufman (DVD)Dates: 2008-2018Container: Box 5 and Digital, ahcdm_12705_011
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Description: I.D. tagsDates: 2014-2020Container: Box 1 and 9-10
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Description: Interviews, speeches, and other writingsDates: 2017Container: Box 1
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Description: ItinerariesDates: 2016-2021Container: Box 13
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Description: Magazine articles with LKDates: 2009Container: Box 5
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Description: MagazinesDates: 1993-2019Container: Box 4 and 10
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Description: Magazines about TromaDates: 1970-2001Container: Box 8
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Manuscripts:
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Description: "The Lloyd Kaufman Companion" by E. YarberDates: undatedContainer: Box 1
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Description: "The Anthony Chobot Saga, Part One Boy" story by Anthony Chabot and Lloyd Kaufman (includes casting and location recommendations)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4
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Description: "My Experience, or Lack Thereof, with the Vietnam War"Dates: undatedContainer: Box 5
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Description: "Choked Out by the Digital Content Gatekeepers" by Lloyd KaufmanDates: undatedContainer: Box 6
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Description: All I Really Need to Know about Film making I Learned from The Toxic Avenger, Summer 98 BLVD. Trade (3.5" floppy disk)Dates: 1997Container: Box 8 and Digital, ahcdm_12705_010
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Description: Lloyd Kaufman's writingsDates: 2016-2018Container: Box 8
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Description: MiscellaneousDates: 2017-2021Container: Box 13
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Description: Miscellaneous (notes, correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, script notes, actor business cards)Dates: 1963-2019Container: Box 1 and 7-8
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Description: Miscellaneous: Marketing Plan and Proposal to Handle the Disposition of: 368 E. 149th Street, Bronx, NY, 10455Dates: 2009Container: Box 8
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Movie scripts and notes:
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Description: MiscellaneousDates: 2015Container: Box 1
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Description: Shakespeare's the Tempest AKA Troma's ShitstormDates: 2015Container: Box 1
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Description: "William Shakespeare's Shitstorm" by Brandon BasshamDates: 2018Container: Box 6
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Description: Fathers Day (including Lloyd's notes)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 7
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Description: RTNH Vol. 2 Hkauf Scenes, reshootsDates: 2014Container: Box 7
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Description: The Toxic Avenger V: From Russia with SludgeDates: undatedContainer: Box 7
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Description: The Toxic Avenger V: Grime and PunishmentDates: 2013Container: Box 7
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Description: William Shakespeare's Shitstorm (draft and shooting schedule)Dates: 2017Container: Box 7
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Description: "Beast Mode" by Joel D. WynkoopDates: 2019Container: Box 10
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Description: Pitch and intro scriptsDates: 2018-2020Container: Box 10
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Description: "Shitstorm" call sheets and scriptsDates: 2018Container: Box 10
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Description: Troma's ShitstormDates: 2017Container: Box 13
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Description: Newsletters: The Troma TimesDates: 1989-1998Container: Box 5 and 10
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Description: Newspaper clippingsDates: 1990-2020Container: Box 4-5,7-8 and 10
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Description: Newspaper clippings: French newspaper with LKDates: 2009Container: Box 5
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Description: Pamphlets/handoutsDates: 1999Container: Box 4
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Photographs:
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Description: Lloyd Kaufman photo-shopped into public imagesDates: undatedContainer: Box 5
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Description: Lloyd KaufmanDates: 1980-1989Container: Box 5
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Description: Poultrygeist screening photosDates: 2008Container: Box 5
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Description: New York Stock ExchangeDates: undatedContainer: Box 5
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Description: Michael C. Urchin photos sent to TromaDates: July 14, 2018Container: Box 5
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Description: MiscellaneousDates: 1968-2019Container: Box 7-9
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Description: Photos in NashvilleDates: 1980-2000Container: Box 11
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Description: Celeb PhotosDates: 2000-2010Container: Box 11
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Description: Photos and artDates: 2014-2017Container: Box 1
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Description: Playbills (French)Dates: 2014-2019Container: Box 7
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Description: Posters: Troma moviesDates: 2014-2019Container: Box 3,5,7,9 and 12
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Description: Posters from festivals and conventionsDates: 2018Container: Box 6
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Description: Premier screening - King Kaufman: The Passion of LloydDates: 2008Container: Box 8
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Description: Press/fests (newspaper clippings, articles, and advertisements)Dates: 2006-2007Container: Box 5
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Description: ProductionDates: October 1, 2017Container: Box 1
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Description: Programs: "The Toxic Avenger: The Musical" souvenir programmeDates: 2017Container: Box 11
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Description: Promotional materials (programs, newspaper clippings, flyers)Dates: 1999-2021Container: Box 1,6-7,11, 13 and Digital, ahcdm_12705_001-003
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Proposal/Pitch/Promotional packets:
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Description: Class of Nuke 'em High, the series (DVD)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 9 and Digital, ahcdm_12705_013
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Description: Kabukiman on CampusDates: 2018Container: Box 9
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Description: Troma's Mash-Up TheatreDates: undatedContainer: Box 9
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Description: Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em HighDates: 2016-2018Container: Box 9
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Description: Save My Movie (series proposal) (DVD)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 9 and Digital, ahcdm_12705_014
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Description: Starship Tromatica, the seriesDates: undatedContainer: Box 9
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Description: The TempestDates: undatedContainer: Box 9
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Description: The Toxic Avenger Part V: Grime and Punishment There's Nothing Noble in ChernobylDates: undatedContainer: Box 9
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Description: Tromaville Creative presentationDates: 2014Container: Box 9
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Description: Publications: L'Ecran Fantastique (French magazine)Dates: November 2018Container: Box 7
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Description: Publicity: World Premiere invitations for Return to Nuke'Em High, Volume 2Dates: undatedContainer: Box 5
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Description: Schedules and itinerariesDates: 2010-2020Container: Box 1 and 11
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Description: Schedules: Lloyd KaufmanDates: 2007-2019Container: Box 4,7 and 9
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Description: Scripts and notes: Cult, a story by Keith Kurtlander and Eric ShermanDates: October 6, 1995Container: Box 4
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Description: Scripts and notes: "Shitstorm" critiqueDates: undatedContainer: Box 5
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Description: Series pitchesDates: 2015Container: Box 1
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Spooky Movie Film Festival:
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Description: Photographs - Midsummers Night Scream eventDates: 2008Container: Box 4
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Description: Video: Festival of Horrors, volume 1 (DVD)Dates: 2008Container: Box 4 and Digital, ahcdm_12705_004
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Description: Student Confidential (newspaper movie announcements)Dates: 1987Container: Box 4
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Description: Troma hosted events materials (posters, pamphlets, flyers)Dates: 1982-2009Container: Box 4
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Description: Troma office documentsDates: 2018Container: Box 6
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Description: Tromeo and Juliet informationDates: April 2018Container: Box 4
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Description: Unidentified hard driveDates: undatedContainer: Digital, ahcdm_12705_006
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Video:
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Description: The First Turn-On (DVD)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 2
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Description: Troma's War (Blu-ray)Dates: 1988Container: Box 2
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Description: Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (DVD)Dates: 1990Container: Box 2
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Description: Tromeo and Juliet (DVD)Dates: 1996Container: Box 2
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Description: Terror Firmer: Let's Make Some Art - special edition box set (2 DVDs)Dates: 1998Container: Box 2
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Description: Class of Nuke'Em High (DVD)Dates: 1986Container: Box 2
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Description: Class of Nuke'Em High 2: Subhumanoid Meltdown (DVD)Dates: 1991Container: Box 2
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Description: Class of Nuke'Em High 3: The Good, the Bad, and the Subhumanoid (DVD)Dates: 1994Container: Box 2
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Description: Return to Nuke'Em High (DVD)Dates: 2014Container: Box 2
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Description: The Toxic Avenger (DVD)Dates: 1984Container: Box 2
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Description: The Toxic Avenger, Part II (DVD)Dates: 1989Container: Box 2
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Description: The Toxic Avenger, Part III: The last Temptation of Toxie (DVD)Dates: 1989Container: Box 2
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Description: Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (DVD)Dates: 2000Container: Box 2
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Description: Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (DVD)Dates: 2006Container: Box 2
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Description: Lloyd Kaufman Presents: Troma's War/Waitress, Class of Nuke'Em High, Chopper Chicks in Zombietown, Def by Temptation (VHS)Dates: 1996Container: Box 2
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Description: Greetings From Tromaville, Directors Cut (DVD)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4
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Description: Alabama Jay B (2 VHS tapes)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4
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Description: Park City Television: Mountain Morning Troma Dance (DVD)Dates: January 23, 2009Container: Digital, ahcdm_12705_005
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Description: Troma: A Fistful of Troma (DVD)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 5
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Description: The 7 Nightmares Girl 2 (2 DVDs)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 5
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Description: Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (DVD)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 7
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Description: Moving Images: Troma Inc. , "Poultrygeist" (2 3.5" floppy disks)Dates: August 2005Container: Digital, ahcdm_12705_007a-b
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Description: Lilly H. Video - Rough Assemblage (DVD)Dates: 2014Container: Digital, ahcdm_12705_009
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Description: Who Killed British Cinema? (DVD)Dates: 2016Container: Box 7
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Description: Lloyd Kaufman National TV appearances (DVD)Dates: 2008Container: Digital, ahcdm_12705_012
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Description: After School Lunch Special (DVD)Dates: 2019Container: Box 11
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Description: An Hour to Kill (DVD)Dates: 2019Container: Box 11
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Description: LloyddoczDates: 2019Container: Digital, ahcdm_12705_016
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Description: Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (DVD)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 11
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Description: Troma: A Fistful of Troma, 35 Years of Reel Entertainment (DVD)Dates: 2009Container: Box 11
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Description: Troma: Movies of the Future (DVD)Dates: 2014Container: Box 11
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Description: Troma PhiliaDates: 2019Container: Digital, ahcdm_12705_017
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Description: Tromasterpiece Theatre presents Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, episode 2 (DVD)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 11
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Description: Fanatics (2 DVDs)Dates: 2006Container: Digital, ahcdm_12705_018-019
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Independent filmmakers -- United States
- Motion picture industry -- United States
- Motion picture producers and directors -- New York (State)
- Motion picture studios -- United States
Personal Names
- Kaufman, Lloyd, 1945-
