2019 Hyperion Historical Alliance Annual

By Didier Ghez, David Bossert, Garry Apgar

A professional organization that seeks to advance member-initiated projects related to Disney history, the Hyperion Historical Alliance (HHA) publishes an annual with articles on different subjects authored by members of the HHA. Although unaffiliated with The Walt Disney Company, the HHA is made up of members with longstanding career, archival, professional, academic, and heritage connections to Disney.As an official 501(c)(3) non-profit association, the Hyperion Historical Alliance independently works to preserve documents, artwork, and other material related to Disney history. Vetted members with professional interests actively network to identify opportunities for finding and preserving material at risk of being lost to time, neglect, or decay. From identifying obscure artwork to locating unpublished diaries, autobiographies, or correspondence related to the creative talent who worked with Walt Disney, the HHA enhances and strengthens the historical record otherwise preserved by The Walt Disney Company. HHA's members actively contribute to Disney scholarship through publications, documentaries, and other projects.In this first annual published by the HHA, articles include: * The Best of Bill Garity's Diary, in which Didier Ghez explores technological revolutions, union troubles, and the building of Disney's Burbank Studio * One of Walt's - and Roy's - Boys, in which Jim Hollifield explores the career of Jack Cutting, an early Disney artist who later led the company's Foreign Department following his contributions as a member of the famed El Grupo trip to South America.* "Initial" Thoughts on Production Innovations at The Walt Disney Studios in the Mid-1930s, in which Garry Apgar explores early Disney animation production processes ahead of production on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.* Wow, We've Got Something Here: Ward Kimball and the Making of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, in which Todd James Pierce looks at the early animation contributions of famed animator Ward Kimball to Disney's 1937 animated classic* A Cinderella Story: The Firehouse Five Plus Two in 1950s, in which Lucas Seastrom examines a pivotal year in the history of the noted seven-piece jazz band made up of Disney creative personnel* A Look at the Music Behind Disney's The Little Mermaid, in which David Bossert chronicles the history behind the musical success of the 1989 animated masterpiece.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1793898421
• ISBN13: 9781793898425
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 78 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.2" x 8.5"