SSHMP | s Archive Films

Thanksgiving

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Freddie's Christening -- June 1964

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5/30/65 + 7/4/65

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[Christmas party, ca. 1964]

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Mark 1963

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My Wedding Sept 15, 1962

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Beverly's Wedding, 11/63

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[Family at home, ca. 1964]

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Coretta's Wedding July 1961

SSHMP.2018.BUFORD.00006

[Hanging out in the park, ca. 1964]

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[The family outside with horses]

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[Industrial Commission Company picnic, family orchard in Baldwin, Michigan]

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Frederick Atkins Collection

Frederick Atkins shot these films of his wife, Loretta, and children in the East Side neighborhood. The collection includes the opening of the Chicago (formerly Calumet) Skyway. 8mm, Super 8mm. 1950-1980. 48 films.

Buford Family Collection

Shirley Jones and her sisters shot these films of the Buford family around their Englewood home. The collection features a wedding and several family parties, and also includes films shot during their time stationed in Okinawa, Japan. 8mm, Super 8mm. Silent. 1950-1970. 18 films.

Burt Ramos Family Collection

This collection includes home movies shot primarily by Louise B. Burt. They depict scenes of everyday life in Chicago, Illinois as well as family visits to Momence, Illinois, St. Louis, Missouri, and Baldwin, Michigan. 8mm. 1958-1968. 3 films.

Byrd-Forshey Family Collection

This collection consists of films of the Byrd family, depicting family gatherings and holidays. The collection also includes roadtrips, Chicago cityscapes and outdoor spaces. 16mm. 1950s. 2 films.

Alphonse and Nancie Teer Ellis Family Collection

Alphonse and Nancy Ellis shot these films in and around their Auburn Gresham home. The collection also includes a trip to Disneyland, Washington D.C. and visits to the family cottage in Lakeside, Michigan. Super 8mm. Silent. 1960-1970. 40 films.

Holland Family Collection

John Holland shot these films of his wife Margaret and their children Greg, Debbie, Doug and Karen in and around the East Side neighborhood. The collection includes graduations, holidays and Catholic ceremonies. 8mm, Super 8mm. 1950-1970. 47 films.

Jay Kavanaugh Collection

Jay Kavanaugh shot these films of his wife, D’Ann, and daughters, Tam and Palmer in and around the Hyde Park neighborhood. The collection includes scenes at Promontory Point. 16mm. Silent. 1940-1950. 5 films.

Dr. Helen Nash Collection

Dr. Helen Nash shot these scenes of family life in Atlanta, Georgia and St. Louis, Missouri, as well as trips to Chicago to visit relatives. Dr. Nash also traveled extensively with her sisters and mother, visiting Europe, China, Russia, and Africa in the late sixties and seventies. 16mm, Super 8mm. Silent. 1950-1970. 23 films.

Jean Patton Collection

The Jean Patton collection was shot by both Jean Patton and her husband Robert and documents family life in Chatham and their extensive travels overseas. Consisting of over 100 reels Jean and her husband visited China, Japan, Europe and the Caribbean and documented nearly 20 years of family celebrations and events. 16mm, 8mm, Super-8. Silent. 1940-1970. 100 films.

David D. and Margaret T. Pitts Collection

The Pitts collection consists of films filmed by Margaret Pitts around their Greater Grand Crossing and Calumet Heights home. Scenes include footage of their daughter, Linda growing up. 8mm. Silent. 1940s-1960s. 25 films.

Roberts Family Collection

This collection was shot primarily by Herman Roberts, his family and the staff of the Roberts Show Lounge. The films capture South Side nightlife from Englewood to Hyde Park, the Roberts Show Lounge in the '50s, rural Oklahoma, and Disneyland. 8mm, 16mm. Silent. 1950s. 34 films.

1950s 1960s

16mm 8mm Super 8mm

Accidental Dutch Angle Aerial Shot Birds Eye View Cars-driving off Close-up Dutch Angle Establishing Shot Fast-motion Filming from Boat Filming from Inside Filming Television House Exterior Meta-Filming Night Shot Pan Portrait Shot Road Shot Semi-close-up Slow-motion Street Scenes Titles Zoom

Chatham East Side Englewood Evanston Galena Georgia Greater Grand Crossing Hyde Park Idlewild Illinois Meharry Medical College Michigan Nashville New York City Ohio Oklahoma Paradise Lake South Side St. Louis Tennessee Unknown Washington, DC

Bob Patton Helen Nash Jack L. Cooper Jean Patton Marlene Grace Mary Maryanne

Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA) Girl Scouts

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