SSHMP.2017.ATKINS.00005
SSHMP.2018.BRANCH.00005
SSHMP.2018.ELLIS.00014
SSHMP.2020.MAYEWAKI.00025
SSHMP.2016.NASHH.00001
SSHMP.2016.PATTON.00013
SSHMP.2016.PATTON.00028
SSHMP.2016.PATTON.00066
SSHMP.2016.PATTON.00069
SSHMP.2016.PATTON.00074
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.
Roy and Kathleen Branch shot these films at their home in Lake Meadows. The collection includes shots of their daughter Elizabeth and several family Christmases. Super 8mm. Sound. 1970s-1980s. 7 films.
Alphonse and Nancie Ellis shot these films in and around their Greater Grand Crossing home. The collection also includes a trip to Disneyland, New York and a cruise to the Caribbean. Super 8mm. Silent. 1960-1970. 10 films.
These films were recorded by Charles "Chuck" Mayewaki. The collection includes a pilgrimage to the Rohwer Heritage Site in Arkansas. 16mm & Super 8mm. 1973. 25 films.
Dr. Helen Nash shot these scenes of family life in Atlanta and St. Louis, Missouri as well as trips to Chicago to visit relatives. Dr. Nash also traveled extensively with her sisters and mother and visited Europe, China, and Russia in the late sixties and seventies. 16mm, Super-8; Year Range: 1950-1970
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; Year Range: 1940-1970.
