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[Wildhorn Ranch and Colorado Springs Trip 1956]
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[Waikiki and Florida Vacations]
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10-75 Lion Country Safari GA
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A Trip to New York City
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[Visit to CO and OK: Wildhorn Guest Ranch, Thrillcade, and Fort Sill]
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NYC for Mothers Day
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[Okinawa, Japan, ca. 1976]
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Cruise
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Arlington 2 Mount Vernon
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Nassau/Dionne/Lyn
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Puerto Rico I
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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.

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.

Lynette Frazier Collection

Lynette Frazier shot these films of her life in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood of Chicago, as well as her many travels around the globe. The collection includes the aftermath of the MLK Riots, Resurrection City in Washington, DC and the 1964 World’s Fair in New York. 8mm. Silent. 1950-1960. 31 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.

The Sylvester Matthews Collection

Sylvester Matthews shot these films in and around the family’s home in Detroit, MI. Donated by award-winning filmmaker Tracye Matthews, the collection features scenes of Tracye, her sister and her cousins' first years of life, the 1964 World’s Fair in New York, as well as the 1967 Detroit Rebellion. 8mm. Silent. 1960-1970. 14 films.

Ellis McClelland Collection

Ellis McClelland shot these films featuring his wife and children in the Princeton Park neighborhood. Scenes include visits to many of Chicago’s Parks, Buckingham Fountain and Detroit to visit relatives. McClelland also shot footage of car races, baseball games and his North Side mechanic shop. 8mm. Silent. 1940-1950. 8 films.

Charles Merrifield Collection

Charles Merrifield was a postal worker who lived with his family in Princeton Park. His films show gatherings of extended family, as well as travels across the US with his wife and children. 8mm. Silent. 1950-1960. 6 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.

Leroy Roberson Collection

Leroy Roberson shot this collection documenting his extensive travels across the country with his family. Often taking his children out of school early this collection includes visits to California, Wyoming, the Hoover Dam and other sites in the American West. 8mm. Silent. 1950-1960. 32 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.

Gustina Steele Collection

Gustina Steele and her husband Bill Higgins, shot this footage of their children William Jr. and Ashauna in and around their Calumet Heights home. Super-8. Sound, silent. 1970-1980. 4 films.

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Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Arizona Atlanta Bahamas Barbados California Calumet Heights Canada Caribbean Central Chatham Chicago Colombia Colorado Colorado Springs Curacao Detroit Disneyland Park East Side Europe Florida France Germany Grand Canyon National Park Greater Grand Crossing Grenada Haiti Harvey Hawaii Idaho Idlewild Illinois Italy Jamaica Japan Kansas Kentucky Las Vegas Liberia Massachusetts Mexico Mexico City Michigan Morocco Nassau New York New York City Niagara Falls Ohio Ontario Oregon Peru Portugal Princeton Park Puerto Rico Shoshoni South Dakota South Side Spain St. Louis Switzerland Tijuana Trinidad and Tobago United Kingdom Utah Venezuela Virginia Washington, DC Wyoming Yellowstone National Park

Bob Patton Helen Nash Jean Patton Jeannette Foreman Lenny Leroy Roberson Lynette Frazier Marlene Grace Ronnie McClelland Rosalie McClelland

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Air shows Aircraft Airplanes Airports Amusement parks Animal behavior Architecture Auto racing Automobiles Baseball Battleships Beaches Bicycles & tricycles Birthdays Boating Boats Bodies of water building Buildings Bullfighting Bulls and Cows Buses Butterflies Camping Canoe Caribbean Cats Cemeteries Children Children-playing Christmas Churches City & town life Cityscapes Civil rights Classrooms Clothing and dress Clown Compilation Construction Cooking Costumes Cowboys Cruises Cultural relations Dance Decorations Deserts Dogs Domestic life Education Entertainers Entertainment Equestrian Events Fairs Families Family at Leisure Family recreation Farms Fashion Figure skating Filming from Boat Fishing Flowers Food Fountains Games Gardens Geology Good Graduation ceremonies Harbors Helicopters Highways Hiking Historic sites Historical reenactments Holiday music Holiday-children Holidays Home improvement Horseback Riding Horses Hotels House/garden Indigenous peoples Lakes Landmarks Leisure Marching bands Markets Military Monuments & memorials Motorsports Mountains Museums Music Musical instruments National parks & reserves Natural phenomena Nature Navy New York World's Fair (1964-1965) Oceans Orchestras Outdoors Parades & processions Parenting Parties Performances Photography Picnics Piloting Playgrounds Political campaigns Politics & government Pool Presidents Public Parks Railroads Ranches Recreation Religious Rivers Road trips Roads Rodeos Rooms & spaces Sailing Santa Claus School Shopping Shrines and Temples Smoking Snow Sound Spanish Statues Streets Students Summer Sunrises & sunsets Swimming Tourism Toys Trains Transportation Travel Travelogue Trees Trucks United States Universities & colleges Vacations Vacations Vehicles Water Water skiing Waterfalls Weather Weddings Winter Winter sports Zoos