Finding Aids
Finding aids are research guides that provide detailed information about archival collections. They help people such as researchers, students, family historians, filmmakers, educators, and community members understand what materials are included within a collection before viewing the individual items.
How to Use Finding Aids
Our finding aids help users understand the content and history of our collections before viewing individual films. Each finding aid provides information about a collection, including the filmmaker, film format, locations, dates, events, and subjects documented in the films. Use our finding aids as guides to explore collections and discover materials within the South Side Home Movie Project archive that relate to your research or personal interests.
SSHMP Finding Aids
Browse the finding aids below to learn about each film collection.
Alsup-Smith Family Collection Finding Aid
Vanessa Alsup and her husband Kevin shot these sound films of their children Kevin II, Sheena Marie and Carla in and around their Englewood home. The collection also includes several concerts in Chicago. Super 8mm. Sound. 1970-1980. 17 films.
Puskiewicz Collection Finding Aid
Matilda Puskiewicz (née Jablonski) shot these films of her family and surrounding Polish Catholic community in South Chicago and on several national and international vacations. The collection features footage of her children Patricia, Judith, and Jack as they grew up, as well as trips to California and Europe. 8mm. Silent. 1947-1960s. 25 films.
Roberts Family Collection Finding Aid
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.
