NC Moving Image Archivists

[Lisa Carter <lisa_carter AT ncsu.edu>]

Kirston and all,

The SNCA Archives Week Committee is organizing to get the word out about 
Archives Week events.  Archives Week in NC this year is October 20-26th.
http://www.ncarchivists.org/archives_week/index.htm

There's a calendar for posting event dates (HMD and our screenings for 
the following week) here: 
http://www.ncarchivists.org/archives_week/calendar.htm

Lisa



Kirston Johnson wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Karen and I will be creating a poster for the home movie screenings 
> event.  We’d like to have all the important details by this Friday, so 
> that our graphic designer can have the poster completed by September 19. 
>  At that point, we’ll send each of you a PDF of the poster and you can 
> distribute/print it as much as you’d like (or do something on your own).  
>
> Event details on the poster will include:
>
> Date
> Time
> Location (building, room)
> List of films to be screened
> URL
>
> I think I have most of this info, but I’m missing the time and room in 
> some cases.  Could each of you review the details below and let me know 
> how you’d like me to word things.  Also, if you could fill in the 
> blanks, that would be great.
>
> I’ve attached a couple of still images we thought of using.  Please feel 
> free to comment or share others.  We’d like to use the vertical stack of 
> films for the central image, as that will allow us to stagger details 
> for each institution on the side.  As soon as we have a proof, we’ll 
> send it out.
>
> That’s it for now.  Thank you all for finding these great films and 
> working with us to do this!
>
> Best,
>
> Kirston
>
>
> *_Details_*
>
> *Duke:*
>
> October 21
> 6:00pm (confirm)
> Rare Book Room, Perkins Library
> Home Movies / Regional Films from:
>         The Sidney D. Gamble collection (Pilgrimage to Miao Feng Shan, 
> China, 1927, DVD)
>         The Glenn Kiner collection (Shanghai, 1928, lenticular, DVD)
>         The Frederic Cowper Papers (Paris Exposition, Paris, France, 
> 1937, 16mm film print)
>         The H. Lee Waters collection (Kannapolis, North Carolina, 1930s, 
> 16mm film print)  
>         The Morris and Dorothy Margolin Home Movies Collection (Bangkok, 
> Hong Kong 1965, DVD)
>
>  
> *UNC:*
>
> October 22
> [Time?]
> Pleasants Family Assembly Room, Wilson Library
> Films:
>         8mm home movies and actuality footage shot around the 
> Mississippi Delta
> by Bill Ferris (ca. 1960s, film or DVD)
>         8mm home movies shot by Allard Lowenstein of travels abroad in 
> Europe,
> Africa, and Russia (ca. 1950s, film or DVD)
>         16mm home movie of African Americans identified as former slaves 
> shot
>         around Florence, SC by Harry Lee Harllee (ca. 1920s, DVD)
>         16mm home movie of an African American Baptism ceremony in a 
> lake (ca.
>         1960s, film or DVD)
>         Home movie footage of a jam session shot by Tommy Thompson 
> (gotta get
>         more details on this one, film or DVD)
>
> *State Archives / NC State:*
>
> October 23
> [Time?]
> Search Room, State Archives
> Films:
>         H. Lee Waters films of Hillsborough, NC
>         Raleigh Fire Department training film, c.1950s (hilarious)
> /        Tar Heel Family/ by George Stoney 1949, very forward thinking 
> film about NC’s natural resources and conservation etc…
>         Tomorrow’s Market Today, 1965 film by WRAL about ‘modern’ 
> marketing and economic development and the new Research Triangle Park!
> /        Jockey’s Ridge for all the People/, 1975-1976, moving student 
> film by Ron Hagell about saving the dune from developers and the 
> founding of the state park at Jockey’s Ridge
>  
>
> *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*
>
> Kirston Johnson
> Moving Image Archivist
> Duke University
> Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Technical Services
> Smith Warehouse
> 114 South Buchanan Blvd.
> Bay 35, Box 90767
> Durham, NC  27708
>
> *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*
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Lisa R. Carter
Head, Special Collections Research Center
NCSU Libraries
919-515-8119
lisa_carter AT ncsu.edu