Collection #

P 0450

Beeson 16mm amateur film
Ca. 1922

Collection Information

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Contents

Cataloging Information

Processed by

Jeanne Kaplan
4 December 2004

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

COLLECTION INFORMATION

VOLUME OF COLLECTION:	1 16mm film 2 VHS tapes ( user and master copy).
COLLECTION DATES:	Ca. 1922
PROVENANCE:	Cecil Beeson, Hartford City, Indiana, received ca. 1983.
RESTRICTIONS:	Researchers must work with VHS user copy of 16mm film.
COPYRIGHT:
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS:	Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society.
ALTERNATE FORMATS:
RELATED HOLDINGS:	Blackford County-Subject Files, P 0290
ACCESSION NUMBER:	1983.0607
NOTES:	Researchers will work with the VHS tape user copy.  The original film remains part of the collection but is stored separately in the film storage area.

BIOGRAPHiCAL SKETCH

Cecil Beeson (1905–94), the son of William H. and Jennie Jenks Beeson, moved to Hartford City, Indiana, in 1911.  During the 1970s, Beeson was active in the revival and the establishment of the Blackford County Historical Society and a historical museum in Hartford City, respectively. 

Sources: SC 2683 Collection guide

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of an original silent black-and-white 16mm film and 2 duplicate VHS copies, one master and one user copy.

The photographer and location of this film are unknown.  The images appear to be school children, elementary to high school, coming out the front doors and posing for the camera on the steps of their school.  There are a few seconds of various people walking down a street in town and a seven-piece musical band.  Due to the fact that Cecil Beeson collected items relating to Blackford County, Indiana, it may be assumed that the location is in that county.

CONTENTS

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
1 16mm film	Film storage area
2 VHS tapes	Videotape storage area

CATALOGING INFORMATION

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