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UCF Home Movie Archives, Circa 1920-1989, Circa 2010-2014, Undated., bulk 1950-1987.

 

Summary

Abstract:
The Home Move Archive houses films created by individuals that mostly depict their family interactions, ceremonies, celebrations, and vacations. Others depict famous moments in history such as the opening day of Walt Disney World or the 1964 World's Fair. The origins of the footage in the collection span across North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Extent:
23.65 Linear Feet 278 8mm Film Reels, 19 Super 8mm Film Reels; 9 16mm Film Reels, 1 Box, and 1 Flat File
Language:
The materials are written in English
Preferred citation:

UCF Home Movie Archives, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Background

Scope and content:

Series I: Home Movie Archive, c. 1920-1989, Undated. The series is arranged into one series and 54 subseries with each subseries named after the donors (Last Name, First Name) and is alphabetically listed.

Series II: Public Access Materials, c. 1920-1989, c. 2010-2014, Undated. The series contains the digitized formats of the footage featured in Series I for public research purposes. Also contains supplementary materials such as posters from the University of Central Florida Film Department's Home Movie Day event. The series is arranged with the digitized versions (as well as other formats) of the footage in a box and the posters stored in a flat file.

Biographical / historical:

As part of the Special Collections and University Archives, the Home Movie Archive seeks to collect 8mm, Super 8mm, and 16mm home movies, captured mostly from late 1930s through the end of the 1980s, which have cultural, historical, scientific, or artistic significance, with a focus on Central Florida and its residents.

The aim of creating a Home Movie Archive is to ensure that the valuable social and historical information, captured by ordinary citizens, be preserved as part of the Special Collections and University Archives permanent holdings-a non-circulating collection whose use is confined to the Special Collections reading/research room.

The UCF Libraries will administer, permanently house, preserve, inventory, process, maintain, and make available a Home Movie Archive to the public, researchers, and scholars, in accordance with the UCF Libraries' established policies and procedures.

Acquisition information:
Various donors donated the materials to the University of Central Film Department from 2010-2013; their names are used to differentiate their films in the collection. the UCF Film Department transferred these materials to the University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives in 2014.
Processing information:

Most of the footage was donated during the University of Central Florida Film Department's Home Movie Day events from 2010 through 2013 with individual donations thereafter until 2014. Some of the reels were repaired by the UCF Film Department; more information regarding those repairs can be found in the administrative records. The films were digitized on discs and onto a Western Digital My Book Studio II Dual-drive Storage System with RAID from 2011 to 2013. The UCF Film Department transferred the collection to the UCF Library Special Collections on March 3, 2014.

A supplementary guide was created by David D. Morton in 2015; additions to the guide were integrated by Angie Villafane Martinez, John Settle, and Steven Craig Trelstad from 2017 to 2019. Reels 142 (LN_01), 143 (LN_02), 148 (MB_01), and 150 (MB_04) have vinegar syndrome and are being kept separate from the rest of the collection.

Arrangement:

The first arrangement and description of the archives contents was completed in 2015. The collection is housed on a protected drive and on discs. Presently, the archive is arranged based on the donor in alphabetical order and each film is numerically ordered.

The collection contains 8mm, Super 8mm, and 16mm film reels donated by 54 donors from 2010-2014. The footage of the reels may or may not be listed in chronological order.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The entire collection is open for research. Curatorial Permission is required for reels 9, 24, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 297 due to their content.

Terms of access:

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Preferred citation:

UCF Home Movie Archives, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.