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HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY PAPERS, 1873-2001


Series IX. Films and Videotapes: ca. 1929 - 2001

Box 62
16 mm films
No. 1-12
Full descriptions will be available Summer, 2002

Box 63
VCR Tape No. 1

Title:  “Elise Ford and Howard Chandler Christy” [ca. 1930s-1940]
Donor:  Holly Christina Longuski, May 2001
Time:   19 minutes, 20 seconds
Audio:  No
Copy date:  6/17/88
Description: Combination of black & white and color 16mm film clips, not in chronological order.  Some home movies, filmed by Howard Chandler Christy and Elise Ford, as well as newsreel clips.  Topics include:  Christy painting Elise Ford; both attending publicity events involving Christy’s artwork; Christy, Elise Ford, and daughter Holly as an infant at vacation home in Vermont; Christy painting landscapes outdoors; Christy, Elise and Holly displaying some of his landscape canvases.

VCR Tape No. 2

Title:  “Christy Marker Dedication, May 3rd, 2001”
Donor:  Helen Copley, Summer 2001
Time:  approximately 20 minutes
Audio:  Yes
Copy date:  Summer 2001
Description: Scenes from the outdoor dedication ceremony for Christy marker in Morgan County, Ohio, and the following reception and exhibition of Christy artwork.  In color.

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