Title: Memorial Library Collection of Films
Inclusive Dates: 1951-1984

Creator:

• University of Wisconsin--Madison. Libraries

Call Number: AE 909-AE 913; AE 915-AE 919; CD 489-CD 510; DG 966-DG 997; FL 507-FL 508; VHC 606-VHC 609; M2022-012

Quantity: 66 reels of film (16 mm), 4 video recordings (VHS), and 0.2 cubic feet (1 half-archives box)

Repository:

Housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives and Museum Collections; owned by the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

The Memorial Library Educational Film Collection is 62 films, dating from 1951 through 1984, with the bulk of the collection coming from the 1970s. A wide breadth of educational topics are found in the collection. Consistent topics include art, mathematics, ecology, evolution, sociology, and zoology. The collection includes two feature films, Truman Capote's The Glass House from 1972 starring Vic Morrow, Alan Alda, and Billy Dee Williams, and Cat in the Cage from 1978 starring Sybil Danning. Also notable, the collection includes Clay, or the Origin of the Species, a 1965 animated short which was nominated for best “Short Subject (Cartoons)” by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1966. The collection also includes teaching and study guides for six titles.

Note:

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ae909

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Arranged alphabetically by film title.

Conditions Governing Use

No duplication or public screening without consent of copyright holder.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Memorial Library, Madison, Wisconsin, August 2019. Accession Number: M2022-012

Processing Information

Processed by Brody Coning.

Educational films -- ArtEducational films -- MathematicsEducational films -- EcologyEducational films -- EvolutionEducational films -- SociologyEducational films -- ZoologyMotion picturesVideo recordingsEducational filmsAnimation

DG   981	Art and Architecture: Chartres Cathedral, 1963
DG   997	Art of Film Volume 9: The Chase in the Evolution of the Movies, 1978
DG   967	Autistic Child: A Behavioral Approach, 1984
VHC   608	Cat in the Cage, 1978
AE   910	Clay, or the Origin of the Species, 1965
CD   500	Coming of Age, 1924-1928, 1983
M2022-012 Box   1   Folder   1	Teachers guide, 1983
AE   911	Continuity of Mapping, 1968
CD   505	Corrido, 1975
CD   506	Dennis the Menace is Afraid, 1977
AE   917	Los Desarraigados: The Uprooted, undated
CD   496	Dictation, Napoleon to Now, 1981
CD   491	Digestive System, 1965
DG   991-DG 992	Do We Really Need the Rockies, 1981
DG   987	Don't Bother Me I'm Learning, 1981
M2022-012 Box   1   Folder   2	Teachers guide, 1981
AE   912	Drown Proofing, 1967
AE   915	Eastman House, 1960
CD   495	Eat Drink and Be Wary: revised edition, 1984
DG   974	An Ecosystem: A Struggle for Survival, 1975
CD   499	The Eskimo in Life and Legend : The Living Stone, 1958
M2022-012 Box   1   Folder   3	Teachers guide, 1958
VHC   607	Experience the Spirit of Flight, 1989
AE   909	The Great Lakes How They Were Formed, 1951
CD   494	Groundwater, 1982
CD   502	Hamlet: The Poisoned Kingdom, 1959
CD   501	Hamlet: What Happens in Hamlet, 1959
DG   986	Helping Children Deal with Television, 1984
CD   490	Hope is Not a Method III, 1984
CD   504	The Intervention, 1978
DG   970	It's “Cool” to be Smart (McGraw/Hill), 1978
DG   973	It's Okay to be Deaf, Denise, 1975
AE   919	It's Really People, 1975
VHC   606	Lights: A Jewish Media Event for All the Family, 1983
DG   989-DG 990	The Long Valley: A Study of Bereavement, 1978
CD   508	Looking for Renaissance Rome, 1976
CD   507	Man, the Incredible Machine, 1976
DG   995	Marilyn Van Derbur, "You Decide," show # 2, 1980
DG   994	Marilyn Van Derbur, "Yes You Can," show #3, 1980
DG   996	Marilyn Van Derbur, "If You Don't Who Will?," show #8, 1980
DG   966	My Dad Lives in a Downtown Hotel, 1973
CD   498	Nature's Magic: Toxic Beauty, 1978
FL   507	Nova, "Making of a Natural History Film," season 1, episode 1, 1974
DG   972	Nova, "Bird Brain: The Mystery of Bird Navigation," season 1, episode 8, 1974
DG   971	Nova, "Predictable Disaster," season 3, episode 1, 1976
DG   985	Nova, "A Desert Place," season 3, episode 5, 1976
DG   977-DG 978	Nova, "Inside the Shark," season 3, episode 18, 1976
DG   979-DG 980	Nova, "Case of the Bermuda Triangle," season 3, episode 20, 1976
DG   968-DG 969	Nova, "The Green Machine," season 4, episode 20, 1978
DG   993	The Novel: Early Victorian England and Charles Dickens, 1962
DG   988	Off Your Duff, 1979
M2022-012 Box   1   Folder   4	Teachers guide, 1979
AE   918	The Origin of Life: Chemical Evolution, 1969
CD   510	Orthogonal Projection, undated
DG   975-DG 976	Samuel Beckett : Waiting for Godot, 1976
CD   497	Sex-Role Development, 1973
CD   492	Shorthand—See Them Write, 1966
CD   503	That's My Name Don't Wear it Out, 1977
DG   982-DG 984	Truman Capote's The Glass House, 1972
M2022-012 Box   1   Folder   5	Teachers guide, 1972
AE   913	Warning It Could Happen to You, 1983
M2022-012 Box   1   Folder   6	Brochure and forms, 1983
CD   489	What Makes Millie Run, 1976
FL   508	Who Remembers Mama, 1978
AE   916	Why Me?, 1978
CD   509	Wild Wild World of Animals"The Spider", 1975
VHC   609	Wisconsin Dells (Discovery Wisconsin Productions Inc.), undated
CD   493	You're Not Listening, 1978