Summary Information

Title: Ross Family Home Movies
Inclusive Dates: 1927-1936

Creator:

• Ross, Hamilton Nelson

Call Number: AC 771; AE 386-AE 394; CB 278-279; CC 670; DE 129; VBB 425-428

Quantity: 14 reels of film (16 mm) and 4 videorecordings (U-Matic viewing copies)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
Contact Information

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Amateur home movies of the Hamilton Nelson Ross family, circa 1927-1932. H.N. Ross was the author of La Pointe—Village Outpost, a book on the history of La Pointe. Most films contain footage of the Ross children playing outdoors at their Geneva, Illinois home and on Madeline Island, Wisconsin. Several films contain segments with adults, neighbors, friends and family visiting the Ross family. The collection includes shots of picnics, ball games, skiing, and other outdoor activities. CB 279 contains footage of President Calvin Coolidge visiting Wisconsin in 1928.

Note:

There is a restriction on use of this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

All films are silent in black and white.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ac771

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