Summary Information

Title: Miriam Bennett Films
Inclusive Dates: 1925-1965, 1983, 1995

Creator:

• Bennett, Miriam

Call Number: AE 046-AE 089; AE 136-AE 140; CC 176; CC 202; EA 154-EA 168; VHB 499-VHB 500; VDA 176-VDA 183

Quantity: 67 film reels (16 mm and 8 mm), 2 videorecordings, and 8 DVDS (viewing copies of 45 films)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Amateur films, directed and produced by Miriam Bennett and home movies, shot by Miriam Bennett, circa 1930-1965. Most of the films are documentary and contain footage of the Wisconsin Dells region including downtown, the Wisconsin River, and Native American tourist sites; and footage of the Bennett, Crandall, Dyer, and Reese families. Several of the films are fiction films and showcase local "actors" in plays and dramatizations, including A Study in Reds, a film added to the National Film Registry in 2009. Film reels AE 046 through AE 088 and CC 176 have been digitized, compiled, and burned to DVDs (VDA 176-VDA 183) which serve as access copies. The remaining films are only available on film or video. Also included is a documentary on H.H. Bennett (1983) and a Channel 3 news story about Dells tourism (1995).

Note:

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ae046

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