DANIEL AND RHODA BELCHER FAMILY FILM COLLECTION:
An Inventory of Their Films at the Minnesota Historical Society
Sound and Visual Collection
OVERVIEW
| Title: | Daniel and Rhoda Belcher family film collection. | |
| Dates: | 1925-1957. | |
| Abstract: | This collection contains the home movies of Daniel and Rhoda Belcher. Daniel Belcher was vice-president of the Bemis Brothers Bag Company (Bemis Bros. Bag Co.), Minneapolis. The family lived at 5115 Dupont Avenue South and 1912 Irving Avenue South, Minneapolis and had a summer home in Minnetonka Beach on Lake Minnetonka (present address is 2321 Huntington Point Road East). Footage focuses on the Belcher’s three daughters: Carolyn, Rhoda and Lois, and in the later years their grandchildren. | |
| Quantity: | 14 master film reels : silent, black and white and color; 16 mm, and 14 user video files: MP4 (3.6 GB). | |
| Location: | III.25. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Daniel and Rhoda Belcher Family Film Collection. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: AV1991.246
Location of Master Files:
Digital masters of film recordings are maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage servers and is managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.
Processing Information:
Digital video transferred from the master film recordings by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes, (April, 2019).
Catalog ID number: 990016817130104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| III.25.1 | Children, 1925. 1 master film reel (11 minutes, 32 seconds): silent, black and white; 16 mm, and 1 user video file: MP4 (117.8 MB). | ||||||||||
| Views of Belcher children (Carolyn Rhoda and Lois) and others playing outdoors, including building a snowman and sliding. Also views of a children's tea party, family riding in an automobile and Rhoda Belcher and her daughters picking wildflowers. | |||||||||||
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| III.25.2 | Decoration Day and Lymans 2 in summer, 1925. 1 master film reel (9 minutes, 1 second): silent, black and white; 16 mm, and 1 user video file: MP4 (89.5 MB). | ||||||||||
| Views of Belcher children and others playing outdoors, on the beach and in the woods. Views of girls turning cartwheels and playing in a sandbox and boys playing with a hose. | |||||||||||
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| III.25.3 | Lymans at lake, 1925. 1 master film reel (11 minutes, 19 seconds): silent, black and white; 16 mm, and 1 user video file: MP4 (111.3 MB). | ||||||||||
| Views of Belcher family gathering at Minnetonka Beach on Lake Minnetonka. Includes scenes on the dock, adults and children at the beach and in a motorboat. Also includes views of girls dancing around a Maypole and children playing leap frog. | |||||||||||
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| III.25.4 | Children playing, 1926. 1 master film reel (8 minutes: 40 seconds): silent, black and white; 16 mm, 1 user video file: MP4 (85.1 MB). | ||||||||||
| Views of little girl playing with dolls, toy stove and iron, and other girls playing a game of jacks. Also views of children playing outdoors, including swinging, sliding down a residential street on kick sleds, ice skating on a lake, and playing backyard tennis. Final scene shows children at a beach with a boat decorated with American flags. | |||||||||||
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| III.25.5 | Trip to Duluth and Port Arthur, 1927. 1 master film reel (10 minutes, 54 seconds): silent, black and white; 16 mm, and 1 user video file: MP4 (109 MB). | ||||||||||
| Views of a family practicing their golf swings and scenic views of Minnehaha Falls and along the North Shore and Lake Superior. Also views of the Belcher family and daughter Carolyn, before and after her haircut. Ends with views of men and women working in offices at Bemis Brothers Bag Company, Minneapolis. | |||||||||||
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| III.25.6 | Recreation, 1927-1928. 1 master film reel (10 minutes, 56 seconds): silent, black and white; 16 mm, and 1 user video file (8 minutes, 10 seconds) : MP4 (80.6 MB) | ||||||||||
| Views of outdoor recreational activities, including adult and children swinging golf clubs, swimming, tennis, ice skating on a backyard rink and snow sliding. Also views of Minneahaha Falls, a baby's first steps, girls playing dress-up, and women and children playing together, including a game of drop-the-handkerchief. | |||||||||||
| Note: Master reel also includes news footage of a Jack Dempsey-Gene Tunney boxing match but user access for this portion is restricted. | |||||||||||
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| III.25.7 | Minnetonka, 1928-1929. 1 master film reel (11 minutes, 33 seconds): silent, black and white; 16 mm, and 1 user video file: MP4 (113.6 MB). | ||||||||||
| Views of a football game, possibly at University of Minnesota's Memorial Stadium, and views of children playing at Minnetonka Beach, including diving off a deck. Also views of a doll tea party and young women and girls playing in water at a beach. | |||||||||||
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| III.25.8 | Family sports, 1929-1932. 1 master film reel (11 minutes, 19 seconds): silent, black and white; 16 mm, and 1 user video file: MP4 (111.9 MB). | ||||||||||
| Film begins with views of women with a camera, photographing each other, and girls with suitcases leaving in an automobile. View of adults and children swinging golf clubs, ice skating, motorboating, and water boarding. Also views of women and children trying to walk on stilts and scene of Carolyn Belcher's graduation from Northrup Collegiate. | |||||||||||
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| III.25.9 | Spring-summer, 1935-1936. 1 master film reel (6 minutes, 51 seconds): silent, black and white; 16 mm, and 1 user video file: MP4 (68.1 MB). | ||||||||||
| Views of children and a rabbit and an Easter egg hunt and a game of croquet. Most of the footage documents an outdoor spring dance recital at Northrup Collegiate. | |||||||||||
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| III.25.10 | Northrup Collegiate School, 1935-1936. 1 master film reel (4 minutes, 49 seconds): silent, black and white and color; 16 mm, and 1 user video file: MP4 (146.6 MB). | ||||||||||
| Views of outdoor spring dance recital at Northrup Collegiate and scenic lake views. Includes a colored segment of the family's flower garden at their home in Minnetonka Beach. | |||||||||||
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| III.25.11 | Baby, approximately 1940s. 1 master film reel (9 minutes, 49 seconds): silent, black and white and color; 16 mm, and 1 user video file: MP4 (95.5 MB). | ||||||||||
| Film footage documents baby's first year, including baptism, bathing, crawling, first steps, Christmas and birthday. Also views of Belcher family outdoors, including Rhoda and Daniel, their daughters (Carolyn, Rhoda and Lois) and several grandchildren. | |||||||||||
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| III.25.12 | Young children, next generation, 1957. 1 master film reel (13 minutes, 5 seconds): silent, black and white and color; 16 mm, and 1 user video file: MP4 (128.9 MB). | ||||||||||
| Views of the family of Daniel and Rhoda Belcher, mainly of their grandchildren. | |||||||||||
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| III.25.13 | Girls having fun, 1947-1954. 1 master film reel (11 minutes, 55 seconds): silent, black and white and color; 16 mm, and 1 user video file: MP4 (118.5 MB). | ||||||||||
| Views of the children and grandchildren of Daniel and Rhoda Belcher. Includes views of children playing in a tent, swimming at a lake, and girls in dresses twirling batons. Also views of men and women golfing on a golf course. End of reel includes views of Belcher daughters in the 1920s. | |||||||||||
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| III.25.14 | Summer, 1944. 1 master film reel (14 minutes, 40 seconds): silent, black and white and color; 16 mm, and 1 user video file: MP4 (144.7 MB). | ||||||||||
| Views of the Belcher family children and grandchildren. | |||||||||||
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CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Aquatic sports.
- Birthdays.
- Children.
- Dancing.
- Families.
- Winter sports.
- Persons:
- Belcher family.
- Organizations:
- Northrop Collegiate School (Minneapolis, Minnesota)--Motion pictures.
- Places:
- Minnetonka Beach (Minnesota)--Motion pictures.
- Document Types:
- Amateur films.
- Motion pictures.
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