ELMER ALBINSON:
An Inventory of His Grand Portage Footage at the Minnesota Historical Society
Sound and Visual Collection
Part or all of this collection is restricted.
For
details, please see restrictions.
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Albinson, Elmer. | |
| Title: | Grand Portage footage. | |
| Dates: | approximately 1940-1949. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Views of Grand Portage and Pigeon River area in northern Minnesota, stockade at Grand Portage National Monument, and Indigenous people. Some of the footage may have been used in Albinson's film My Chippewa home revisited. | |
| Quantity: | 15 master film reels: 16 mm., 15 user video files: MP4 (1.6 GB), 3 master audio files: WAV (222 MB), and 3 user audio files: MP3 (40.3 MB). | |
| Location: | III.7: See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions:
Access to the master copies is restricted and requires the permission of the sound and visual curator.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Albinson, Elmer. Grand Portage Footage. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: AV1987.327
Location of Master Files:
Digital masters of film recordings and audio reels are maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage servers and are managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.
The original audio reels were disposed after the material was digitally reformatted into WAV files.
Processing Information:
Digitization was made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008.
Digital video and audio transferred from the master film recordings and audio reels by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes (September 2019).
Catalog ID number: 990016645510104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| III.7.1 | Pigeon River, undated. 1 master film reel (31 minutes, 4 seconds): silent, color; 16 mm. original reversal positive and 1 user video file: MP4 (294 MB). | ||||||||||
| Footage includes the Grand Portage National Monument, the Holy Rosary Catholic Church, needlework, beadwork, fishing, a small sawmill operation and boat construction. | |||||||||||
 Digital version | |||||||||||
| III.7.2 | Minnesota territorial centennial; Chief Mike Flat, undated. 1 master film reel (22 minutes, 59 seconds): silent, color; 16 mm. original reversal positive and 1 user video file: MP4 (217 MB). | ||||||||||
| Minnesota territorial centennial (00:00:00) Footage of event near Grand Portage National Monument and Holy Rosary Catholic Church with scenes of Indigenous people in full regalia including jingle dresses; drumming; dancing; canoe races; Miss Minnesota Centennial Mary Durey in car procession and a court of other pageant participants; men hiking the Grand Portage trail; square dancing; women in pilgrim clothing; and a procession of Indigenous people followed by hikers dressed as voyageurs, a priest, and the rest of pageant participants. | |||||||||||
| Chief Mike Flat (00:19:00) Footage of log homes and sign: Past Chippewa Chiefs of the Grand Portage Band, photographs and documents discussing flags and medals associated with traditions, and Chief Mike Flat dressed in full regalia displaying both medals and a British flag. | |||||||||||
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| III.7.3 | Grand Portage pageant, 1949. 1 master film reel (11 minutes, 19 seconds): silent, color; 16 mm. reversal positive and 1 user video file: MP4 (105 MB). | ||||||||||
| A duplicate condensed version of the Minnesota territorial centennial (III.7.2). | |||||||||||
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| III.7.7 | Grand Portage pageant, 1949. 1 master film reel (4 minutes, 27 seconds): silent, color; 16 mm. original reversal positive and 1 user video file: MP4 (41.4 MB). | ||||||||||
| Includes similar footage from Minnesota territorial centennial (III.7.2). | |||||||||||
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| III.7.4 | Winter, undated. 1 master film reel (13 minutes, 36 seconds): silent, color; 16 mm. original reversal positive and 1 user video file: MP4 (127 MB). | ||||||||||
| Footage includes Grand Portage Indian Reservation, a snow plow and men digging out snow to clear the road, fishing, large fish net drying rack, and a man walking around in snow shoes. | |||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||
| III.7.6 | My Chippewa home revisited: National monument site Grand Portage, undated. 1 master film reel (6 minutes, 20 seconds): silent, color; 16 mm. original reversal positive and 1 user video file: MP4 (90.4 MB). | ||||||||||
| Footage includes illustrations of voyageurs and Indigenous men in a canoe navigating rough waters, the Grand Portage National Monument site, the surrounding Lake Superior, and church service outside the Holy Rosary Catholic Church. | |||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||
| III.7.8 | Indian memories Minnesota, undated. 1 master film reel (5 minutes, 49 seconds): silent; color; 16 mm. original reversal positive and 1 user video file: MP4 (54.4 MB). | ||||||||||
| Footage includes illustrations depicting Indigenous people in canoes navigating the waters and tenting on land, men playing a card game, a animated sequence of a fiddle player and a man and Indigenous woman dancing together, a map of the hiking trail from Pigeon River to Grand Portage, Indigenous men and women elders smoking their pipes, and scenes from the Minnesota territorial centennial (III.7.2) along with fishing scenes from Pigeon River (III.7.1). | |||||||||||
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| III.7.11 | Personalities, undated. 1 master film reel (3 minutes, 12 seconds): silent; color; 16 mm. original reversal positive and 1 user video file: MP4 (29.5 MB). | ||||||||||
| Footage includes close-ups of young kids, Indigenous man and woman sitting near a log house, and includes similar footage of Indigenous people and fishing scene from Pigeon River (III.7.1). | |||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||
| III.7.12 | Grand Portage voyageurs rendezvous, undated. 1 master film reel (14 minutes, 44 seconds): silent, color; 16 mm. original reversal positive and 1 user video file: MP4 (139 MB). | ||||||||||
| Footage includes images of maps showing the location of Grand Portage, church service at the Holy Rosary Catholic church, aerial views of Grand Portage National Monument site, waterfalls beaver pelts, and includes similar footage of the voyageurs from the Minnesota territorial centennial celebration (III.7.2). | |||||||||||
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| III.7.13 | Voyageurs, undated. 1 master film reel (11 minutes, 4 seconds): silent; color; 16 mm. original reversal positive and 1 user video file: MP4 (103 MB). | ||||||||||
| Footage includes illustrations similar to footage from My Chippewa home revisited: National monument site Grand Portage (III.7.6), Indian memories Minnesota (III.7.8), Grand Portage voyageurs rendezvous (III.7.12). | |||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||
| III.7.14 | Voyageurs, undated. 1 master film reel (8 minutes, 42 seconds): silent, color; 16 mm. original reversal positive and 1 user video file: MP4 (182.5 MB). | ||||||||||
| Summary of footage includes Indigenous [Sámi] family preparing for travel via a wooden sled and contains illustrations similar to footage from My Chippewa home revisited: National monument site Grand Portage (III.7.6), Indian memories Minnesota (III.7.8), Grand Portage voyageurs rendezvous (III.7.12), Voyageurs (III.7.13). | |||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||
| III.7.5 | Trims and outs, undated. 1 master film reel (9 minutes, 37 seconds): silent, color; 16 mm. original reversal positive and 1 user video file: MP4 (90.4 MB). | ||||||||||
| Cuts from multiple films including Pigeon River (III.7.1), Minnesota territorial centennial celebration (III.7.2), My Chippewa home revisited: National monument site Grand Portage (III.7.6), Indian memories Minnesota (III.7.8), Grand Portage voyageurs rendezvous (III.7.12). | |||||||||||
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| III.7.9 | Trims and outs, undated. 1 master film reel (9 minutes, 48 seconds): silent, color; 16 mm. original reversal positive and 1 user video file: MP4 (92.4 MB). | ||||||||||
| Cuts from multiple films including Pigeon River (III.7.1), My Chippewa home revisited: National monument site Grand Portage (III.7.6), Grand Portage pageant (III.7.7). | |||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||
| III.7.10 | Trims and outs, undated. 1 master film reel (8 minutes, 36 seconds): silent; color; 16 mm. original reversal positive and 1 user video file: MP4 (80.9 MB). | ||||||||||
| Cuts from multiple films including Pigeon River (III.7.1), Minnesota territorial centennial celebration (III.7.2), My Chippewa home revisited: National monument site Grand Portage (III.7.6), Indian memories Minnesota (III.7.8). | |||||||||||
| Digital version | |||||||||||
| III.7.15 | Trims and outs, undated. 1 master film reel (8 minutes, 38 seconds): silent, color; 16 mm. original reversal positive and reversal and 1 user video file: MP4 (81.8 MB). | ||||||||||
| Cuts from multiple films including Minnesota territorial centennial celebration (III.7.2), My Chippewa home revisited: National monument site Grand Portage (III.7.6), Indian memories Minnesota (III.7.8), Grand Portage voyageurs rendezvous (III.7.12). | |||||||||||
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| III.7.16 | Chippewa home, undated. 1 master audio file (23 minutes, 44 seconds): WAV (116 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (21.7 MB). | ||||||||||
| Related material: My Chippewa home revisted: featuring Ellen Bushman is separately cataloged in the Elmer Albinson film collection in the Minnesota Historical Society sound and visual collection. | |||||||||||
 Digital audio | |||||||||||
| III.7.17 | Chippewa home narration, undated. 1 master audio file (17 minutes, 27 seconds): WAV (88.1 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (15.9 MB). | ||||||||||
| Container note: Bill B. and Eve outs. | |||||||||||
| Related material: My Chippewa home revisted: featuring Ellen Bushman is separately cataloged in the Elmer Albinson film collection in the Minnesota Historical Society sound and visual collection. | |||||||||||
| Digital audio | |||||||||||
| III.7.18 | Chippewa narration, final, undated. 1 master audio file (2 minutes, 53 seconds): WAV (14.6 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (2.7 MB). | ||||||||||
| Related material: My Chippewa home revisted: featuring Ellen Bushman is separately cataloged in the Elmer Albinson film collection in the Minnesota Historical Society sound and visual collection. | |||||||||||
| Digital audio | |||||||||||
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:
- Ojibwa Indians.
- Places:
- Grand Portage National Monument (Minn.).
- Grand Portage Reservation (Minn.).
- Document Types:
- Motion pictures.
- Sound recordings.
- Titles:
- My Chippewa home revisited.
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