LENONT-MCNEIL FAMILY:
An Inventory of Its Film Collection at the Minnesota Historical Society
Sound and Visual Collection
Part or all of this collection is restricted.
For
details, please see restrictions.
OVERVIEW
| Title: | Lenont-McNeil family film collection. | |
| Dates: | 1927-1951. | |
| Abstract: | Home movies by Charles B. Lenont and Lenont's son-in-law, Emerson Duncan McNeil Jr., document family activities and life in northern Minnesota at Lenont's home in Virginia, the Eshquaguma Country Club in Gilbert, a cabin on Sand Lake, the McNeil home in Duluth, and other locations. Footage includes scenes of hunting, canoeing, skiing, swimming, annual trips to Florida, weddings, and children playing. Some films also include images of radio and TV personality, Cedric Adams, another of Lenont's son-in-law. Film logs by Matthew McNeil are included that identify many locations and people. | |
| Quantity: | 12 master film reels: silent, black and white and color; 16 mm., 12 film logs, and 12 user video files: MP4 (5.41 GB). | |
| Location: | III.59 : See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
HISTORICAL NOTE
Dr. Charles Burton Lenont was a Minnesota physician on the Iron Range and throughout northern Minnesota, predominately based in Virginia. He became interested in 16 mm. film in the 1920s and passed down his interest to his son-in-law, Emerson Duncan McNeil Jr. McNeil spent most of his life in northern Minnesota supplying explosives for the mining industry.
ARRANGEMENT
The collection is arranged by supplied reel number.
Films are numbered 1-9 and 11-13, 10 was not in accession.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions:
Use of collection requires that if film footage comprises 50% or more of a completed project the material must be narrated by Matthew McNeil.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Lenont-McNeil Family Film Collection. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: AV2018.41
Processing Information:
Processed by: Karen Obermeyer-Kolb, July 2018
Catalog ID number: 008948919
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| III.59.1 | Film no. 1, 1927-1930. 1 master film reel: silent, black and white; 16 mm. and 1 user video file: MP4 (378 MB) and 1 film log. | ||||||||||
| Contents: Lenont, McNeil, and Shaw families at the Lenont home in Virginia, Minnesota; golfing at the McNeil cabin at the Eshquaguma Country Club; traveling to Florida; and a Civil War monument at an unknown location. | |||||||||||
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| III.59.2 | Film no. 2, 1929-1930. 1 master film reel: silent, black and white; 16 mm. and 1 user video file: MP4 (466 MB) and 1 film log. | ||||||||||
| Contents: Lenont, Haslam, and McNeil families golfing at the Eshquaguma Country Club; picking grapefruit, swimming, and spending time at the racetrack in Florida; and family at the Lenont home in Virginia, Minnesota. | |||||||||||
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| III.59.3 | Film no. 3, 1930-1934. 1 master film reel: silent, black and white; 16 mm. and 1 user video file: MP4 (302 MB) and 1 film log. | ||||||||||
| Contents: Lenont family, Loomis twins and their families, and the Haslam family in Nisswa and at the Lenont home in Virginia, Minnesota; puppies; and a farm near Babbitt, Minnesota. | |||||||||||
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| III.59.4 | Film no. 4, 1937-1941. 1 master film reel: silent, black and white; 16 mm. and 1 user video file: MP4 (467 MB) and 1 film log. | ||||||||||
| Contents: Cedric Adams home in Edina, Minnesota; the McNeil family in Sand Lake area; a wedding at Clear Lake; swimming, picnicking, skating, skeet shooting, and skiing at Eshquaguma Country Club; playing with the McNeil family dog; and family at the McNeil home in Virginia, Minnesota. | |||||||||||
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| III.59.5 | Film no. 5, 1930-1936. 1 master film reel: silent, black and white; 16 mm. and 1 user video file: MP4 (407 MB) and 1 film log. | ||||||||||
| Contents: Scenes of Miami Beach and on a boat in Florida; canoeing on Sand Lake; children and dog at the Lenont home in Virginia and Adams home in Edina, Minnesota; bullfighting in Mexico; and Joy Lenont and friends in Virginia, Minnesota. | |||||||||||
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| III.59.6 | Film no. 6, 1937-1939. 1 master film reel: silent, black and white; 16 mm. and 1 user video file: MP4 (473 MB) and 1 film log. | ||||||||||
| Contents: Minnitaki Resort near Kenora, Ontario; family at the Adams home; swimming and playing on jungle gym in Florida; family at the Lenont home in Virginia, Minnesota; and a Loomis family wedding on Clear Lake. | |||||||||||
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| III.59.7 | Film no. 7, 1931-1935. 1 master film reel: silent, black and white; 16 mm. and 1 user video file: MP4 (537 MB) and 1 film log. | ||||||||||
| Contents: Cedric Adams's and Bernice Lenont's wedding; McNeil and Lenont family at the Lenont home in Virginia, Minnesota; family at the Adams home in Edina, Minnesota; family and dogs at Eshquaguma Country Club; train station on hunting trip; walking on a military base; and golfing. | |||||||||||
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| III.59.8 | Film no. 8, 1941. 1 master film reel: silent, color; 16 mm. and 1 user video file: MP4 (355 MB) and 1 film log. | ||||||||||
| Contents: Picnicking and grouse hunting in the Hoyt Lakes area in St. Louis County; canoeing and hunting around Nett Lake with Native American guides, Mallard Jim and Jim Drift; hunting in Redfield, South Dakota; and a hunting trip on Pelican Lake. | |||||||||||
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| III.59.9 | Film no. 9, 1941-1942. 1 master film reel: silent, color; 16 mm. and 1 user video file: MP4 (680 MB) and 1 film log. | ||||||||||
| Contents: Fishing on Kakagi Lake; Lake Vermillion; a lodge in Crow Lake area with Jim Williams Sr. and John Williams Jr.; duck hunting on Nett Lake; pheasant hunting in Ortonville; traveling through New Mexico and the Grand Canyon; picking oranges and riding horses at Newport Ranch in Fontana, California; dog sledding and ice fishing on Pelican Lake; skiing at Eveleth Golf Course; and Lenont, McNeil, and Adams families at the Lenont home in Virginia, Minnesota. | |||||||||||
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| III.59.10 | Film no. 11, 1941-1949. 1 master film reel: silent, black and white and color; 16 mm. and 1 user video file: MP4 (599 MB) and 1 film log. | ||||||||||
| Contents: Hiking and skiing at Eshquaguma Country Club; children playing at the Adams home; Catherine McNeil as a baby in McNeil home in Duluth; playing fetch in Lake Superior; playing at the beach on Sand Lake; and Emerson Duncan McNeil Jr. with dogs at Eshquaguma Lake. | |||||||||||
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| III.59.11 | Film no. 12, 1949. 1 master film reel: silent, color; 16 mm. and 1 user video file: MP4 (432 MB) and 1 film log. | ||||||||||
| Contents: Joe DeLoia training puppies near Duluth, Minnesota; Emerson Duncan McNeil Jr. and Jim Giblin with their golden retrievers at the Eshquaguma Country Club; Catherine McNeil playing at the beach; Charles McNeil and friends Dave Clark, Charlie Hall, and John Maxson canoeing around the border lakes near Ontario including Crow Lake and Namakan Lake; and images of moose and pictographs. | |||||||||||
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| III.59.12 | Film no. 13, 1950-1951. 1 master film reel: silent, black and white and color; 16 mm. and 1 user video file: MP4 (448 MB) and 1 film log. | ||||||||||
| Contents: Catherine McNeil playing with toys and dresses; Lorraine DeLoia with baby possibly near Pike lake; picnicking; family at the McNeil home in Duluth with new baby Emerson Duncan McNeil; and the Lenont, McNeil, and Giblin families at the McNeil home. | |||||||||||
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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:
- Canoes and canoeing -- Minnesota.
- Children -- Minnesota.
- Country clubs -- Minnesota -- Gilbert.
- Families -- Minnesota.
- Golf -- Minnesota -- Gilbert.
- Hunting -- Minnesota.
- Outdoor recreation.
- Vacation homes -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Adams, Cedric.
- Lenont, Charles B., filmmaker.
- Lenont family.
- McNeil, Emerson Duncan, Jr., filmmaker.
- McNeil family.
- Places:
- Virginia (Minn.)
- Gilbert (Minn.)
- Florida.
- Document Types:
- Amateur films.
- Motion pictures (visual works).
- Video recordings.
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