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| Series VI. Videocassettes and sound cassettes, 1924-1939,
1961, undated 29
videocassettes, 2 sound cassettes |
Selected video recordings: 1964-1993
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| The series contains use copies, on VHS, of the original 16mm films that have been
reformatted. Series X. describes the 55 original films (in 60 separate film elements)
and the archival and copy masters. Not all films have been reformatted. Three
reformatted films have masters, but no use copies (F22, F32, F44) as of 2004
February.
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| Approximately 12 films document dancing around the world for Hoffman's Field Museum
commission. Eight films document artists and art techniques. Among these are a biography
of Auguste Rodin by Thomas Cravens and several films of Ivan Mestrovic at work by J. J.
Cunningham. Approximately seven films are of Hoffman, her work, friends, and her
travels.
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| Two sound cassettes feature Malvina Hoffman. Cassette C1 contains a 1961 interview with
Hoffman regarding the Hall of Man project, and Hoffman reading a radio address from June
7, 1933 on the occasion of the opening of the Hall of Man. Cassette C2 contains a copy
of the 1961 interview.
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Videotapes, 1924-1939, undated |
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Hindu Dancer Inyoka, 1937 |
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1 videocassette (VHS) (6:28) : sd., titles, b&w ; use copy. |
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Nyota Inyoka performs three different dances. One is the "Vishnu," an evocation of
Parvati, the god of dance.
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Film made by Fred Hotchkiss? |
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Duk-Duk Dancers of New Guinea, circa
1930
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1 videocassette (VHS) (12:15) : si., b&w ; use copy. |
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Film made by British Film Institute. |
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Shantaniketan - India dancing; Andaman Islands - native life 1930 |
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1 videocassette (VHS) (7 min.) : si., titles, b&w ; use copy. |
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Two Indian girls perform a classical dance. Next, the "best" dancer in India
performs. Scenes of Queen Islone and her family, and men hunting on the Andaman
Islands follow.
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| F4 |
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English folk dancing, circa 1939 |
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1 videocassette (VHS) (12:10 min.) : si., titles, b&w ; use copy. |
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English folk dancers perform the Morris, the Baccha Pipe Jig, the Broom Dance, the
Country Dance, the Long Sword Dance and the Short Sword Dance. Made for Dance
International.
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| F5 |
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Dogon Dancing Ceremony, South Sahara District, Pt. I, circa
1930
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1 videocassette (VHS) (13:36 min.) : si., titles, b&w ; use copy. |
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Sudanese enact an elaborate funeral ceremony that consists of singing, dancing, and
mock death. Film made by Marcel Griaule.
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| F6 |
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Dogon Dancing Ceremony, South Sahara District, Pt. II, circa
1930
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1 videocassette (VHS) (14:20 min.) : si., b&w : use copy. |
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See F5. Marcel Griaule film. Reformatted from films 6A and 6B. |
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| F7 |
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Gypsies and Bhats, India: Dancing around the world, Part IV, 1930/1931 |
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1 videocassette (VHS) (8:42 min.) : si., titles, b&w ; use copy. |
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Two Indian girls, an Indian man, a gypsy troupe of Bhats and the leading ladies of
the Jaipur palace dance.
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| F8 |
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Ceylon Devil dancers: Dancing around the world, Part V, 1930/1931 |
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1 videocassette (VHS) (6:44 min.) : si., titles, b&w ; use copy. |
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A man performs a Cinhalese Devil Dance at Kandy. |
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Kriss, solo; Djocia, 3 dancers: Dancing around the world Part
II, 1930/1931
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1 videocassette (VHS) (9:29 min.) : si., titles, b&w ; use copy. |
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Students receive instruction in dance at a "wayside dancing school" and various
dancers exhibit costumes of princes and heroes.
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| F11 |
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Burma: Dancing around the world Part III, 1930/1931 |
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1 videocassette (VHS) (8:48 min.) : si., titles, b&w ; use copy. |
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Little girls dance at Rangoon. Dancers smoke "the wackin' white cheroot." Burmese
delegate Aung Thin shakes hands with Malvina Hoffman. Gretchen Green is seen
briefly.
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| F13 |
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Samoa and Bali: Dancing around the world Part I, 1930/1931 |
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1 videocassette (VHS) (6:50 min.) : si., titles, b&w ; use copy. |
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A Samoan War Dance is performed with an orchestra after a prayer is chanted. |
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| F15 |
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Paris, Villa Chauvelot, undated |
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1 videocassette (VHS) (9:47 min.) : si., b&w ; use copy. |
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Malvina Hoffman, her sister Helen Draper, Marie-Louise Emmet, and Sam Grimson walk
along the grounds of Villa Chauvelot and act playfully. Interspersed are scenes of
Malvina talking to Lemordant (as a clown). A brief shot of the ship "Malvina"
follows.
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| F16 |
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Model of M. Hoffman reredo for San Francisco [interior church
scenes], undated
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1 videocassette (VHS) (3:57 min.) : si., b&w, col. ; use copy. |
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| F30 |
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Persian dancers, undated |
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1 videocassette (VHS) (12 min.) : si., col. ; use copy. |
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Dancers perform in four different settings. |
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| F33 |
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Rodin, film by Thomas Cravens, undated |
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1 videocassette (VHS) : sd., b&w ; use copy. |
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Biographical film of Rodin for which Hoffman served as art consultant. |
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| F35B |
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Composers in Clay, film by Thomas Cravens, undated |
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1 videocassette (VHS) (18:14 min.) : sd., b&w ; use copy. |
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The film details the processes and styles of sculptors Scwegg, Bourdelle, Wlerick,
Belmondo, Yencesse, Niclausse, Gaumont, Poisson, Cornet, Dejean, Le Mardedieu,
Collamarin and Martin. Malvina Hoffman is the art consultant.
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| F36 |
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Persian dancers and Hindu dancers [Inyoka], before
1937
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1 videocassette (VHS) (18 min.) : sd., titles, b&w ; use copy, + copy 2. |
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Persian dancers perform a lovers' dance, a dance to worship the Sacred Goat, and
classical dances from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Nyota Inyoka performs.
Original film made in Paris. (See also F1.)
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(VHS copy 2, originally mis-labelled as F32.) |
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| F37-40 |
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4 films reformatted on 1 VHS, 1931, 1939, undated |
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1 videocassette (VHS) (11:05 min.) : si., b&w ; use copy. Holds the following
films:
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F37: Villa Chauvelot; Hartsdale garden; Arbor House; Ethel and Bill; San Sebastian,
undated
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F38: Santa Barbara; Jim and Chas. Kline; Mitchell Ranch; Carriages, 1931. |
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F39: New York World's Fair, Hildreth Meiere murals, 1939. |
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F40: Horse show, Mt. Kisco, undated |
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| F41 |
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Wuta Sculpture, undated |
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1 videocassette (VHS) (15:06 min.) : si., titles, b&w ; use copy. |
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Footage (includes titles and animation) documents step-by-step the sculpture
process of Ivan Mestrovic, and others.
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Wuta Sculpture, undated |
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1 videocassette (VHS) (15:07) : si., b&w ; use copy. |
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| F47 |
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Mestrovic ["Best"], J. J. Cunningham film, 1939? |
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1 videocassette (VHS) (6 min.) : si., col. ; use copy. |
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Men, women, and children take a tour of an exhibition of Ivan Mestrovic's work;
children draw pictures of his work. Close-ups of Mestrovic's work. Same as, but
"better" version of F48 (?) according to inventory in Box 36, f.3.
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| F48 |
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Mestrovic, J. J. Cunningham film, 1939? |
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1 videocassette (VHS) (6 min.) : si., col. ; use copy. |
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Same as, or continuation of F47, which is labelled as the better version. |
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| F50 |
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Charles Sargeant Jagger, before
1934
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1 videocassette (VHS) (3:48 min.) : sd., b&w ; use copy. |
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Profile of the English sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger. His sculpting methods are
detailed. The film focuses primarily on his portrait of King George V.
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| F51 |
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Mestrovic - making Indians, Zagreb, 1939 |
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1 videocassette (VHS) (15:12 min.) : si., titles, b&w ; use copy. |
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Mestrovic in Zagreb working on sculptures of American Indians. |
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| F52 |
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Questions and Answers with Wendell Wilkie, undated |
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1 videocassette (VHS) (4 min.) : sd., b&w ; use copy. |
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Wendell Wilkie explains why he thinks he should be President and offers his opinion
on the topics of unemployment, the New Deal, farm labor, war, and national
defense.
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| F53 |
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Thomas J. Watson, undated |
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1 videocassette (VHS) (10:11 min.) : si., b&w ; use copy. |
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Thomas J. Watson at 2 different occasions. |
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| F55 |
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Bronze Pouring, undated |
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1 videocassette (VHS) (7:08 min.) : si., b&w ; use copy. |
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A sculpture is cast in bronze. |
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| F56 |
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Our World in Review, undated |
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1 videocassette (VHS) (10:12 min.) : sd., b&w ; use copy. |
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Short profiles of artists Ivan Mestrovic, James Montgomery Flagg, and W.T. Benda.
Flagg and Benda speak about their work.
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| F57 |
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Hartsdale, N.Y., 1924 |
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1 videocassette (VHS) (3:24 min.) : si., b&w ; use copy. |
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Malvina Hoffman and Marie-Louise Emmet shake hands. Malvina and others pick flowers
and walk around the grounds.
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C1-C2 |
Sound cassettes, 1961 |
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C1: 1 sound cassette (Maxell) : analog. |
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Side 1: Interview with Malvina Hoffman; Side 2: Hoffman reading a radio address from
June 7, 1933 on the occasion of the opening of the Hall of Man, plus same interview as
on Side 1.
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C2: 1 sound cassette (TDK) : analog. |
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Interview with Malvina Hoffman regarding the Hall of Man (same as on C1). Side 2:
blank.
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