Roscoe W. Segar was a Portland, Oregon commercial artist specializing in theater advertisements. The collection contains advertising proposals, work, and publications, radio advertisement copy, manuscripts, tearsheets, scrapbooks, photographs, selections of Segar’s student work, and collected theatre and motion picture memorabilia.
Coll 247
Don’t throw away your old 8mm, Super 8, 16mm, and VHS home movies! Instead, bring them to Knight Library on Home Movie Day, Sat., Oct. 20, from noon to 4 p.m., to view them and learn more about their value as historical and cultural documents. A program of talks and presentations on home movies will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Local film experts and archivists will assess the condition of the film before projecting movies for viewing. They will also offer advice on how to best preserve and protect these film formats from damage. Talks about the phenomenon of home movie making and a screening of some of these older film formats will also be offered as part of the day’s events.
Times and locations of Home Movie Day activities are:
Home Movie Day is an international event intended to help the public learn about, enjoy and rescue films now considered obsolete because of home video.
“Saving our film heritage should not be limited only to commercially produced films,” says legendary director and film preservation advocate Martin Scorsese. “Home movies do not just capture the important private moments of our family’s lives, but they are historical and cultural documents as well.”
“If you’ve kept your older home movies all these years but don’t have a way to view them, here’s your chance to revisit the past through film,” says James Fox, head of the library’s Special Collections and University Archives and coordinator for Home Movie Day in Eugene. “We encourage anyone who has an interest in home movies to attend and take advantage of this rare opportunity to celebrate home movie making.”
UO Home Movie Day is sponsored by the UO Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives and Center for Media and Educational Technologies, UO Arts and Administration Program, UO Academic Extension, and Cinema Pacific.
Visit http://www.homemovieday.com/ to learn more about national and international activities planned for Home Movie Day. For more information on the local event, contact James Fox at 541-346-1904, jdfox@uoregon.edu.
Sara Burleson Machetanz (1918- ) is known for her books and films about Eskimo life in Alaska. The papers include manuscript fragments, letters, and a diary written in Unalakeet, Alaska describing her experiences in an Eskimo village.
Call number: A 219
Paul Eliot Green (1894-1981) was a teacher and a writer of plays, screenplays, novels, short stories, essays, song lyrics and libretti. The collection contains screenplays and other writings relating to film.
Call number: Ax 429
Collection comprises literary properties of Nathan C. Goldstone and the Goldstone-Tobias Agency, Inc. Properties include screenplays, screen treatments, and other works by Houston Branch, Howard Fast, Paul Gaer, David Martin, Alden Nash and Mary Loos Sale.
Call number: Ax 390
Ruth Mountaingrove is a photographer, writer and artist who moved to Oregon in 1971, settling in communes and eventually co-founding Rootworks, a lesbian community in Southern Oregon. The collection consists of 21 VHS videotapes of Mountaingrove relating the story of her life by talking, dancing, and singing.
Call number: Coll 265
Lee Ames (1921-) is an illustrator for “how-to-draw” and children’s books, and he has worked on animated films for Walt Disney Studios. The collection includes books illustrated by Ames, both dust jackets and chapter illustrations.
Call number: Ax 727
Robert Bendick (b. 1917) was a cameraman, producer, and director of educational and children’s television programs at CBS and NBC, as well as a collaborative author with his wife (Jeanne Bendick) of several children’s books. The collection includes television production materials relating to Bendick’s work in the field of educational programming.
Call number: Ax 505
Harry Behn (1898-1973) was a writer, teacher, and founder of various media groups. The collection includes books, plays, screenplays, correspondence, and mementos relating to Behn’s interest in children’s literature and educational programs.
Call number: Ax 420
Collection comprises artwork and papers related to artist and set designer Willy Pogány, including correspondence with his son, Peter Pogány Scott. Collection includes original art for books, magazines, and motion picture and stage productions.
Call number: Coll 199
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