1999 Partnership Grants

Benedict Collection

(1920s), nitrate footage of Maine's Monhegan Island artist colony (Northeast Historic Film).

Columbia Villa

(1940), footage documenting the construction of the second largest wartime housing development in Oregon (Oregon Historical Society).

Dawn to Dawn

(1933), gritty farm drama by Russian American Josef Berne (UCLA Film & Television Archive).

Dunn Collection

(1940s–54), two films about South Dakota prairie painter Harvey Dunn (1884–1952)—one showing him in his studio and the other offering a critical appraisal (South Dakota State University, South Dakota Art Museum).

Eskimo Dances

(1971), eight traditional dances performed by touring Inuits from King Island (University of Washington).

Frazier Collection

(1938–55), footage of Dr. Russell Frazier's expedition with Admiral Byrd to Antarctica and his explorations of Glen Canyon before its flooding by Lake Powell (Utah State Historical Society).

Horace Mann Collection

(1936–39), documentation of the influential elementary school and its exploration of "progressive education" theories (Columbia University Teachers College).

Increasing Farm Efficiency

(1918), early promotional film on the benefits of rural electric power, produced by the owner of the Delco generator franchise in Silver Creek, Nebraska (Nebraska State Historical Society).

Mann Expedition Footage

(1939), footage of the Smithsonian Zoo's collecting expedition to Argentina and Brazil (Smithsonian Institution Archives).

Pahs and Papas

(1921), Outing Magazine travel short—part adventure story and part ethnographic portrait—containing some of the earliest scenes of the New Zealand Maori on film (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution).

Phantom of the Opera

(1925), silent horror classic starring Lon Chaney, here reconstructed with the complete, full-color masked ball (George Eastman Museum).

Shoes on the Move

(1962), promotional film illustrating the modern factory techniques of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation (National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution).

Soviet Russia Through the Eyes of an American

(1935), travelogue shot in Russia and Soviet Georgia by mining engineer Charles Stuart shortly before the implementation of Stalin's five-year plan (Hoover Institution, Stanford University). Play film

Springtime for Henry

(1934), screen adaptation of Benn Levy's romantic comedy about a rich playboy who tries to reform by taking charge of his auto manufacturing business (Museum of Modern Art).

Verdict: Not Guilty

(1930), social commentary on the justice system produced by African American filmmakers, James and Eloise Gist, and screened extensively by the NAACP (Library of Congress).

Women Aviators of the Silent Era

(1920s), newsreel outtakes of Frances Grayson, Ruth Elder, Billie Brown, and other early women flyers and parachutists (University of South Carolina, Moving Image Research Collections).

Yale-China Collection

(1928-1947), life in China captured on film by Yale graduates serving as teachers and medical experts in the Hunan and Hubei provinces through the Yale-China Association (Yale University Library).

Yerkes Primate Research Collection

(1930s), early footage from one of the first scientific centers devoted to the study of chimpanzees and apes (Emory University).