Caroline Wenz Rubin Collection
Inclusive Dates
circa 1955 – 1974
Abstract
More than eighty 8mm and Super 8 films taken by Caroline Wenz Rubin in the 1950s-'70s in Chicago, lL; Perrysburg, OH; Yellow Springs, OH; Newton, MA; Washington, DC; and various other locations. Collection includes one or more short movies filmed by Betsy Rubin, then a high school student. Most films are family or travel documentary in nature; a few are filmed stories or plays, including one stop-action short film.
Collection Items
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Items with Viewable Media
- ? 57 Martha
- 67 NYC
- 67 Posi and Snoopy
- 67 The House of the Mad Scientist (Part 1)
- 68 Williamsburg - Ohio
- 68 With Jeromes – Kitten - Boston
- ?69 6/26 Nicole Black
- 69? - Bahamas
- 69 Morning Illusion Part 1
- 69 Morning Illusion Part 2
- '74?
- 1958
- 1962 Martha’s 5th Birthday
- Apr 58 Easter
- Apr 64 Ohio – Christmas 63
- Apr 69 Experiment #2
- Apr -Jun 57 Ohio
- Apr -Jun 57 Ohio
- Aug 57 Jamestown,Williamsburg, Monticello
- Aug 59 Ohio Summer
- Aug 59 Shimer College
- Aug 61 Ohio - Blackhawk
- Aug 65 Ohio Farm Scenes
- Aug 66 #1 Start of Trip
- Aug 66 #2 Grand Canyon
- Aug 66 #3 China Town – Muir Woods
- Aug 66 #4 Leaving SF – Colorado Springs
- Aug 66 #5 Pikes Peak - Denver
- Aug 67 Boston Market
- Aug 69 Summer ’69
- Dec 57 Christmas Chicago
- Dec 59 Christmas - Nov in Ohio
- Dec 60
- Dec 60
- Dec 62 & 63 Polly’s Birthday
- Dec 64 – Christmas
- Dec 66 Christmas
- Dec 67 Christmas
- Feb 60 Circus
- Jan 57
- Jan 60 Christmas ‘59
- Jul 57 Ohio, Chicago
- July 59 Ohio, Picnic at BG
- July 60 Museum – Ohio Summer
- July 63? Cedar Point 61
- July 66
- July 66 Boston
- July 66 New York City
- July 67
- July 69
- July Aug 66 Grand Canyon – San Francisco
- June 59 Birthdays
- June 60 Nursery School – Betsy’s 5th Birthday
- June 60? Ohio Lake
- June 60 Zoo
- June 61 Betsy’s 6th Birthday
- June 61 Martha’s 4th Birthday
- June 62 Mother’s Birthday
- June 63 Betsy’s Birthday – Boat Ride
- June 64
- June 65 4th Grade Picnic
- June 65 4th Grade Picnic
- June 66
- June 74 57th Street Art Fair
- Mar 59 Easter in Ohio
- May 62 Yellow Springs - Birthday
- May 64 Betsy & Chicago – 57th St. Art Fair
- May 64 Bronx Zoo – Staten Island Ferry
- May 65 Parakeet - Betsy
- May 68 Yellow Spring – Feet of Super Hero
- May 74 Grinnell
- may '74 Grinnell College
- Nov 55 Betsy’s Friends - Dec 55 Washington DC
- Nov 57 Thanksgiving, Betsy & Grandma
- Nov 60 Thanksgiving
- Nov 62
- Nov 62
- Nov 65 Yellow Springs
- Nov 66 Christmas
- Oct 55 – 5 Mos.
- Sept 57 Georgetown, Enchanted Forest
- Sept 65 Bismark
- Sept 65 NY - Bismark
- Sept 69?
- Sept 69? – Llama & Ted – D& A’s School – Ft. McHenry
- Sept 69? Sturbridge – Newport Beach
- Untitled
- Untitled
Collection Identifier
C.2012-13
Extent of Collection
88 reels of 8mm and Super 8mm film
Subject
Custodial History
Donated by Betsy Rubin in 2012.
Use Restrictions
Chicago Film Archives holds the copyrights to the films in this collection.
Creators
Rubin, Caroline Wenz
(was created by)
Caroline Wenz Rubin was born in Ohio in 1916 to Ed and Hilda Wenz. She was married to Mischa Rubin and had one daughter, Betsy. She served in WAVES in WWII, and for many years was editor at Albert Whitman and Co. She was a leader in the field of children's books. She passed away in Chicago in 2004.