Marks and Stix Family Collection
Inclusive Dates
1928 – 1978
Bulk Dates
1928 – 1968
Preservation Sponsor
Jennifer Stix
Abstract
The Marks-Stix Collection consists of primarily of home movies shot by Arnold and Frances Marks between the 1920s and 1940s, and by their son-in-law Lawrence C. Stix from the 1930s to the '60s. The Marks films contain footage of the family home in Hyde Park (including daughters Muriel and Louise Marks pushing their pet goat around in a baby carriage in 1933), the Grand Hotel in Mackinac on the weekend before the market crashed in 1929, and family visits in Elgin. The Stix films feature sausage making in New York in the '30s, vacations to Europe, and Lawrence and Muriel's daughters growing up in Lincoln Park. Also contains two student films made by Paul Muth (Jennifer Stix's husband) in the 1970s.
Collection Items
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Items with Viewable Media
- 1928 circa: West Indies
- 1928: First Pictures - Lake Pics
- 1929-1930: Michigan City
- 1929: Chicago - Lincoln Park Zoo - Elgin
- 1929: Mackinac
- 1929 May: Minocqua, Wisconsin Fishing
- 1932: Steads Ranch
- 1933: Hyde Park - Pet Goat P.D.
- 1937: Horse Race - Sausage Making - Washington D.C.
- 1937: Queen Mary - Oxford - Windsor
- 1939 (circa): Marks Party
- 1940 (circa): Scarsdale - Terry, Grandma, Mother, Dad
- 1945: Michigan & California
- 1946: First Outing - Xmas
- 1948: Cape Cod Summer
- 1950: Florida
- 1950s: Camp Pinemere
- 1951 Florida - 1952 Birthday
- 1952 (circa): Pinemere
- 1953-1954: Birthday - 8th Birthday, Edgewater Beach Swim Pool
- 1953: Out West - Paradise Ranch - Max & Jane Freeman
- 1954
- 1954 (circa): Vacation in Italy
- 1954: Europe - Holland, England, Queen Mary
- 1955-1956
- 1955 (circa): On the lake at Pinemere
- 1955 (circa): Swimming
- 1956
- 1956
- 1957: France - Eiffel Tower - Luxembourg Gardens - Malmais - Versailles - Mont Marte
- 1957: Reel 1
- 1957: Reel 2
- 1957: Reel 3
- 1957: Rome - Aqueducts, Forum, Colosseum, Steel Factory
- 1957: Summer Camp
- 1958 circa: Crawling (poor image)
- 1958: Reel 1
- 1959
- 1959: Christmas
- 1959 July: Jennifer
- 1959: Revere Project
- 1959: Revere Projector Jen Red Buggy
- 1960 circa: Venice
- 1960 March: On Beach
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962: Copenhagen
- 1962: Europe
- 1962: Europe Louise
- 1962: Europe, Venice
- 1962: Jennifer Pool
- 1962: Louise Europe
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963: Jennifer
- 1963: Reel 2
- 1963: Reel 3
- 1964 circa: Hollywood Beach
- 1964: Jennifer Tamarak
- 1964: Jennifer Tamarak Reel 2
- 1964: Jenny Florida
- 1965 circa: Boat
- 1965 circa: Jennifer and Dad Cooking
- 1965: Jennifer Camp - 1966: Double "U" Ranch
- 1965: Jennifer Riding
- 1965: Jennifer with Grandpa
- 1965: Jenny Birthday
- 1966
- 1966: Camp
- 1966: Camp
- 1966: Jennifer Violin
- 1966: Julie and Stix Party
- 1966: Lakefront
- 1966: Premiere
- 1966: Premiere Boating
- 1966: Tucson
- 1966: Tucson
- 1966: Tucson Annual Farm
- 1967 circa: Jennifer Roller Skating
- 1967 circa: Jenny 10th Birthday Blowing Out Candles
- 1967 circa: Jenny 10th Birthday Hot Potato
- 1967 circa: Jenny 10th Opening Presents
- 1968: Ball Game
- 1968 circa: Fathers Ball Game
- 1968 circa: Jennifer Paris and Italy
- 1968 circa: Jennifer Tennis
- 1968 circa: Jennifer Water Skiing
- 1968 circa: Jennifer Water Skiing
- 1968: Jenny's 10th
- 1968: Tiger, Daddy, and Jennifer
- 1974: Morocco?
- 1974: Morocco?
- 1974: Morocco?
- 1978 circa: Paul Muth
- It Came From The 'A' Wire
Collection Identifier
C.2012-10
Extent of Collection
52 reels of 16mm film totaling approximately 9320 feet; 23 reels of 8mm film totaling approximately 1300 feet; 38 reels of Super 8mm film totaling approximately 2500 feet.
Language Of Materials
English
Custodial History
Donated by Jennifer Stix in September 2012.
Access Restrictions
Appointments must be made with Chicago Film Archives for on-site access. Due to the fragile nature of the films, only digital copies will be provided for on-site viewing.
Use Restrictions
Chicago Film Archives holds the copyright for the films in this collection.
Creators
Marks, Arnold K.
(was created by)
Marks, Frances
(was created by)
Stix Jr., Lawrence C.
(was created by)
Lawrence Cullman Stix, Jr. was born in 1915 in New York City, where he was raised by parents Lawrence Cullman Stix, Sr. and Babette Oppenheimer Stix. He enlisted in the Army in 1941, and served with the 247th Field Artillery Battalion, Americal Division, in the South Pacific, seeing action at Guadalcanal. After the war, he took over as president of Premier Casings, a subsidiary of the family-owned S. Oppenheimer & Company (a sausage casing distributor founded in Chicago in 1868). After his father's death in 1957, Lawrence Jr. took over direction of S. Oppenheimer, which had operations around the world. Mr. Stix retired in the early 1960s when the company was sold. He was a member of the Standard Club for more than 50 years, and active in several veterans' organizations.
He was married to Muriel "Mickie" Marks and they had two children, Louise (b. 1946) and Jennifer (b. 1958). The family lived in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. Lawrence passed away in 1996 at the age of 81.
He was married to Muriel "Mickie" Marks and they had two children, Louise (b. 1946) and Jennifer (b. 1958). The family lived in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. Lawrence passed away in 1996 at the age of 81.