Southern Illinois University (SIU) Collection
Inclusive Dates
1945 – 1987
Abstract
Chicago Film Archives acquired this collection from the Southern Illinois University library, located in Edwardsville, Illinois. The library deaccessioned their entire 16mm film collection in 2007, and CFA selected sixty-three films from over 3,000 titles. These works span across genres, from experimental shorts to feature documentaries to educational and instructional films. The McGraw-Hill Book Company and the Encyclopedia Britannica distributed a substantial number of these films, and others are still currently in distribution by the National Film Board of Canada, California Newsreel, and Maysles Films. Highlights of this collection include works by Millie Goldsholl (another CFA collection), the documentary Coalmining Women, about the history of women in the United States Coalmining Industry, and Skater Dater, an amusing educational film assessing male rivalry and teen sexual awareness.
Collection Items
To request more information about the items in this collection, please contact the archive at
info@chicagofilmarchives.org.
Items with Viewable Media
- 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini)
- Aging of the Lakes
- All My Babies
- Battle of San Pietro, The
- Big Boys Can Cry: The Changing American Man
- Breakthrough, The
- Caesarean Section
- Christo’s Valley Curtain
- Clay (Origin of the Species)
- Coalmining Women
- Darwin and the Insects of Brazil
- Discovering Electronic Music
- Drop Out: I See Chicago, The
- Dust Bowl
- Facts About Film
- Fetal Pig Anatomy
- Film Tactics
- Future Shock
- Hidden Universe: The Brain, The
- Hiroshima-Nagasaki 1945
- Holy Ghost People, The
- Hunters, The
- Hutterites, The
- Invisible Walls
- Killing Us Softly
- Kimberly-Clark Corporation "Faces and Fortunes"
- Lincoln Mercury Sports Panel
- Living Stone, The
- Manhunters
- Men’s Lives
- Microorganisms That Cause Disease
- Mother Love
- Nation of Spoilers, A
- Parasitism (Parasitic Flatworms)
- Police Tapes
- Promises to Keep
- River, The
- Rosie the Riveter
- Running Fence
- Schizophrenia, Simple Type
- Skater Dater
- Sky
- Still Killing Us Softly
- Strip Mine Trip
- Tomorrow’s TV
- Types of Inmates
- Understanding Movies
- Unknown Eiffel
- We Will Freeze in the Dark
- What Is Ecology?
- Who Invited Us?
- Who Is Frank Lloyd Wright?
- Willmar 8, The
- World of Ford, The
Collection Identifier
C.2007-07
Extent of Collection
63 reels of 16mm film totaling 59,050 feet
Custodial History
The films in this collection were gathered by the Southern Illinois University Library.
Related Collections
Access Restrictions
This collection is open to on-site access. Appointments must be made with Chicago Film Archives. Due to the fragile nature of the films, only video copies will be provided for on-site viewing.
Use Restrictions
CFA does not own rights to these films. Various rights owners among the primarily educational films.
Creators
McGraw-Hill Book Company
(was created by)
Encyclopedia Britannica
(was created by)