C. Monroe Van Ness films of the RPI campus and events
Content Description
Ten short Cine-Kodak Super-X and Super-XX 16mm films created by C. Monroe Van Ness during the Spring 1951 semester at RPI. A wide variety of campus activities and events were filmed in preparation for a WRGB television program that aired on May 10 of that year, including students studying, parts of lacrosse games against Cornell and Virginia, the Annual Festival of Music, GM Week, ROTC drills, Soiree, in addition to other local events.
Dates
- 1951
Creator
- Van Ness, C. Monroe (Clemon Monroe) (Person)
Language of Materials
All films are silent. Original box labels are written in English.
Conditions Governing Use
Original films cannot be played; use digital surrogates only.
Extent
10 reel(s)
255 Gigabytes
Arrangement
Arranged in order of original box numbers.
Condition Description
All films show Level 1 acidity on A-D strips as of April 7, 2022. They have been digitized for access and preservation.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- T.A.Gobert
- Date
- April 7, 2022
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute Archives and Special Collections Repository
110 8th Street
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Rensselaer Libraries, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy NY 12180-3590 US
518 276 8340
lib-archives@rpi.edu