Harvard Botanical Museum 16mm Film Collection, ca. 1943-1978 : Guide.
Overview
Early in the history of motion pictures the medium of film was recognized for its invaluable uses in education. Moving pictures allow for a broad range of educational topics to be taught by utilizing the medium's ability to communicate information and expand upon complex ideas and topics. This collection of 16mm educational films from the Harvard Botanical Museum Collection focuses on the topics of agriculture through ethnography and history. The films were created between 1943 and 1978 and used as educational tools for students in Harvard classrooms.
Dates
- 1943-1978
Language of Materials
Material is in English.
Access Restrictions
Access by appointment only. Applications to consult this material should be directed to the staff of the Harvard Film Archive.
Film prints are made accessible in close consultation with HFA staff. Although materials do not circulate for individual use, students, filmmakers, artists, and researchers are encouraged to use the collections on-site.
Use Restrictions
Reproduction and/or publication of materials subject to copyright requires written permission from a) the copyright owner, his/her heirs or assigns and from b) the Harvard Film Archive, owner of the original material.
Extent
1 collection (45 16mm film prints)The Harvard Botanical Museum 16mm Film Collection was used for educational purposes by the Harvard Botanical Museum, which was founded in 1858 by Asa Gray and originally called the Museum of Vegetable Products. Collecting continued over the years in a variety of forms, including film. The films within this collection span from 1943 to 1978, and while one film within the collection was produced by Harvard University, most were acquired from outside producers. They focus on a variety of specific topics all focusing around agriculture and botanical sciences, some with ethnographic and historical looks at agriculture.
Arrangement
Films are listed alphabetically. Filmographic information, including year of release, director, and description, are included when available.
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated by the Tozzer Library at Harvard University in January 2012.
Processing Information
Arranged & encoded by: Tara Maharjan, March 2012
- Agriculture
- Agriculture Films
- Amahuaca Indians -- Agriculture -- Peru
- Amahuaca Indians -- Peru -- Rites and ceremonies
- Amahuaca Indians -- Peru -- Social life and customs
- American Museum of Natural History Expedition to the Peruvian
- Asia
- Australia
- Aymara Indians
- Baking
- Bananas
- Bolivia--Social life and customs
- Chocolate--History
- Citrus
- Coconut
- Coffee
- Cooking
- Corn
- Corn-- Mexico
- Corn--Harvesting
- Corn--History
- Corn—Growth
- Cultivator
- DeKalb County Farm Bureau (DeKalb County, Ill.)--History
- Digitalis.
- Documentary Films
- Educational Films
- Ergot
- Ergot alkaloids
- Ethnographic Films
- Food
- Food--India
- Forest management
- Grain
- Hallucinogenic drugs
- Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience
- Handicraft -- Papua New Guinea
- Harvard University
- Harvest
- Harvest festivals -- Peru
- Healers
- Huichol Indians -- Religion.
- Hybrid corn
- India
- Indian textile fabrics -- Peru
- Indian weapons -- Peru
- Indians of Mexico -- Agriculture
- Indians of North America -- Rites and ceremonies.
- Indians of South America -- Social life and customs
- Johnston (Iowa)
- Maine. Dept. of Agriculture
- Malay Peninsula -- Pictorial works
- Maple sugar
- Maple sugar -- Minnesota -- Motion pictures
- Maple sugar industry--Vermont
- Medicine
- Mexico -- History -- To 1519
- Mexico--Botany
- Mexico--Social life and customs
- Mexico. Agriculture
- Mille Lacs Indian Reservation (Minn.) -- Motion pictures
- Montaña (1960-1961)
- Morphine--Derivatives
- Natural Rubber Bureau (U.S.)
- Nett Lake Indian Reservation (Minn.)
- Nomads
- Nonfiction Films
- Nutrition
- Ojibwa Indians -- Food -- Motion pictures
- Ojibwa Indians -- Minnesota -- Motion pictures
- Opium poppy
- Opium poppy growers
- Opium trade.
- Oranges
- Orchids -- Australia
- Orinoco River Delta (Venezuela)
- Peyotism -- Mexico
- Pharmacognosy
- Poisonous plants -- Toxicology
- Poisonous plants -- United States
- Poppy industry.
- Potatoes
- Rice
- Rice workers
- Rice--Asia
- Rice--Bali (Island)
- Rice--Research--Asia
- Rubber
- Rubber plantation workers
- Sponsored Films
- Sugar maple--Pictorial works
- Tehuacán River Valley (Mexico)--Social life and customs
- Tobacco -- Physiological effect
- Toxins
- Traditional medicine -- Peru
- Venezuela.
- Vermont
- Waica Indians
- Wheat
- Wheat products
- Wild rice -- Minnesota
- Yanomamo Indians -- Social life and customs
- Yanomamo Indians—Venezuela
- Title
- Harvard Botanical Museum 16mm Film Collection, ca. 1943-1978 : Guide
- Author
- Harvard Film Archive, Harvard University
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hfa00022
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard Film Archive, Harvard Library, Harvard University Repository
The Harvard Film Archive is one of the largest university-based motion picture collections in the United States, with a collection of 40,000 audio visual items, a growing number of manuscript collections, and nearly one million still photographs, posters, and other promotional materials from around the world and from almost every period in film history. The HFA's collection of paper materials, including the documentation of individual filmmakers as well as promotional materials such as posters, film stills, and ephemera are accessible to Harvard affiliates as well as to outside researchers.
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