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Contact information: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/mbrsmi.contact
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2022602312
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Collection material in English
Gift; William H. Davis, May 2022
No further accruals are expected.
The William H. Davis Family Film Collection was processed by Lauren Simpson in 2022.
(Relation to William H. Davis)
Certain restrictions apply for copying, quoting, or publishing material included in the collection. For additional information, contact a reference librarian in the Moving Image Research Center, National Audio Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 20540-4690; (202) 707-8572.
The William H. Davis Family Film Collection is open for research and study purposes. Advance notice is required; contact a reference librarian in the Moving Image Research Center, National Audio Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 20540-4690; (202) 707-8572.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [Reel number, eg., FSE 0214], William H. Davis Family Film Collection, National Audio Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress
William H. Davis was a federal legislative archivist having worked at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for 33 years. He spent most of those years with NARA's Center for Legislative Archives that hold the records of the legislative branch of the US Government, including the records of the U.S Senate and House of Representatives. Mr. Davis is cited in hundreds of books and scholarly journal articles covering a broad range of historical topics and also appeared on C-Span. After retiring in 2016, he became a volunteer archivist with the Washington Hebrew Congregation in Washington DC preparing and mounting exhibits and publishing articles on the history of the congregation. Mr. Davis grew up on Long Island, NY and his extended family comes from the New York City metropolitan area.
The William H. Davis Family Film Collection is comprised of home movies spanning the lives and travels of the extended family and friends of William H. Davis from 1928 to 1982.
The films were shot by his maternal grandfather, Sidney Goldschmidt and his father, Robert W. Davis and were compiled by his mother, Rita G. Davis.
The William H. Davis Family Film Collection is organized in 2 series:
Goldschmidt/Lowenthal family reel: Morris Goldschmidt, Nathaniel and Birdie Kazlow, Joseph and Mildred Kruchkow, Mollie Schreiber Horowitz, Sidney and Anna Goldschmidt, Rita Goldschmidt, Gerald Kazlow, Norman Kruchkow, Arnold Kruchkow, Coleman and Irene Goldschmidt. Brooklyn/Queen's, NY, Lefferts Furniture Co., Liberty Avenue, Queens, NY, Brooklyn NY, 1928-1933
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Goldschmidt/Lowenthal family reel: Abraham and Jennie Lowenthal, Sidney and Anna Goldschmidt, Karl S. and Lynn Lowenthal, Daniel and Sadie Barnhard, Ivan Barnhard, Albert and Doris Lowenthal, Leo Cohen, Robert W. and Rita G. Davis, Marta Lisa Lowenthal, Max Goldschlag, Abraham and Ruth Gold, Harold Gold, Jessie Scheacter and others. Richmond Hill, Ozone Park, Queens, N.Y. 1930s-1940s
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Goldschmidt/Lowenthal family reel: Saratoga, Ausable Chasm, 1938; Canada, Watkins Glen, Niagara Falls, fishing, Thousand Isles, 1946
Goldschmidt/Lowenthal family reel: New York World's Fair, 1940 (Rita Goldschmidt, Sidney and Anna Goldschmidt, Abraham and Jennie Lowenthal, Daniel Barnhard, Ivan Barnhard, Friends)
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Goldschmidt/Lowenthal family reel: National Recovery Act (NRA) Parade along Liberty Avenue, Queens L.I., N.Y. November, 1933
Goldschmidt/Lowenthal family reel: Rita G. Davis: John Adams High School graduation, 1944; Graduation from Queens College, 1948; Rita G. Davis, Robert W. Davis, Honeymoon, 1953
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Cohen family: Leo Cohen, and others, 1940s-1950s
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Davis family: Robert, Rita, March 1956 Levittown, NY
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Davis family: Robert, Rita, William and friends, 1955-1962, Levittown, N.Y., North Merrick, N.Y.
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Davis family: Robert, Rita, William and friends, 1958-1965, Levittown, NY, North Merrick, N.Y.
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Davis family and friends, 1959-1966, Levittown, N.Y., North Merrick, N.Y.
Davis family 1966 and Palm Beach Fall 1976 and 1978
Davis family: Robert, Rita, William and Friends, 1963-1965; 6th grade graduation, Old Mill Road School; 12th grade graduation, Calhoun High School, 1971
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Davis family: Robert, Rita, William, 1966-1970; High school graduation, Vincent Smith High School, 1977; Home from Hawaii, 1978
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Davis family: North Merrick fouse yard landscaping: Frontyard, 1961; Backyard, 1965
Davis family: Summer camp visits: Camps Everett, Barrington, Rhoda, and Chicopee, 1963-1968
Davis family Passover Seder, North Merrick, N.Y. 1976
Davis family: Washington and Jefferson College graduation, 1981
Davis travel: Fire Island 1964; 1965-1966
Davis travel: New York World's Fair 1965
Davis travel: Statue of Liberty and Bronx Zoo, 1966
Davis travel: Gurney's Inn, Montauk, 1965; Grand Bahama, 1966; SS Holland America cruise
Davis travel: Niagara Falls, 1967
Davis travel: SS Olympia Cruise, 1966; Lakeview Motel, Maine, 1968; Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H., 1968; Clambake-Cabbage Island, Maine, 1968; Cable car-top of Mt. Washington, N.H., 1968; Pridwin Hotel, Shelter Island, 1968; Jamaica, Playboy Club, Dunnes River Falls, 1969
Davis travel: Pridwin Hotel, Shelter Island, 1968; Atlantic Terrace Hotel, 1969; Gurney's Inn, Montauk Point, 1970; Bermuda: boat ride, Island Beach, zoo, Aairplane take off, 1971
Davis travel: SS Leonardo DaVinci cruise, Christmas/New Year's cruise, 1969-1970; Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Curacao, Panama Canal, Gatun, Panama City, New York Harbor
Davis travel: Maine-Bald Head Cliff, Boothbay Harbor; Canada: Logging in Canadian River, Manot Richlieu, St. Lawrence River, Montmorency Falls; New York: Ausable Chasms, 1970
Davis travel: Mt. Snow- Vermont; Boothbay Harbor, Maine; Windjammer Day Parade, Boothbay Harbor, Maine; Mayflower II, Plymouth, Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Pilgrim Restoration Village, Massachusetts; Lion Country Safari, N.J., 1974
Davis travel: Washington, D.C.: Arlington National Cemetery, Kennedy Gravesite, Tomb of the unknown Soldier, Changing of the Guard; Lincoln Memorial; Jefferson Memorial; Smithsonian Institution; FBI; National Archives; White House; Capitol Building; Washington Monument; Botanical Gardens; Luray Caverns, Virginia, February 1975
Davis travel: Western trip: Utah, Arizona: Mormon Temple Square, Fish Lake, Capital Reef, Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, Glen Canyon Dam, June-July 1975
Davis travel: Western trip: Utah, Arizona: Zion National Park, Canyon View Drive, Chessman Ridge Overlook, Cedar Breaks National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, June-July 1975
Davis travel: Western trip: Wyoming, Idaho, Monatana, Utah, California: Idaho Falls; Quake Lake; Gibbon Falls; Yellowstone National Park: Tower Falls, Algae Pools and Formations, Mammoth Hot Springs, Upper Falls, Lower Falls, Yellowstone Lake, Moose Falls, Old Faithful Geyser, Sunset, Rainbow, Buffalo Outside Window, Minerva Terrace, Wagon, Yellowstone Falls, Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, Firehole Cascade, Mud Pots, Grand Tetons; Float Trip on Sneak River, July 1975
Davis travel: Merrick, N.Y. Bicentennial Parade, Merrick Avenue, 1976
Davis travel: Western trip: Canada: Banff, Lake Louise, 1977
Davis travel: Western trip: Jasper, Victoria, Alaska Waterway, Whitehorse, Anchorage, Oregon, Camp Redwood, 1977
Davis travel: Hawaii: Hawaii Volcanos National Park; Oahu; Pearl Harbor; War Memorial; Polynesian Cultural Center; Molokai; Maui; Hilo; jungle; volcano eruption, June-July 1978
Davis travel: Hawaii: Island of Hawaii; orchids; Black Sand Beach; Kona; Kawaii; helicopter ride, June-July 1978
Davis travel: California: Solvang; Madonna Inn; Hearst Castle; Big Sur; Carmel; Monterey, Summer 1978
Davis travel: New England: Vermont: Woodstock, Silver Lake, Quechee Gorge, Granite Mine, Barre; New Hampshire: Waterfall, Mount Washington; Maine: Rangeley, Comsat Intelsat, Andover, Lubec, Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain, Sand Beach, 1979
Davis travel: Boothbay Harbor, Maine: Lakeview Motel, Boothbay cruise; Ogunquit: Perkins Cove, Marginal Way; Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts, 1979
Davis travel: Canada: Citadel; Maine, 1981
Davis travel: Misc. family and friends