R. Bryson Jones travel films
name: label: Creator
content: Jones, R. Bryson
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: South America
label: Place
content: Oceania
label: Place
content: Europe
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from American Film Institute (National Center for Film and Video Preservation) in 1995.
creator: label: Creator
content: Jones, R. Bryson
setName: label: See more items in
content: R. Bryson Jones travel films
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Richard Bryson Jones (1872- 1956) was an executive for the R.B. Jones and Sons insurance company in Kansas City, Missouri. He often presented travelogues to Kfriends and neighbors, showing photos and movies in his 3rd floor workroom  which contained two  movie projectors and a screen, stacks of film canisters and a map of the world showing his travel destinations.

"R. Bryson Jones is Dead."  Nichols Scrapbook.  Volume 2, Page 74.  Western Historical Manuscript Collection, 
University of Missouri Kansas City.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Film reels (black-and-white silent, 16mm; 35mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1930-1941
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously held by The Kansas City Museum.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1995.11
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Travelogs
label: Type
content: Silent films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Travelogs
label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 9 travelogues filmed in the 30s by R.Bryson Jones.  Geographical areas include Canada, U. S. South, Fiji, New Zealand, Hawai'i, U. S. West, Morocco, Palestine, South America, and Western Europe.

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