J. S. Robinson travel films
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1997.12.1
name: label: Creator
content: Robinson, Jesse S. (Jesse Squibb), 1889-
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Europe
label: Place
content: Norway
label: Place
content: Japan
label: Place
content: East Asia
label: Place
content: Guatemala
label: Place
content: Mexico
label: Place
content: Canada
label: Place
content: South Africa
label: Place
content: Egypt
label: Place
content: Fiji
label: Place
content: Philippines
label: Place
content: Thailand
label: Place
content: Southeast Asia
label: Place
content: Africa, North
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from American Film Institute (National Center for Film and Video Preservation) in  1997.
creator: label: Creator
content: Robinson, Jesse S. (Jesse Squibb), 1889-
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 86 Film reels (color silent; black-and-white silent; 36,900 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1930-1965
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1997.12
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Travelogues (motion pictures)
label: Type
content: Silent films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Travelogues (Motion pictures)
label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Amateur travel film shot by Jesse S. Robinson, professor of economics at Carleton College, of his numerous travels throughout the world. Travels include (1930) Norway (fjords), Sweden (Gota Canal), Russia (Leningrad, Moscow, Kiev); (1931) Florida (Clearwater) to Virginia, eastern U.S., Virginia to Halifax, Nova Scotia; (1932) Texas and Mexico; (1934) Italy, France, England (London), Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Germany (Oberammergau); (1935) National Parks (Black Hills, Yosemite, Glacier National Parks, Banff National Park and Lake Louise, Yellowstone); (1936) Gettysburg, Texas Centennial, Arkansas, Carlsbad Caverns and Taos (New Mexico), Mexico; (1937) Hawaii, Fiji, Japan, China, Singapore, Java, Bali, Australia, New Zealand; (1938) Cuba, Valley Forge, Gaspe (Quebec), Niagara, Kenora (Ontario, Canada); and (1948) British Isles, France, Italy, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium. Undated travels include Bermuda, Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands, Saba, St. Kitts, Lesser Antilles, Nevis, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, Barbados, St. Vincent, Trinidad, Tobago, British Guiana, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Minnesota, Guatemala, Bermuda, Nassau, Jamaica, Okefenokee Swamp (Georgia), Williamsburg (Virginia), Washington, D.C., Acadia National Park (Maine), Rochester (New York), Provincetown (Rhode Island); Rocky Mountains, South Africa (Johannesburg, Durban, Hluhlule, Kruger, Amboseli), Philippines, Thailand, India, Ceylon, Saigon (Vietnam), Taiwan, Okinawa (Japan), Tahiti, Samoa, Kashmir, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Morocco (Casablanca, Marrakesh), Egypt.

Legacy keywords: Tourism ; Ruins archeological ; Landscapes ; Cities and towns ; Architecture Religious

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