Armeta Hearst home movie collection, approximately 1958-1962

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Hearst, Armeta
Title
Armeta Hearst home movie collection
Dates
approximately 1958-1962 (inclusive)
Quantity
6 reels (1,975 feet) : silent, color ; 16mm
Collection Number
PH0930
Summary
Home movies between 1950s and 1960s documenting travel to New York City and Canada by an African-Amerian couple from Seattle
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

The original films are not accessible due to preservation concerns. A viewing copy is available, arrangements can be made to view the film by contacting the Visual Materials Curator.

Request at UW

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Armeta Hearst was an active member of the Seattle African American community. She was born in 1906 and moved to Seattle from Oakland with her husband Bennie in 1923. Bennie worked as a Pullman porter and was an avid collector of newspaper articles about African American history and life.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Home movies documenting travel to New York City and Canada by an African-American couple from Seattle between the 1950s and the 1960s.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact the Special Collections division of the University of Washington Libraries for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Donor: Zola Mumford, 2008

Processing Note

Processed by Alden Lee, 2012.

Related Materials

There is also an oral history created by Hearst which is described in the Preliminary Guide to the Armeta Hearst Oral History Interview, 1968 .

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Container(s) Description Dates
viewcopy item
VC97.1 1 Armeta Hearst Home Movie
Lake Washington. Sidewalks. Bridge and barges, likely in the Bay Area. Group on the front lawn. Camping trip.
Original reel: 1 reel (200 feet) : silent, color ; 16mm
1958?
VC97.2 2 Armeta Hearst Home Movie
A woman smiles as she leaves a house. She blows a kiss to the camera and gets in a car. Corner of a city street. People in suits and dresses gather outside a building. Train station. Children play in the yard. People get on a city bus. Women in dresses sit on lawn chairs. A bus station. Pedestrians at an intersection. A man and woman talk on the porch. Fishing. Mt. Rainier. A group of people dance on the front lawn.
Original reel: 1 reel (400 feet) : silent, color ; 16mm
1958?
VC97.3 3 Armeta Hearst Home Movie
Flags outside the United Nations building in New York. Planting a tree in the yard. View of a highway from an overpass. Young girls walk outside of a grocery store. A group of people stand in the yard. At the Ford Rotunda. At a train station. Views of central Washington and the Cascade Mountains from the train. Seattle skyline.
Original reel: 1 reel (325 feet) : silent, color ; 16mm
1959?
VC97.4 4 Armeta Hearst Home Movie
Hydroplane race. At the beach. Playing baseball. Swimming at a lake. A man takes pictures of Hearst and other women on the porch. San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge. Marina. Parade.
Original reel: 1 reel (300 feet) : silent, color ; 16mm
1959?
VC97.5 5 Armeta Hearst Home Movie
A group of people in the living room with food and drinks. At a small airport. Plane ride. Baseball game. Backyard potluck. A party with a piano player and dancing. Women play cards. A family dinner. Visiting the dam at Diablo Lake. I-5 bridge.
Original reel: 1 reel (400 feet) : silent, color ; 16mm
1959?
VC97.6 6 Armeta Hearst Home Movie
Seafair parade. Sea-Tac Airport, a plane takes off. Seattle Center. Train. Mountains and waterfall in Canada. Visiting Fort Whoop-up in Lethbridge, Alberta. At the Grand Coulee Dam and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Lake. Aftermath of a car accident. A line of civil rights supporters walk down Madison Street. People gathered, holding signs outside the Seattle courthouse. In Klamath, California. Giant statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the blue ox.
Original reel: 1 reel (350 feet) : silent, color ; 16mm
1962?

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Personal Names

  • Hearst, Armeta