Robert and Wilma Jones home movies, 1952-1978

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Jones family
Title
Robert and Wilma Jones home movies
Dates
1952-1978 (inclusive)
Quantity
186 8mm films with Betacam and VHS videocassette. All film reels are 25 ft long.
Collection Number
A0638
Summary
The Robert and Wilma Jones home movies (1952-1978) document the Jones family's birthdays, holidays, vacations and daily life at their home in Vernal, Utah. This collection is one of the most complete home movie collections held by the Multimedia Archives and gives enormous insight into the everyday life of Utahns from the 1950s through the 1970s.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Materials must be used on-site; no use of original material, access copies will be made available for viewing. Five business days advanced notice required. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.

Languages
English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Robert and Wilma Jones home movies (1952-1978) consist of 8mm films documenting the Jones family's birthdays, holidays, vacations and daily life at their home in Vernal, Utah. This collection is one of the most complete home movie collections held by the Multimedia Archives and gives enormous insight into the everyday life of Utahns from the 1950s through the 1970s.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The materials are arraned chronologically, except where noted.

Processing Note

Processed by Tawnya Mosier in 2004.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

8mm filmsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Reel
1
Kid's picture

8mm film
1952
2
Kid's picture

8mm film
1953
3
Spring

8mm film
undated
4
Easter

8mm film
1953
5
Peter's Point move

8mm film
1953 December
6
Kid's parade

8mm film
1953
7
Spring

8mm film
1953
8
Summer: Red Canyon

8mm film
1953
9
August

8mm film
1953
10
Christmas

8mm film
1953
11
Las Vegas

8mm film
1954
12
July

8mm film
1954
13
Mother's Day

8mm film
1954
14
Summer-fall 1954

8mm film
1954
15
Rosemary crawling

8mm film
1954
16
Christmas

8mm film
1954
17
December

8mm film
1954
18
Christmas 1954, Equity move 1955

8mm film
1954-1955
19
Ted's birthday

8mm film
1955
20
Father's Day

8mm film
1955
21
Summer, Equity move

8mm film
1955
22
Mother's Day, Dad on horse

8mm film
1955
23
Lawn, Bill, Nevada rig

8mm film
undated
24
November

8mm film
1955
25
Christmas

8mm film
1955
26
1/2 Film

8mm film
1955
27
April

8mm film
1956
28
Rosemary's birthday

8mm film
1956
29
Yellowstone National Park

8mm film
1956
30
Yellowstone National Park

8mm film
1956
31
Kid's day

8mm film
1956
32
Royal George and home aerial view

8mm film
1956
33
Jack's Canyon

8mm film
1956
34
July

8mm film
1956
35
Christmas

8mm film
1956
36
Ted's birthday

8mm film
1957
37
Rosemary's birthday

8mm film
1957
38
Summer

8mm film
1957
39
Summer: Hecker's

8mm film
1957
40
Summer

8mm film
1957
41
Bobby's 6th birthday

8mm film
1957
42
Disneyland

8mm film
1957
43
Wayne's horse

8mm film
1958
44
Easter

8mm film
1958
45
Church picnic

8mm film
1958
46
Summer

8mm film
1958
47
Skipper's first pups

8mm film
1958
48
Vacation

8mm film
1958
49
Pike's Peak

8mm film
1958
50
Summer, Colorado marble quarry

8mm film
1958
51
Halloween

8mm film
1958
52
Fall, Christmas

8mm film
1958
53
Jack's Canyon, Halloween

8mm film
1958
54
Rosemary's birthday

8mm film
1959
55
Father's Day

8mm film
1959
56
Summer

8mm film
1959
57
Salt Lake pioneers

8mm film
1959
58
Summer

8mm film
1959
59
Bob's birthday

8mm film
1959
60
Pepper and Peggy

8mm film
1959
61
Wilson Creek

8mm film
1959
62
Christmas

8mm film
1959
63
Conk's dance review

8mm film
undated
64
Flaming Gorge

8mm film
1960
65
Boy Scout Jamboree: Colorado Springs

8mm film
1960
66
Boy Scout Jamboree: Colorado Springs

8mm film
1960
67
Rosemary's birthday

8mm film
1960
68
Summer: Glacier National Park

8mm film
1960
69
Summer: Glacier National Park

8mm film
1960
70
Leaving Glacier National Park for Yellowstone National Park

8mm film
1960
71
Yellowstone National Park, Earthquake Lake

8mm film
1960
72
West Yellowstone, Earthquake Lake

8mm film
1960
73
Summer: Yellowstone, home

8mm film
1960
74
Bob's birthday, Christmas

8mm film
1960
75
Halloween

8mm film
1960
76
Wayne's 14th birthday, Ted's 12th birthday

8mm film
1960, 1961
77
Ted's 12th birthday, Rosemary's 8th birthday

8mm film
1961
78
Easter, aerial shot of house, Rosemary

8mm film
1961
79
Spring

8mm film
1961
80
Horse and animals

8mm film
1961
81
Summer

8mm film
1961
82
Bob's dad, trucks in Michigan

8mm film
1961
83
Fall, Cisne, Dad's parents

8mm film
1961
84
Summer, fall, Cisne, Halloween

8mm film
1961
85
Bob's 10th birthday, Christmas

8mm film
1961
86
Trucks, winter, kids rabbits, spring

8mm film
1961-1962
87
Big Bob's birthday, Easter

8mm film
1962
88
Rosemary's 9th birthday

8mm film
1962
89
Spring

8mm film
1962
90
Rosemary's 9th birthday, summer, Bobby's 11th birthday

8mm film
1962
91
Summer trip to Seattle World's Fair

8mm film
1962
92
Summer trip to Seattle World's Fair, Victoria, Canada

8mm film
1962
93
Summer trip to Seattle World's Fair

8mm film
1962
94
Bobby's 11th birthday, horses

8mm film
1962
95
Bobby's 11th birthday, Christmas

8mm film
1962
96
Christmas, Wayne's 16th birthday, Mother's 39th birthday

8mm film
1962-1963
97
Ted's 14th birthday

8mm film
1963
98
Easter Culver

8mm film
1963
99
Culver Mother's Day

8mm film
1963
100
Culver Mother's Day

8mm film
1963
101
Culver Mother's Day

8mm film
1963
102
Rosemary's 10th birthday

8mm film
1963
103
Summer, Hannibal, Missouri, Fall Culver

8mm film
1963
104
Culver Fall

8mm film
1963
105
Bobby's birthday

8mm film
1963
106
Bobby's birthday

8mm film
1963
107
Halloween

8mm film
1963
108
Summer, Gettysburg

8mm film
1964
109
Summer, Valley Forge Jamboree

8mm film
1964
110
Summer

8mm film
1964
111
Summer, New York, Gettysburg

8mm film
1964
112
Ted's birthday

8mm film
1964
113
Thanksgiving

8mm film
1964
114
Christmas

8mm film
1964
115
Wayne's birthday

8mm film
1964
116
Inagural parade for President Lyndon Johnson (LBJ)

8mm film
1965
117
Rosemary's birthday

8mm film
1965
118
Exeter rig, Flaming Gorge, Crazy Horse, South Dakota

8mm film
1965
119
Summer vacation, South Dakota

8mm film
1965
120
Rosemary's 12th birthday, Bobby's 14th birthday, Grandma Bennett

8mm film
1965
121
Fall Culver, Christmas

8mm film
1965
122
Christmas, Bobby's 15th birthday

8mm film
1965, 1966
123
Culver, June, Wayne's graduation

8mm film
1966
124
Culver, June, Wayne's graduation

8mm film
1966
125
Culver, June, Wayne's graduation

8mm film
1966
126
Culver, June, Wayne's graduation

8mm film
1966
127
Culver, June, Wayne's graduation

8mm film
1966
128
Culver, June, Wayne's graduation

8mm film
1966
129
Culver, June, Wayne's graduation

8mm film
1966
130
Culver, June, Wayne's graduation

8mm film
1966
131
Wayne's 20th birthday, Rosemary's 14th birthday

8mm film
1966, 1967
132
Culver, Mother's Day, Alaska

8mm film
1967
133
Alaska trip

8mm film
1967
134
Alaska trip

8mm film
1967
135
Alaska trip

8mm film
1967
136
Alaska trip

8mm film
1967
137
Alaska trip

8mm film
1967
138
Alaska trip

8mm film
1967
139
Alaska trip

8mm film
1967
140
May, June, Culver, Ted's graduation

8mm film
1968
141
May, June, Culver, Ted's graduation

8mm film
1968
142
May, June, Culver, Ted's graduation

8mm film
1968
143
May, June, Culver, Ted's graduation

8mm film
1968
144
May

8mm film
1969
145
May

8mm film
1970
146
Winter

8mm film
1971
147
February

8mm film
1971
148
Oregon

8mm film
1977
149
Panama Canal

8mm film
1977
150
Panama Canal, Cartogenia

8mm film
1977
151
South Pacific

8mm film
1977
152
South Pacific, Australia

8mm film
1977
153
Singapore

8mm film
1977
154
India, Ganges

8mm film
1977
155
Calcutta

8mm film
1977
156
India, Suez, Cairo

8mm film
1977
157
Egypt, Cairo, Alexander

8mm film
1977
158
Malta, Maderia

8mm film
1977
159
Fort Lauderdale

8mm film
1977
160
Wayne's family

8mm film
1977
161
Wayne's family

8mm film
1977
162
Wayne's family

8mm film
1977
163
North Sea

8mm film
1978
164
Norway

8mm film
1978
165
Norway

8mm film
1978
166
Norway

8mm film
1978
167
Norway

8mm film
1978
168
Oslo

8mm film
1978
169
Norway

8mm film
1978
170
Denmark

8mm film
1978
171
Amsterdam

8mm film
1978
172
Russia

8mm film
1978
173
Russia

8mm film
1978
174
Russia

8mm film
1978
175
Lenningrad

8mm film
1978
176
Lenningrad

8mm film
1978
177
Lenningrad

8mm film
1978
178
Hamburg

8mm film
1978
179
Family reunion

8mm film
1978
180
Unknown film

8mm film
undated
181
Unknown film

8mm film
undated
182
Unknown film

8mm film
undated
183
Unknown film

8mm film
undated
184
Wayne's birthday

8mm film
1962
185
Family birthdays

8mm film
1960s
186
Family

8mm film
1960s

VHS and Betacam videocassette copiesReturn to Top

VHS and Betacam copies of all films in this collection are available for use.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Home movies

Geographical Names

  • Vernal (Utah)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Home movies and video
  • Moving images