Collection ID: VAE3472
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Summary

Creator:
Teaching Film Custodians
Abstract:
Teaching Film Custodians, Inc. (TFC) began in the 1920s and merged with Indiana University in 1973. The mission of the company was to provide educational films to schools, colleges and universities and to promote the value of the motion picture. This collection of paper materials consists of dubbed newsreel scripts in five languages and their English translations.
Extent:
1 Box
Language:
English , French , German , Spanish; Castilian , Russian , Italian .
Preferred citation:

[Item], Teaching Film Custodians paper collection, Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive, Bloomington.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

The Teaching Film Custodians became a membership corporation of the State University of New York in 1938. According to its original by-laws, the purpose of the company was to "advance and promote the scientific use of motion picture films for educational purposes…by cooperating with producers of motion pictures to further the educational value of motion picture films." The corporation provided excerpts and short films for use within schools and universities, mostly adaptations of novels and historical features. In the 1960's TFC added resources for foreign language education. TFC merged with Indiana University in 1973.

Processing information:

Collection processed and finding aid prepared by Maddye Webb-Mitchell. Completed in 2021.

Arrangement:

Collection is organized into five series by language: French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Russian. Each series is arranged numerically by Volume and Issue number.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access

PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item], Teaching Film Custodians paper collection, Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive, Bloomington.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-7000, United States
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
812-856-7086
iulmia@indiana.edu