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Mary Frances Drake Cooley Film Recordings

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1251

Content Description

The collection contains film recordings of home videos created by the family of Mary Frances Drake Cooley, as well as VHS and DVD access copies of the film recordings.

Footage is primarily of children and other family members, and also includes footage of cityscapes and landscapes taken from a moving vehicle. According to the donor, footage includes a Southern Methodist University vs University of Arkansas football game (likely the football game that occurs around 58:38 on the DVD); the construction of the Lake Fort Smith dam (beginning at 4:55); and a Franklin Delano Roosevelt speech in Little Rock (likely the political event with footage beginning around 9:18).

Dates

  • circa 1940-1960

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Conditions Governing Use

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical / Historical

Mary Frances Drake Cooley (1911-1993) attended the University of Arkansas between 1929-1930. She married Wade Hampton Cooley; the couple had at least three children, Tom Cooley, Susie Pender, and Jane Henline. Mary Frances Drake Cooley passed away January 4, 1993, in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Arrangement

Materials are arranged by format.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Mary Frances Drake Cooley Film Recordings were donated to Special Collections by Sue M. Cooley of Fort Smith, Arkansas, on June 22, 1993. The recordings originally belonged to Cooley's mother-in-law, Mary Frances Drake Cooley.

Existence and Location of Copies

Film reels were converted to a VHS tape by Bedford Camera & Video in 2001; VHS tape was digitized to a DVD by the University of Arkansas Libraries Multimedia Services in 2005. At the time of processing, an mp4 file was ripped from the DVD using Handbrake; digital file is stored on Special Collections' preservation server and is available to view in the Reading Room.

Processing Information

Processed by Katrina Windon; completed in July 2022.

Film reels were converted to a VHS tape by Bedford Camera & Video in 2001; VHS tape was digitized to a DVD by the University of Arkansas Libraries Multimedia Services in 2005. At the time of processing, an mp4 file was ripped from the DVD using Handbrake.

Some original film reels appear to have either been discarded at the time the materials were converted to VHS in 2001 or spliced together onto a single, unlabeled reel; at the time of processing, the collection contained only two film reels (Items 1-2).

Title
Mary Frances Drake Cooley Film Recordings
Status
Completed
Author
Katrina Windon
Date
July 2022
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Department Repository

Contact:
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444