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[Identification of item], Duke Film Society, University Archives, Duke University.
The Duke Film Society records were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1974.
Processed by Sherrie Bowser, October, 2006
Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, October 2006
Accession 74-77 is described in this finding aid.
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Organized in 1949, the Duke Film Society's aim was to bring to the Duke University campus the best foreign, experimental, documentary, educational, and art films, both current and past. Its first chairman was Katharine M. Banham, professor in the Department of Psychology at Duke University. The Society was a subscription fee based organization that was operated by a faculty initiated committee. The scope of the Society's aims was limited by both funding and facilities. In order to fulfill their desire to show both 35mm and 16mm film, as well as, to accommodate an increased number of members in the more comfortable and technologically advanced Page Auditorium the Society joined with Quadrangle Pictures, in 1954, to co-host a number of 35mm films per semester. The Society disbanded in 1965.
Contains materials pertaining to the organization and operations of the Duke Film Society including society minutes, press releases of programs, financial statements, film catalogs/ promotional material and correspondence with the following Martin J. Lewis Theatrical Productions, Contemporary Films Inc., The Museum of Modern Art, Loew's International Corporation, Wallace Film Exchange, Brandon Films Inc., Classic Pictures Inc., Community Cinema Corporation, Paul Goldman Motion Pictures, United Artists Corporation, United World Films Inc., British Film Institute, and other companies.
The collection consists of four folders. These folders contain all the materials listed in the Collection Overview above in no discernable order. The folders also contain overlapping date ranges. The collection spans the years 1949-1956.
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Folders contain materials pertaining to the organization and operations of the Duke Film Society including society minutes, press releases of programs, financial statements, film catalogs/ promotional material and correspondence with film production companies. The collection spans the years