Teaching Film Custodians records, 1938-1973
A Guide to the Records at the Indiana University Archives
Finding aid prepared by Ashley Zengerski
Summary Information
Repository
Indiana University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives
Creator
Teaching Film Custodians.
TitleTeaching Film Custodians
records,1938-1973
Collection No.
C543
Extent
.6 cubic feet (2 boxes)
Language
Materials are in English
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. Collection consists of Members and Board
of Trustees meeting minutes, and administrative files.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Advance notice required.
Administrative History
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. Today, several of the TFC
films can be found in the Indiana University Film Archives.
Arrangement
Collection is organized into two series: Administrative files and Meeting
minutes.
Scope and Content Note
This collection is organized into two series: Administrative files and Meeting
minutes.
The Administrative files series contains information on the merger of TFC with
Indiana University in 1973, including official agreements and press releases. Also
included in this series is a folder containing correspondence from the files of
Executive Director J. Stanley McIntosh, detailing the preparation of both parties
for the merge. Before the merger could take place, several film companies, including
Columbia and Warner Bros., were asked to transfer rights from TFC to Indiana
University. A request for an audit of materials, as well as lists regarding the
transfer and storage of hundreds of prints are among the records in this folder.
The Meeting minutes series contains minutes of various meetings spanning the period
from 1938-1973. Each of the folders in this series contains minutes arranged
separated by type of meeting and then arranged chronologically. The folder labeled
'Members' and Board of Trustees' Meeting Minutes 1938-1959 also contains Executive
Committee Meeting minutes within the Members' section. The folder titled 'Members'
Meeting Minutes 1967-1973 also contains a few joint Board of Directors and Members
of the Corporation meeting minutes.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries'
online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by
searching the catalog using these terms.
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Related Material
Additional records such as newsletters, annual reports, bulletins, and publications
may be accessed in the
Archives of Institutional Memory.
Related photographs may be available in the
University Archives
Photographs Database
.
Related films from the Teaching Film Custodians may be available in
Indiana
University Film Archives
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
1174
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the Trustees of Indiana University. For more information, please contact the Indiana University Archives staff.
The Indiana University Archives respects the intellectual property rights of others and does not claim any copyrights for
non-university records, materials in the public domain, or materials for which we do not hold a Deed of Gift. Responsibility
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Researchers are responsible for securing permission from copyright owners and any other rights holders for any reuse of these
materials that extends beyond fair use or other statutory limitations.
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Preferred Citation
[Item], Teaching Film Custodians records, Collection C543, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Processing InformationProcessed by Ashley Zengerski.
Completed in 2014.
Folder List
Series:
Box 1
Administrative files,1953-1973,
undated
Warner Bros. Inc., undated
Educational Film Corp., undated
Personnel Data, undated
McIntosh's Personal Chronological File, May 1972-March
1973
TFC-IU Merge Agreement, undated
Series:
Box 2
Meeting minutes, 1938-1973
Member's and Board of Trustees' Meeting Minutes,
1938-1959
1959-1967
Members' Meeting Minutes, 1967-1973
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