Bob Fass Recordings and Papers, 1935-2011, bulk 1963-1991

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Series IV: Personal recordings and digital media, 1917-2011, undated, bulk circa 1930s-2011


Fass family home movies and commercial films, circa 1917, 1930s, 1 film reels (16mm)

Begins with very brief home movie clip, followed by Charles Chaplin in "Easy Street" Pt 2 [:13-2:33], Felix the Cat in "Felix Plays Nurse" (Novelty Film Co., Inc.) [2:39-5:04].


Fass family home movies and commercial films, circa 1930s, 1 film reels (16mm)

Brief clip of Popeye cartoon, followed by snippets of home movies


Fass family home movies, circa 1933-1940, 1 film reels (16mm)

A child getting haircut, playing, and walking a dog (Fass family movies, 1930s?)


Fass family home movies, circa 1933-1940, 1 film reels (16mm)

Footage of beach, sightseeing in Fort Pierce, Florida, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere (Fass family movies, 1930s?)


Fass family home movies, circa 1933-1940, 1 film reels (16mm)

Woman holding and playing with baby (Fass family movies, 1930s?)


Fass family home movies, circa 1933-1940, 1 film reels (16mm)

Home movie with family scenes (Fass family movies, 1930s?)


Fass family home movies, circa 1933-1940, 1 film reels (16mm)

Children playing on sidewalk, family in front yard (Fass family movies, 1930s?)


Fass family home movies, circa 1933-1940, 1 film reels (16mm)

Mother on street with child in baby carriage, child indoors being fed by mother (Fass family movies, 1930s?)


Home movie, circa 1940, 1 film reels (16mm)

Bobby, Murry [illegible], Mal Friedman.


Audio Letter From Dick Fass to Private Bob Fass, 1958, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")


Audio Letter from Jacob Fass to Private Bob Fass, 1958, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")


Audio Letter from Jacob Fass to Private Bob Fass, circa 1958, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Mailed from Jacob J Fass 1070 Park Ave New York City NY TO Private Bob Fass Hq Det Spec War Center Fort Bragg NC


Cummings, 1962, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Unidentified woman reads poems by e.e. cummings; Fass is audible at times


Birthday party for a child named Sarah, circa 1970s, 1 open reel videotapes (1/2")

Children playing.


Compilation including video of The Session by Ambrose Clancy, circa 1970s, 1 open reel videotapes (1/2")

#6: Various snippets: television footage (Master Control program on Channel 21, topic: 0.5" video tape), home movies of mountain road trip, Fass speaking to camera inside domestic setting, filmed stage play (The Session by Ambrose Clancy)


Driving footage, circa 1970s, 1 open reel videotapes (1/2")

#27: Driving in Kentucky en route to Memphis, various people and a cat appear in film.


Home movie footage, circa 1970s, 1 open reel videotapes (1/2")

#23: Driving and hanging out at a lake.


Unidentified man and Bob Fass phone call to Bill, circa 1970s, 1 open reel videotapes (1/2")

#10: Unidentified man reads from notebook on-screen and leaves, Fass appears and makes a phone call to Bill.


Video of trees, sky, grass, etc., circa 1970s, 1 open reel videotapes (1/2")

#19.


Excerpts on Watergate, circa 1972, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob Fass and a woman reading excerpts from a book or article about Watergate


Unidentified, circa 1975, 1 open reel videotapes (1/2")

#25: Start of video to 26:50: abstract video images or Cablevision news feed (one item: Hurricane Eloise, 1975) with drone singing in background. Rest of video: woman talking to the camera with Bob Fass's voice heard offscreen.


Engagement Party, 1976, 2 open reel videotapes (1/2")

#17: Engagement party for Bernard Kaplan and Sheila Parnes.


Yoko Ono, circa 1982, 1 audiocassettes

Recording of Bob Fass calling Yoko Ono.


West Beth, 1983 March 1, 1 audiocassettes


Yoko Ono interview discussion, 1983 April 4, 1 audiocassettes

Not a radio broadcast: a taped conversation with Fass, Revland, and others talking about their encounter with Yoko during the interview.


Fass home movies, circa 1987 September, 1 videocassettes (video8)

Home movies of Fass and others, mostly in the countryside


Unidentified apartment tour, 1988 December, 1 videocassettes (video8)

Man giving a video tour of his apartment to be sent to his daughter


Halloween, circa 1990s, 1 videocassettes (video8)


Jennifer, [?] Paint in kitchen, 17th Street, circa 1997, 1 videocassettes (video8)


Aruba, Halloween, 1998 October 25, 1 videocassettes (video8)

Home movies of trip to Aruba, including longer segment of live steel drum music; trick-or-treaters coming to the door


Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C., 1999 June 20, 1 videocassettes (video8)

Bob Fass at Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C.


Steve's Party, circa 2000, 1 videocassettes (VHS)


80th Birthday, circa 2002-2010, 1 videocassettes (video8)


Trucks, 2011 February, 1 videocassettes (video8)

Footage of trucks


IRS Giant Tax Form, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass flirts with a woman quietly in the background while she asks him to turn the recorder off


Phone Tape, undated, 1 audiocassettes

around time of Loft sale


Sidewalk repair, undated, 1 videocassettes (video8)

Truck footage and footage of a man fixing the sidewalk in Staten Island


Trucks, undated, 2 videocassettes (video8)

Footage of trucks


When less is sometimes more, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A short tape of Fass repeating the phrase "Less is sometimes more."


Working Class #4, undated, 1 open reel videotapes (1/2")