Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography/Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: UCSF Educational Films collection
Dates: 1947-1975
Collection Number: AR 91-59
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 5 linear ft. (25 reels)
Repository:
UC San Francisco. University Archives
San Francisco, California 94143-0840
Abstract: Collection consists primarily of films produced at UCSF with and by UCSF house staff.
Language of Material: English
Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
UCSF Educational Films collection. UC San Francisco. University Archives
Acquisition Information
Transferred by the UCSF Media Center in 1991.
Biography/Administrative History
UCSF Educational Media Resources was formerly known as the Communications Office for Research and Teaching (CORT). It oversaw
the production of instructional films and other media for the university.
Scope and Content of Collection
ollection consists primarily of films produced at UCSF with and by UCSF house staff. Included in the collection are teaching
films made for medical and allied (pharmacy, nursing and dentistry) schools, experiment documentation films which record research
data or were used as part of a biomedical experiment, promotional films regarding preventive medicine/public health, films
showing the evolution and/or development of medical/dental/etc. treatments, depicting research methodology, facilities and/or
equipment in the health sciences. These films illustrate the evolution of the health sciences education at UCSF and in California,
and document pioneering discoveries of UCSF researchers, clinicians, and other health care providers.
