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Farmersville Film Project Collection
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Chicano Studies Research Center Library
Title: Farmersville Film Project Collection
Creator:
Glascock, Baylis
Creator:
Lanford, Henry
Identifier/Call Number: CSRC.137
Physical Description:
3.4 linear feet
(Three record carton boxes. One flat box.)
Date (inclusive): 1968-1998
Abstract: This collection includes a broad selection of materials related to the Farmersville Film Project that took place in 1968-1969.
The Farmersville Film Project was funded by the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, inspired by the National Film Board of
Canada's Film and Community Development Workshop (Memorial University of Newfoundland), and aimed to use modern communications
media to help solve communications issues within society starting at the small community level. The collection was assembled
by Baylis Glascock, a cinematographer on the Farmersville Film Project and includes a large amount of correspondence, diaries,
reports, and related materials created by Henry Lanford and the Office of Economic Opportunity. The collection also includes
the Farmersville Film Project films on reels and multiple copies on video cassettes.
Physical Location: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library
and Archive for paging information.
Open for research.
The materials were donated to the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center in 2012 by Baylis Glascock.
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Film and Community Development Workshop papers
- Series 2. Farmersville Film Project papers
- Series 3. Farmersville Film Project audiovisual material
The Farmersville Film Project was an initiative aimed at supporting community and social progress through the use of film
and communications media. It was developed and funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity in 1968. The Office of Economic
Opportunity was a United States government agency tasked with administering the War on Poverty programs created during President
Lyndon B. Johnson's administration. The Office of Economic Opportunity was officially transferred by President Ronald Reagan
to the Office of Community Services in the Department of Health and Human Services in 1981. The Farmersville Film Project
was inspired by a similar initiative created in 1967 by the National Film Board of Canada through the Canada for Canadians,
Challenge to Change programs known as the "Fogo Process." The National Film Board of Canada developed the Film and Community
Workshops, beginning with the Fogo Island Film and Community Project that took place in Fogo Island, Newfoundland. Fogo Island
residents took part in various meetings, addressed community concerns and were shot in 27 films. The residents then watched
the films, coming to a better understanding about their own community's needs and how to resolve those concerns and needs.
Henry Lanford, then a student of urban planning, attended the Film and Community Development Workshop held at the Memorial
University of Newfoundland, and became well-versed in the Fogo Process. Lanford was contracted by the Office of Economic Opportunity
to initiate and direct the Farmersville Film Project. Lanford and the film crew spent six weeks in Farmersville, a suburb
of Visalia in Tulare County, California. The area depends heavily on agriculture and consists mainly of whites and Latinos.
After filming ended, Lanford conducted Community Film Workshops in Tulare County and throughout the United States until 1969.
Baylis Glascock is a cinematographer who worked on the Farmersville Film Project. In 1996, he attempted to produce a documentary
that looked at persons who were interviewed in the 1968 Farmersville films and the way in which Farmersville community organizations
had changed or developed since the project ended. Glascock was never able to begin filming.
[Identification of item], Farmersville Film Project Collection, 137, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California,
Los Angeles.
Processed by Angel Diaz, November 2012. Revised by Doug Johnson, April 2018.
This collection consists of correspondence, memos, handwritten notes, diaries, programs, reports, and film leading up to,
production of, and resulting from the Farmersville Film Project. The materials, many created by Henry Lanford, were gathered
by Baylis Glascock, a cinematographer on the Farmersville Film Project.
Copyright has not been assigned to the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. All requests for permission to publish must be
submitted in writing to the Chicano Studies Research Center Library. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Farmersville (Calif.)
Fogo Island (N.L.)
Communication--Social aspects.
Community development--Audio-visual aids.
Mexican Americans--California--Social Conditions.
United States. Office of Economic Opportunity
National Film Board of Canada
Tulare County Economic Development Corporation
Glascock, Baylis
Lanford, Henry