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Bio/Personal

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Air Force [Ansbach, Germany] and University of Illinois Tear Sheets (mainly clippings with photos by BM) circa 1946-1950

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Chicago Fair Tear Sheets (mainly clippings with photos by BM) circa 1949-1950

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Eichler Home File

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Muster, Bill - article about BM 1977

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Traveler's Almanac - copies of vols. published by BM, pr, reviews, and other related files circa mid-latter 1970s

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UPI Tear Sheets (mainly clippings of UPI stories with photos by BM) circa 1948-1952

box 6

University of Illinois [went on G.I. Bill] Yearbook 1950

General note

BM was Associate Editor, Photography, for Illio (the yearbook), see pp. 297, 392, 451, 461
 

Photographs - Black/White

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Portfolio - per Nori: prob. put together by BM for freelance jobs during college circa 1950

 

Prints

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Africa - Kenya

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Australia SATW 1987

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Balasco, Bodini - also incl. color prints

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Commercial Photos by BM

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El Cid 1960s

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Germany 1940s

General note

incl. photo lab and office, views of Ansbach, where BM was stationed, and portrait drawing of BM
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Harold Lloyd Estate 1971

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Hartford, John - musician

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London

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Los Angeles

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Magic Mountain - roller coaster

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Mexico

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Minneapolis home 1950s

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Muster, Bill - India, SATW 1978

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Muster, Bill and Paula - incl. 1950 wedding

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Muster First Apartment

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Muster, Nori - Smothers Brothers Show 11/17/1967

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Muzak

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Satarupa

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World Traveler's Almanac 1970s

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Miscellany and Unidentified

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Negatives - incl. 35mm, 2 1/4 x 2 1/4, 4x5, and 8x10

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Allair, Jackie (4x5)

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Commercial photos (4x5) 1940s-1960s

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Donny - also incl. b/w contact prints (4x5)

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El Cid - flamenco club (35mm)

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Franchel, Emile (4x5)

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Germany circa 1945-1946

General note

incl. three Nuremberg Trial photos; also BM office, photo lab, darkroom, and equipment; mess hall and exterior of other buildings flying U.S. flag, airfield, probably all of Ansbach U.S. military base, where BM was stationed; and other buildings, probably of the community of Ansbach [in Bavaria] (8x10)
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Germany? (2 1/4 x 3 1/2 and smaller)

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Germany and Austria (4x5)

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Glendale Theater Group - Jeri Moffat (4x5)

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Grace Street Swim Pool (4x5)

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Inwood House (2 1/4 x 2 1/4)

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L.A. Hi Fi Show (2 1/4 x 2 1/4)

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Longbow House - Sherman Oaks, CA (2 1/4 x 2 1/4)

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Minneapolis home (4x5)

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Music Land (4x5)

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Muster Family (4x5) 1950s-1960s

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Muster, Bill (4x5)

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Muster, Bill and Paula (4x5) circa 1957-1958

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Muster, Nori (4x5) circa 1957-1958

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Muster, Paula - Paula's favorites (4x5)

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New York City / Boston vacation (35mm) 1967

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New York World's Fair (2 1/4 x 2 1/4) 1939-1940

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Record Copy - incl. images of BM records from high school, etc. (4x5)

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Rufus J. Flywheel (4x5)

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SATW India Trip (35mm) 1978

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Skylark House - BM's house above Sunset Strip in LA [incl. color transparencies of Dixieland party in 1988] (35mm)

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Sunnyvale House (2 1/4 x 2 1/4) 1959-1961

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Traveler's Almanac - cover (4x5) 1970s

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Wedding (4x5) 2/6/1950

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Xmas Card (4x5) 1952

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Xmas Card (4x5) 1955

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Miscellany - Sydney, Canada, and other (4x5)

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Unidentified (4x5)

 

Photographs - Color

 

Prints

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Air Force Rockets - Vandenberg AFB, CA 1978

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India - Cal. Communications, Inc. (CCI) - BM's company

 

Muster, Nori

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Graduation - UCSB 1978

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Initiation, Los Angeles 1979

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Skylark House

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Unidentified

 

Negatives - incl. 35mm, 2x2

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Satarupa, Ann - incl. a few related color prints and b/w negatives

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Yosemite (incl. a few b/w negatives) circa May 1973

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Unidentified

 

Transparencies - incl. 35mm, 2 1/4 x 2 1/4, 4x5

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Beach Shots

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Hare Krishna (ISKCON)

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Harold Lloyd Estate? 1971

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Mexico?

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Monterey

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Muster, Paula

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Sinatra, Frank

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Venice Beach

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Unidentified

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Miscellany [formerly boxed together] - incl. CCI, Harold Lloyd Estate, travel

 

Slides - Color

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Slide album [disbound] - India - SATW convention [includes many images of men, women, and children, temples and other buildings, local scenes [no captions] circa Sept/Oct. 1978

 

Slides - sleeved

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- Portugal Apr. 1965

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- Athens June 1965

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- Paris June 1965

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- Lake of the Woods (MN) July 1965

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- Puerto Rico May 1966

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- Santa Barbara, CA July 1966

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- Lake Arrowhead, CA May 1967

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- Misc. Family May-Aug. 1967

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- Zoo Visit June 1967

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- San Francisco Trip with R&R July 1967

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- Flamenco Dancers Aug. 1967

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- Delta Queen and Expo Aug-Sept. 1967

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- Mexico Trip Dec. 1967-Jan. 1968

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- Mexico: Bullfighters and Dancers May 1968

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- Misc. Family 1968

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- Japan trip Sept. 1969

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- Santa Barbara / San Luis Obispo May 1975

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- Santa Barbara Mission July 1975

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- J. Paul Getty Villa Mar. 1976

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- Los Angeles Mar. 1976

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- Santa Barbara / San Luis Obispo Apr. 1976

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- Sierras Apr. 1976

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- Los Angeles Apr. 1976

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- Los Angeles May 1976

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- Los Angeles Aug. 1976

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- Los Angeles Sept. 1976

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- Mexico: Yucatan - Chichen Itza and Palenque Oct. 1976

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- Los Angeles Oct. 1976

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- Los Angeles Nov. 1976

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- Santa Barbara Nov. 1976

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- Delta Queen [1976?]

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- New Orleans Feb. 1977

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- Mammoth Ski Mar. 1977

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- Los Angeles Mar. 1977

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- Swap Meet Mar. 1977

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- Africa Trip: Animals, People, Kenya (Bomas, Lamu, Malindi) Apr. 1977

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- England Apr. 1977

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- Grand Canyon Apr. 1977

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- Ski Mt. Waterman May 1977

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- San Luis Obispo: Ah Luis Store June 1977

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- Santa Barbara June 1977

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- Sequoia National Park June 1977

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- [Los Angeles area?] July 1977

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- Egypt Oct. 1977

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- Los Angeles Nov. 1977

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- Niagara Falls Nov. 1977

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- Los Angeles Dec. 1977

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- Baja Apr. 1978

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- Sierra Club: Mt. Janacinto June 1978

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- Nori Graduation [June ? 18] 1978

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- [India?] Sept 1978

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- Santa Barbara / San Luis Obispo Aug. 1979

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- Santa Barbara Sept. 1979

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- Hawaii: Big Island Views, Conversion, Holo Holo Campers, Kona Village, West, Final Banquet and Kona Surf Oct. 1979

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- Hare Krishna Rafiata (Venice Beach) 1979

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- Salt Lake City, Alta Ski Area 1979

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- Los Angeles Apr. 1980

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- Los Angeles Jan-Feb. 1981

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- Mexico: Acapulco, Las Brisas, Puerta Vallarta, Zihuantejo, [poss. 1981: Ixtapa] Apr. 1981

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- Hawaii: Sitmar [cruise line] - People Apr. 1981

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- Hawaii: Flowers, Honolulu, Kailua, Waikiki, Windward Side July 1981

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- Ansel Adams Aug. 1981

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- Mexico: Ixtapa Aug-Sept. 1982

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- Japan 1982

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- Israel: Dancers, Jerusalem, Streets, Buildings, People, Countryside Oct. 1983

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- Los Angeles Dec. 1983

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- Hungary: Budapest - Dancers, Market, People May 1984

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- New Zealand: Auckland, Queenstown, Te Anan, Milford Sound, Mount Cook, Rotorua, Christchurch Nov. 1984

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- New Guinea, Kenny Byrd Nov. 1984

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- Australia: Sydney, Melbourne, Animals Nov. 1984

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- Hemphill Harris Show Jan. 1985

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- London Jan. 1985

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- Pacific Northwest Trip Jan. 1986

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- Skylark Repair; Sunset Oct. 1986

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- Mendocino, CA Dec. 1986

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- J. Paul Getty Villa Jan. 1987

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- Amsterdam, Rotenberg, Munich, Freiburg, Worms, Liechtenstein, Yugoslavia, Salzburg, Alps, Zurich, Venice, Heidelberg July 1987

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- Nori Aug. 1987

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N.D. - Los Angeles

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N.D. - Santa Barbara / San Luis Obispo

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N.D. - Unidentified

 

Artifacts

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Plaque - Muzak: Pacific Network Incorporated, presented to William N. Muster for over 15 years of service

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Platter (pewter) - SATW: The President's Award, 1987, Bill Muster, for Meritorious Service to the SATW

 

Oversize

General note

Mainly photo enlargements, some mounted, including Delta Queen, building of Universal City construction, Germany, travel to countries such as Turkey, Kenya photo from BM's office, scenery, the ship Fairsky; also drawings of Nori and Billy Muster, 1919 class photo with relatives of Nori's, 1930s Lake of the Wood photo with [BM's] foster family.
 

Audiovisual

 

Audiotapes - open reel

reel A21089/R7

- content unknown Nov. 1960; Apr. 1961

reel A21090/R7

- Hilliard talks (Edward Hilliard, Sr. - Hollywood comedian, circus owner, poet, and artist) Aug. 3, 1963

reel A21091/R5

- Andrus vs Muster July 28, 1966

reel A21092/R5

- N. C. Cooke, A. Gordon Kibbee, and Mrs. Marie Kibbee at Knights Restaurant Sept. 16, 1966

reel A21093/R5

- Delta Queen story, KSTT News Oct. 19, 1970

reel A21094/R7

- Frank Cady [ Delta Queen?] May 4, 1974

reel A21095/R7

No Date - Calliope Music [ Delta Queen?]

reel A21096/R5

No Date - BM calling people on the phone

reel A21097/R7

No Date - Jokes: Furey and Stan Freberg; John Wilkman

reel A21098/R5

No Date - content unknown

reel A33141/R7

Synanon, "Truth Game" June 1972

 

Film - Color - 8mm

reel V4643/F1

- [family vacation] Summer 1964

reel V4644/F1

- Capistrano / Tijuana Spring 1965

reel V4645/F1

- Spain / Portugal 1965

reel V4646-4648/F1

No Date - Rhine Boats - research for building the Mississippi Queen [as per Nori] (3 reels)

 

Film - Color - 16 mm

reel V4649/F1

Muzak Conference, n.d.

 

Film - Color - 35 mm

reel V4650/F1

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