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Bolivian Mission Combined Film Reels Footage

 Item
Identifier: MB6000.02.28-39

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Bolivia Missions Collection documents the missionary, administrative, educational, and pastoral activities of the Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great in Bolivia from 1956 to 2025, with the bulk of the records dating from the establishment of the Bolivian Vicariate in 1962 through its elevation to an independent Vice-Province in 2013. The collection contains administrative records, correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, reports, publications, photographs, slides, audiovisual materials, and personal papers relating to the governance and ministry of the Dominican mission in Bolivia.

The records document the development of the Dominican presence in Bolivia, including the establishment of the Vicariate, the creation of the independent Vice-Province, relationships with other Dominican jurisdictions, and the administration of missionary personnel and institutions. Significant documentation includes Vicariate chapter proceedings, provincial and council records, visitation reports, financial administration records, formation programs and educational materials, and records of Dominican apostolates throughout Bolivia

The collection is arrainged into 10 series. The first series covers foundational material, subseries for pre-vicaraite, establishment of Vicariate and Vice-Province, and German vicariate materials. The second series contains Vicariate Chapters from 1969 - 2011. The third series is the Vicariate Provincial Records and contains correspondence and other materials of the Vicariate Provincials from 1962 to 2013. The fourth series is the Vicariate Council Records and contains Vicariate Council Minutes, Assemblies, and Vicariate Visitations from the Prior Provincial and various curia officials, including the Master of the Order. The dates range in this series from 1964 to 2012. The Fifth series is the Vicariate Officials Records which contains subseries for Syndic, Formation, and Affiliate positions performed by friars. These include financial records and correspondence for the Vicariate from the office of the syndic, formation records and Ratios for the vocation promoter pre-novice, novice, and student masters and Director of Education position. The affiliated materials is limited to CIDAL (Conferencia Interprovincial de los Dominicos de América Latina) conventions and assemblies and the IV Dominican Colloquiom of 1993. Following this is Vicariate House Records series. Within this series, each city with a foundation is treated as a subseries (i.e. Cochabamba and Santa Cruz) with the foundations separated numerically. These records include canonical and ministerial foundations, ministry and house correspondece, commemorative booklets, and other materials. The Apostolate Records series contians materials related to vicariate apostolates that were not limited to a single house. They include "Misiones Aviones" that were missionary actions in the Campos around the Andes and Peace and Justice Commission records. The largest subseries is the IBEAS records. The Instituto Boliviano de Estudios y Acción Social (IBEAS) records including administrative files, reports, publications, photographs, promotional materials, and a substantial run of IBEAS journals. The collection also documents missionary outreach programs, social justice initiatives, and pastoral ministriesof the Dominicans across South America. The largest series in the Missionary Records. These contain files and correspondence relating to missionary friars, Bolivian members of the Order, and affiliated Dominicans across thethe mission's development. These exist in addition to the Personal File Records.

There are two additional series for the photos and slides, and AV material, respectively.

The collection comprises 16 linear feet, including 25 legal and letter document boxes, 24" of hanging file folders, 3 photo boxes, 3 slide carrousels, and one oversized flat box.

Dates

  • Creation: 1956 - 2025

Extent

1 Reels : 1 16mm film reel. 33:55 duration. Color and black and white, silent.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: Spanish; Castilian

Abstract

Compilation of 16mm footage digitized as a single file of eleven segments. Covers Bolivian medical work and nursing school in La Paz, Menominee summer camp, River Forest friars, Sisters, sacraments, Nigeria, and workprint shots for a promotional film. Several segments are duplicates and some are upside down or backwards.

Segment 1: Bolivian Medical Clinic and Children with Rickets - 2 min. 55 sec. (digital timecode 00:00 to 02:55) - Medical clinic in La Paz with children who appear to have rickets. Doctors unidentified; no identifiable friars. Segment 2: Menominee Camp, Volleyball, Water Play, and Chapel - 3 min. 48 sec. (digital timecode 02:56 to 06:44) - Dominican summer camp at Menominee, with volleyball, water play and the camp chapel. Segment 3: Escuela Nacional de Enfermería, La Paz - 4 min. 19 sec. (digital timecode 06:45 to 11:04) - National nursing school in La Paz, late 1960s to 1970s, with the same doctors as Segment 1, sick children and a group of men who may be friars. Segment 4: Sisters in Habits Outside - 49 sec. (digital timecode 11:05 to 11:54) - Religious Sisters in habits outdoors. Footage is upside down. Segment 5: Escuela Nacional de Enfermería, La Paz (second copy) - 3 min. 19 sec. (digital timecode 11:55 to 15:14) - Second copy of Segment 3 at lower quality, possibly water damaged. Segment 6: River Forest Friars at Recreation, Yard Work, and Renovations - 5 min. 14 sec. (digital timecode 15:15 to 20:29) - Friars playing badminton, yard work in a suburban setting, painting a basement and building renovations at River Forest. Segment 7: A Song for Rachel, Opening Titles (Workprint) - 39 sec. (digital timecode 20:30 to 21:09) - Opening titles of the workprint of A Song for Rachel. Segment 8: Bolivian Children with Rickets (second copy) - 2 min. 59 sec. (digital timecode 21:10 to 24:09) - Second copy of Segment 1. Segment 9: Sacraments, Friar Recreation, and Menominee Beach - 4 min. 1 sec. (digital timecode 24:10 to 28:11) - Eucharist, confirmation and other ceremonies; friar recreation by a fire and chess; Menominee beach recreation, swimming, camp chapel and outdoor cooking from about 26:00. Segment 10: Nigeria Friars, Village Life, School, and Msgr. Lawton - 3 min. 2 sec. (digital timecode 28:12 to 31:14) - River rafts and a village, unidentified friars with families, school children on the first day of school, friars at a hospital, and Lawton getting a haircut. Segment 11: Promotional Film Workprint Shots - 2 min. 40 sec. (digital timecode 31:15 to 33:55) - Workprint shots for a promotional film: a friar speaking at church, shots upside down and backwards, Menominee brothers at recreation, River Forest choir (backwards), a possible profession, chapel, vestition and rural houses in the USA.

Repository Details

Part of the Archives of the Province of St. Albert the Great, U.S.A. Repository

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