[Item 3B: Family home movie footage] captions transcript

[Item 3B: Family home movie footage]

Home movie footage of people standing outside talking and playing with children.
Date: [1920..1929]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Item 11: Owsley 2, family home movie footage] captions transcript

[Item 11: Owsley 2, family home movie footage]

Home movie footage of children playing with their parents and nanny.
Date: [1920..1929]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Item 5B: 1936-Leland-Judge Owsley; Leland-Chrystal Downs-Owsley (Judge O.) and Others 1937] captions transcript

[Item 5B: 1936-Leland-Judge Owsley; Leland-Chrystal Downs-Owsley (Judge O.) and Others 1937]

Home movie footage of children riding horses; a party at a house on the coast; a parade in downtown Indianapolis featuring floats for the Raymond Springer gubernatorial campaign; women standing in front of rows of fruit jars; and people at the Highland Park train station in Illinois.
Date: [1936..1937]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Item 12B: Owsley home video scenes] captions transcript

[Item 12B: Owsley home video scenes]

This home movie footage includes people on a boat, scenes of a harbor, and a larger number of dogs in pens on a possible breeding farm.
Date: 193X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Item 14B: A garden and a livestock event] captions transcript

[Item 14B: A garden and a livestock event]

This home movie footage includes footage of Alvin Sr., Alvin Jr., Thomas, and Lucy Owsley spending time in a garden and posing with the plants. The video also includes footage from a livestock event. The footage appears to have been taken in Denmark.
Date: 193X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Item 8B; Owsley's travels to the UK, Ireland and Indiana] captions transcript

[Item 8B; Owsley's travels to the UK, Ireland and Indiana]

This home movie incorporates title cards and includes footage of Ann Hathaway's Cottage in the United Kingdom, Cobh, Ireland in June 1937. Scenery in Minnetrista, Indiana can be seen. Individuals enjoying the beaches in Leland, Michigan. The launching of the family boat The Rosemary in July 1937 is also present in the film.
Date: 1937~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Item 11B: Travel in Indiana] captions transcript

[Item 11B: Travel in Indiana]

This home movie includes footage of a trip to Indiana including Clifty Falls in Madison, Indiana, the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, and what appears to be one of the Ball family homes in Muncie, Indiana. Scenes of Thomas Owsley feeding squirrels are included. Adults and children can be seen playing in the snow.
Date: 193X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Item 7B: Family home movie footage] captions transcript

[Item 7B: Family home movie footage]

A home video of Alvin Owsley Sr., Alvin Owsley Jr. Alvin C. Owsley, and others posing with caught fish. David Owsley can be seen swimming and playing in the sand. Adults partake in a dinner party. People board a ship in Manhattan, NY.
Date: 193X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Item 10B: Warwick Castle in England] captions transcript

[Item 10B: Warwick Castle in England]

Film of a visit to the Warwick Castle in Warwick, England. Scenes around and amongst the castle are visible.
Date: [1925,1935]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Item 6B: Family home movie footage] captions transcript

[Item 6B: Family home movie footage]

A home video of the Owsley Family shot by Alvin Mansfield Owsley and his wife Lucy Ball Owsley of their children playing outdoors. The children can be seen playing toss with a ball, riding a seesaw, sliding down a slide, and playing with one another. Lucy can be seen holding one of her children, likely Thomas. Alvin Clark Owsley is visible at the end of the video.
Date: [1927,1936]
Creator: Owsley, Alvin Mansfield
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Item 13B: A day at the beach and a picnic] captions transcript

[Item 13B: A day at the beach and a picnic]

This home movie footage includes a picnic, cooking on the beach, and hiking in the woods. At the end of the film, Alvin Owsley Sr. and Alvin Owsley Jr. can be seen standing next to one another.
Date: 193X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Men gathered on the stairs at Peleș Castle]

Photograph of a group of men gathered on the stairs at Peleș Castle in Sinaia, Romania. Some of the men are dressed in format attire with top hats and others are dressed in military uniforms. Alvin Owsley can be seen at the top of the stairs, in the center of the image (to the left of the man in a military uniform). The group is gathered for Owsley's presentation of his credentials as the new United States minister of Romania to King Carol II.
Date: 1933
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The Owsley family in Athens, Greece]

Photograph of Alvin M. Sr., Alvin M. Jr., Constance, and Lucy Owsley posing in front of the Erechtheion also known as the Old Temple of Athena in Athens, Greece. Alvin Sr. can be seen holding his in one hand and looking at the camera. Four caryatids can be seen behind than as part of the temple.
Date: March 15, 1934
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Lucy, Alvin Jr., Constance, and David at Peleș Castle]

Photograph of Lucy, Alvin Jr., Constance, and David Owsley at Peleș Castle in Sinaia, Romania. The family stands on a set of stairs together. The group is gathered for Alvin Owsley Senior's presentation of his credentials as the new United States minister of Romania to King Carol II.
Date: September 15, 1933
Creator: Owsley, Alvin Mansfield
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bedroom in the diplomatic residence]

Photograph of a bedroom in the diplomatic residence. The bedroom contains two beds, a dresser, two chairs, and a small table. The room has two windows that can be seen.
Date: [1930,1935]
Creator: Owsley, Alvin Mansfield
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Housewares for the diplomatic residence in Romania, 2]

Photograph of housewares for the diplomatic residence in Romania. The housewares include plates and serving pieces. The housewares belong to a matching set.
Date: 1933~
Creator: Owsley, Alvin Mansfield
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A Romanian woman in traditional dress]

Photograph of a Romanian woman in traditional dress. She stands with a carrying pole on one shoulder which has two containers on both ends of it. Blooming trees can be seen behind her.
Date: [1930,1935]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A village church in Romania]

Photograph of a village church in Romania, enclosed by a wooden fence. A woman in traditional dress can be seen walking by the church.
Date: [1930,1935]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Interior of the wooden church of Bogdan Vodă]

Photograph of a painting of the interior of the wooden church of Bogdan Vodă in Romania.
Date: [1930,1935]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Interior of the Hărman fortified church]

Postcard of
Date: [1930,1935]
Creator: Owsley, Alvin Mansfield
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The American Legation in Bucharest, Romania, 2]

Photograph of the American Legation in Bucharest, Romania at the time of Alvin M. Owsley's ambassadorship. The ground and the building appear to be covered in snow.
Date: [1933,1934]
Creator: Owsley, Alvin Mansfield
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Owsley in Denmark presenting his credentials to the King] captions transcript

[Owsley in Denmark presenting his credentials to the King]

Film of Alvin M. Owsley presenting his credentials to Christian X, King of Denmark in 1937.
Date: 1937
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Owsley Film Archives: Romania, Owsley children, Denmark] captions transcript

[Owsley Film Archives: Romania, Owsley children, Denmark]

Film including footage of Owsley's time in Romania, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. Various scenes of the Owsley children are included.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Owsley home video 1] captions transcript

[Owsley home video 1]

A home video shot by Alvin Mansfield Owsley of his family outside of their home. There are two boys dressed up as Native Americans with fake headdresses playing. One stands by a bicycle, one goes down a slide, and they both meet in a sandbox. Lucy Ball Owsley, Alvin's wife, meets the children in the sandbox and they all wave. Later Lucy stands by a bush and moves its branches around.
Date: 193X
Creator: Owsley, Alvin Mansfield
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library