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[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 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 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
[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 3A: Legion in Paris and Battle Scenes] captions transcript

[Item 3A: Legion in Paris and Battle Scenes]

This Kodak-produced news reel, "Ten Years After," concerns France ten years after the end of WWI. The film begins with a 1927 parade down the streets of Paris by the American Legion with representation from Connecticut, Massachusettes, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Idaho, Oregon, Montana and California. Featured are General Gouraud (France), Mayor James J. Walker of New York, and General Pershing. The film also contains shots of war-damaged buildings, memorials and statues, and empty battlefields.
Date: 1927~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[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 4A: Film Reel: Debutantes, Constance Owsley, 1947] captions transcript

[Item 4A: Film Reel: Debutantes, Constance Owsley, 1947]

Film of the Debutantes ball of 1947-48, held at the Idlewild Club of Dallas. The footage features young women in ball gowns being escorted around the room by men in tuxedos and dancing, as well as a still photo of the 7 debutantes and their escorts Constance Owsley is featured 7th in line at 05:40.
Date: 1947
Creator: Curry, Robert M.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Item 4B: Kentucky Derby footage] captions transcript

[Item 4B: Kentucky Derby footage]

Home movie footage of the Kentucky Derby and a party after the race where a musical group is entertaining.
Date: 19XX
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 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 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 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

[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

[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
[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
[Owsley home video 2] captions transcript

[Owsley home video 2]

A home video of the Owsley Family shot by Alvin Mansfield Owsley and his wife Lucy Ball Owsley of the family at their home. They each take turns standing with Alvin Jr. and David, their children, in front of bushes and then Alvin is walking in the road with the two boys.
Date: 193X
Creator: Owsley, Alvin Mansfield
Object Type: Video
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

[Plates intended for the diplomatic residence in Romania]

Photograph of two plates intended for the diplomatic residence in Romania. The two plates appear to belong to the same dish 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

[The Voroneț Monastery in Romania]

Postcard with an image of a painting depicting the Voroneț Monastery in Romanian village of Voroneț.
Date: [1930,1935]
Creator: Owsley, Alvin Mansfield
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[World War One Doughboy Helmet]

Doughboy helmet owned by Alvin Mansfield Owsley during World War One, made of steel with an anjustable leather chin strap. Officially known as the M1917 Helmet, it was also known colloquially as the dishpan hat, tin pan hat, washbasin, battle bowler, and Kelly helmet.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library