1 Reel (8mm, color, camera original reversal, silent, 200 ft)
Type:
Archival materials
Reels
Date:
1958-1959
Scope and Contents:
Creator: Manuel Quiles
Content Description: Contains film of a family celebration, featuring a baby in a white dress, presumably celebrating a baptism. Also contains fireworks and film of the family caring for the baby.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research and access on site by appointment. Unprotected films must be handled with gloves.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Manuel Quiles Films, 1944-1947, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Content Description: Contains films 3 (OF 765.5), 4 (OF 765.6), and part of 5 (OF 765.7). There is a portion of this video for which we do not have the original film (it is located between films 4 and 5). This section contains video of a crowd wearing masks and costumes, a young boy and girl playing outside, and footage of a house and its yard.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research and access on site by appointment. Unprotected films must be handled with gloves.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Manuel Quiles Films, 1944-1947, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
1 Reel (8mm, color, camera original reversal, silent, 420 ft)
Container:
Box 1, Reel OF 765.5
Type:
Archival materials
Moving Images
Reels
Date:
1964-1965
Scope and Contents:
Creator: Manuel Quiles
Content Description: Contains film of a visit to the Bronx Zoo, a Christmas celebration with a Christmas tree and presents, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the view out a car window while driving on a highway, dancers and acrobats possibly at the 1964-1965 World's Fair in New York.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research and access on site by appointment. Unprotected films must be handled with gloves.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Manuel Quiles Films, 1944-1947, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Content Description: Contains the end of film 5 (OF 765.7), and films 1 (OF 765.3) and 2 (OF 765.4). The beginning of this video contains footage from the end of [Compilation Video containing Quiles Films 3, 4, 5]. There is a portion of this video for which we do not have the original film (it is located at the beginning, before film 5). This section contains video of a young boy and girl playing outside, and footage of a house and its yard.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research and access on site by appointment. Unprotected films must be handled with gloves.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Manuel Quiles Films, 1944-1947, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
1 Film reel (8mm, black & white, camera original reversal, silent, 160 ft)
Container:
Box 1, Reel OF 765.3
Type:
Archival materials
Moving Images
Film reels
Date:
[1938?]
Scope and Contents:
Creator: Manuel Quiles
Content Description: This film, shot at a Christmas celebration, includes footage of the Christmas tree and presents, dancing, the dinner table, a panning shot of the guests, and additional footage of the guests with their gifts. This is followed by film of a young girl's birthday party and her birthday cake.
Note: The edge codes on the film place the film in 1938, but the Quiles family states that the films were created between 1944 and 1947.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research and access on site by appointment. Unprotected films must be handled with gloves.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Manuel Quiles Films, 1944-1947, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
1 Reel (8mm, black & white, camera original reversal, silent, 350 ft)
Container:
Box 1, Reel OF 765.4
Type:
Archival materials
Moving Images
Reels
Date:
1964-1966
Scope and Contents:
Creator: Manuel Quiles
Content Description: Contains film of a toddler playing in the yard with a toy, a birthday celebration for a 96 year old woman, Alicia's wedding and reception on October 14, 1944, a Christmas celebration with a Christmas tree and presents, and a birthday party for Frank.
Note: The edge codes on the film place the film in 1938, but the Quiles family states that the films were taken between 1944 and 1947.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research and access on site by appointment. Unprotected films must be handled with gloves.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Manuel Quiles Films, 1944-1947, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
1 Reel (8mm, color, camera original reversal, silent, 360 ft)
Container:
Box 1, Reel OF 765.6
Type:
Archival materials
Moving Images
Reels
Date:
1963-1965
Scope and Contents:
Creator: Manuel Quiles
Content Description: This film contains footage of the 1964-1965 World's Fair in New York. This includes images of the Unisphere, fountains, acrobats, a Chinese temple, a parade, and African dancers. This is followed by footage of fireworks that may have been part of the World's Fair. Next is footage from a vacation, possibly to Mexico. This includes film of buildings, riverboats, a bullfight, a church, and ancient ruins (most likely Teotihuacan). Also there is film of the view from a hotel room patio, cliff diving at a beach, and people swimming in pool.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research and access on site by appointment. Unprotected films must be handled with gloves.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Manuel Quiles Films, 1944-1947, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commerical use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org .
Collection Citation:
Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Home movies documenting various events in a small, close-knit, South Bronx, New York community of Puerto Ricans who came to the mainland U.S. in the 1920s and 1930s. The films depict birthdays, weddings and Christmas celebrations.
Scope and Contents:
These films, created by Manuel Quiles, document a small community of Puerto Rican immigrants who arrived in the United States during the 1920s and 1930s. These Puerto Rican families were located mostly in the South Bronx, New York. The films contain footage of family gatherings and holiday celebrations, as well as family trips to the Bronx Zoo, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair, and Mexico.
Arrangement:
The collection is organized into one series that contains all films and videos. The original order of each reel of film was retained. The reels are organized chronologically.
Biographical / Historical:
Manuel Ismael Quiles (June 17, 1908 - October 1989) grew up in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, and moved with his family to the U.S. in the 1920s. Throughout his life, Quiles worked in a number of professions that allowed him to use his artistic talents. During the Depression he traveled to Chicago and joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, which sent him to Wyoming to work as a photographer for a newspaper. Later he returned to New York City and studied tool and die, machine, and patent model making at Gompers High School. After World War II, Quiles continued to pursue his artistic interests by working as a silk screen artist for a sign and showcase company. Later, he designed Spanish greeting cards and created labels for products sold in religious and botanical stores. Throughout his lifetime Quiles worked as a photographer, camera maker, silk screen artist, sculptor, locksmith, and wood carver.
Eventually Manuel Quiles gained recognition as an artist through his relationship with Jay Johnson, the owner of America's Folk Heritage Gallery. Quiles began to sell and exhibit his work at Johnson's New York gallery. When working on his sculptures, Quiles relied on woodworking skills he learned as a child from his cousin, a cabinet maker in Puerto Rico. References to his art work can be found in both Jay Johnson's American Folk Art of the Twentieth Century and Carolyn Morrow Long's Spiritual Merchants: Religion, Magic, and Commerce.
Provenance:
Donated by Mario Quilles and Priscilla Q. Wood in 2001.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research and access on site by appointment. Unprotected films must be handled with gloves.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
