Chicago Film Archives

329 West 18th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60616

Chicago Film Archives is a regional film archive dedicated to identifying, collecting, preserving and providing access to films that represent the Midwest.

In addition to film holdings, some collections (ie. the Margaret Conneely Collection) have significant textual materials (newsletters, magazine articles) relating to amateur cinema.

Films held in Chicago Film Archives:

Film Title	Filmmaker
Fairy Princess	Margaret Conneely
Chicago: City to See in ‘63	Margaret Conneely
45, The	Margaret Conneely
Hawaiian Paradise [1941]	Julian Gromer
Hawaiian Paradise [1966]	Julian Gromer
African Life	Julian Gromer
African Prince, The	Julian Gromer
Canada Coast to Coast (Part 1)	Julian Gromer
Canada Coast to Coast (Part 2)	Julian Gromer
In the Valley of the Hudson	Julian Gromer
Mighty Amazon, The	Julian Gromer
Columbia River Adventure (Part 1)	Julian Gromer
Columbia River Adventure (Part 2)	Julian Gromer
Sunny Cuba	Julian Gromer
Fabulous Gulf Coast, The (Part 1)	Julian Gromer
Fabulous Gulf Coast, The (Part 2)	Julian Gromer
Wheels Across America	Julian Gromer

Significant amateur film collections:

Margaret Conneely Collection

Chicago Public Library Collection

Ron Doerring Collection

Julian Gromer Collection

Archive/Repository Notes

Chicago Film Archives were a collaborator organization (via Nancy Watrous) in the first phase of the AMDB and remain very supportive of the project work.