COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Fifty nine films created by Aaron L. Binenkorb documenting travels in Spain, Russia, Sweden, Italy, Singapore, Norway, Greece, Morocco, Holland, India, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Trinidad, France, Bali, Tahiti, Samoa, South Africa, Denmark, Portugal, and Germany.
Dates
- [ca. 1950-1980]
Creator
- Binenkorb, Aaron L. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Aaron L. Binenkorb was born in 1903 in New York City and grew up in Middletown, New York. Following his graduation from Cornell in 1925, he worked for a furniture company in Buffalo and then as owner/operator of E.L. Tichenor Company, Inc., a wholesale paper supplier based in Middletown. After retiring from his business in 1950, Binenkorb traveled widely on cruise ships and pursued his interests in photography and cinematography by making travel films. From 1960 until 1980, Binenkorb was a port lecturer and showed his films on cruise lines. His film "Disneyland" won an award in an international film competition, and his film about the Pitcairn Islands, "The Lonely Islands," won an award from the Metropolitan Motion Picture Club of New York City.
Extent
59 film reels. (59 film reels.)
Abstract
Fifty nine films created by Aaron L. Binenkorb documenting travels in Spain, Russia, Sweden, Italy, Singapore, Norway, Greece, Morocco, Holland, India, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Trinidad, France, Bali, Tahiti, Samoa, South Africa, Denmark, Portugal, and Germany.
Physical Description
Movie film
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- February 2015
- EAD encoding:
- RMC Staff, February 2015
- Date modified:
- Ben Wrubel, October 2018
- Australia -- Description and travel.
- Australia -- Pictorial works.
- Bali -- Description and travel.
- Bali -- Pictorial works.
- Denmark -- Description and travel.
- Denmark -- Pictorial works.
- France -- Description and travel.
- France -- Pictorial works.
- Germany -- Description and travel.
- Germany -- Pictorial works.
- Greece -- Description and travel.
- Greece -- Pictorial works.
- Holland -- Description and travel.
- Holland -- Pictorial works.
- India -- Description and travel.
- India -- Pictorial works.
- Italy -- Description and travel.
- Ithaly -- Pictorial works.
- Japan -- Description and travel.
- Japan -- Pictorial works.
- Morocco -- Description and travel.
- Morocco -- Pictorial works.
- New Zealand -- Description and travel.
- New Zealand -- Pictorial works.
- Norway -- Description and travel.
- Norway -- Pictorial works.
- Portugal -- Description and travel.
- Portugal -- Pictorial works.
- Russia -- Description and travel.
- Russia -- Pictorial works.
- Samoa -- Description and travel.
- Samoa -- Pictorial works.
- Singapore -- Description and travel.
- Singapore -- Pictorial works.
- South Africa -- Description and travel.
- South Africa -- Pictorial works.
- Spain -- Description and travel.
- Spain -- Pictorial works.
- Sweden -- Description and travel.
- Sweden -- Pictorial works.
- Tahiti -- Description and travel.
- Tahiti -- Pictorial works.
- Trinidad -- Description and travel.
- Trinidad -- Pictorial works.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- February 2015
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- f: 641 (Mixed Materials)
- f: 642 (Mixed Materials)
- f: 643 (Mixed Materials)
- f: 644 (Mixed Materials)
- f: 645 (Mixed Materials)
- f: 646 (Mixed Materials)
- f: 647 (Mixed Materials)
- f: 648 (Mixed Materials)
- f: 649 (Mixed Materials)
- f: 650 (Mixed Materials)
- f: 651 (Mixed Materials)
- f: 653 (Mixed Materials)
- f: 661 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu