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Visual Materials
The Visual Materials subgroup consists of photographs, videotapes, and motion picture films mainly from the period when George Romney served as governor of Michigan (1963-1968), and from his campaigns for governor in 1962, 1964, and 1966, and his campaign for president, 1965-1968. There are a few photos pertaining to his life before 1962 and to his activities after leaving the governorship in 1969. The subgroup also includes materials relating to the life and political activities of Lenore Romney, and to the political activities of Robert Griffin, William Milliken, and other Michigan Republicans. The series in this subgroup are: Photographs, Videotapes, Motion Picture Films, and Filmstrips.
The motion pictures and 2-inch videotape were digitized in 2009 as part of a film and video preservation project. Master beta tapes were created for all title along with DVD and streaming (flash) copies, High resolution digital files (mpeg2) were made for selected titles. Several streaming file are available online, others can be mounted online by request .
Photographs
The Photographs (4 linear feet) include formal and informal portraits of Romney; four folders of photos of Romney's life before 1962 (including a few photos relating to his work with American Motors and Michigan's Constitutional Convention); a large chronological sequence (1962-1968) combining campaign photos, photos of official activities, and a few personal photos; a sequence of undated photos, also from the 1960s and very similar to the better identified 1962-1968 photos; eight folders of Lenore Romney photos, including family and political photos, but not including any photos of her 1970 campaign for the United States Senate; Romney family photos. Photos not related to Romney include one folder each of Robert Griffin and William Milliken photos (these men also appear with Romney in many of the 1962-1968 photos) and a series of aerial photos of the 25 most dangerous intersections in Michigan. There is also one folder of outsize photographs.