Marks and Stix Family Collection

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1933: Hyde Park - Pet Goat P.D.
Film
1933: Hyde Park - Pet Goat P.D.
May 16 1933
1939 (circa): Marks Party
Film
1939 (circa): Marks Party
circa 1939
1937: Queen Mary - Oxford - Windsor
Film
1937: Queen Mary - Oxford - Windsor
1937
1953-1954: Birthday - 8th Birthday, Edgewater Beach Swim Pool
Film
1953-1954: Birthday - 8th Birthday, Edgewater Beach Swim Pool
1953 – 1954
1929 June: Minocqua Wisconsin Fishing
Film
1929 May: Minocqua, Wisconsin Fishing
May 25 1929
It Came From The 'A' Wire
Film
It Came From The 'A' Wire
1976
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Items with Viewable Media
Collection Identifier
C.2012-10
Extent of Collection
52 reels of 16mm film totaling approximately 9320 feet; 23 reels of 8mm film totaling approximately 1300 feet; 38 reels of Super 8mm film totaling approximately 2500 feet.
Language Of Materials
English
Custodial History
Donated by Jennifer Stix in September 2012.
Access Restrictions
Appointments must be made with Chicago Film Archives for on-site access. Due to the fragile nature of the films, only digital copies will be provided for on-site viewing.
Use Restrictions
Chicago Film Archives holds the copyright for the films in this collection.
Creators
Marks, Arnold K. (was created by)
Marks, Frances (was created by)
Stix Jr., Lawrence C. (was created by)
Lawrence Cullman Stix, Jr. was born in 1915 in New York City, where he was raised by parents Lawrence Cullman Stix, Sr. and Babette Oppenheimer Stix. He enlisted in the Army in 1941, and served with the 247th Field Artillery Battalion, Americal Division, in the South Pacific, seeing action at Guadalcanal. After the war, he took over as president of Premier Casings, a subsidiary of the family-owned S. Oppenheimer & Company (a sausage casing distributor founded in Chicago in 1868). After his father's death in 1957, Lawrence Jr. took over direction of S. Oppenheimer, which had operations around the world. Mr. Stix retired in the early 1960s when the company was sold. He was a member of the Standard Club for more than 50 years, and active in several veterans' organizations.

He was married to Muriel "Mickie" Marks and they had two children, Louise (b. 1946) and Jennifer (b. 1958). The family lived in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. Lawrence passed away in 1996 at the age of 81.