
48 Items in This Collection
1) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 1
Amateur footage. Viewing notes as follows (reel numbers are NHF-assigned). 1. (1961) Veazie snow scene. Volkswagen (VW) under snow. Dog named Tick. Christmas. Doing the twist (dancing)....
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2) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 2
Picnic – CC – Grubb Long
Thompson Island picnic
Grubbs – Nancy Susan, Linda –
Sand Beach, Thunderhole – Cadilac + 4 islands (Porcupines, Bar)
Susan doing laundry
SCS men at work – Walt...
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3) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 3
Trip To Pa. 1966 Jody
1965
Pat – Perkowski – 2 boys –
Susan – Nancy – El;A man [Walter] drilling a hole in the ice for ice fishing. People launching a toy airplane on the ice. People pl...
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4) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 4
Camden
Boothbay Harbor Boats
Sand pits
grane
moving of garage from 4 Davis to 6 Davis Dr. by Buddy Lane
poor quality
overexposed;Flagpole with a Canadian flag. Buildings along the coast...
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5) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 5
Skiing – Nancy + Linda 1966
1966 Skiing El teaching Nancy + Susan to ski.
winter – Gladys on Davis Dr.
(very dark) rope tow – Hermon Mt.;A woman (Gladys) walking through the snow. A ma...
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6) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 6
Graduation ’66 1966
1966 – Graduation
B.J. Davis
UMO
Nancy or Linda?
Elwyn
Susan on Davis Dr.
A Robin in yard ; Gladys hanging laundry;Clouds. A line of graduates in caps and gowns. Sho...
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7) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 7
Grandma Hunter
“Tote Gote Lon” ?
w/ of glen + Gladys
Snow
Looks like nursing home
Mother in Bgr. Convalescence
(film very short – no leader);A woman lays a crocheted blanket over an old...
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8) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 8
no date
1970-71
Moving garage to Lanis Davis Dr. No. 6 to Lanis 7.
G;A truck moving a garage. (Scene started on Reel 4) Shots of the house. Backing the garage into a different driveway....
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9) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 9
no date
Baheue Yadata
Man in white Ethiopian type dress
-w/ G.
-Davis Dr.? when – not sure
-maybe 66’
X-mas 67’ Susan + Linda dancing
great hat! Really getting down!;A backyard with flo...
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10) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 10
Riding The Dodge Motor Home – Bar Harbor
“Riding the Dodge Motor Home” [no date] Aug. 1967
“Bar Harbour”
Picnic with Joe Eleris. Smiths from Lock Haven, The Beutels, -[illegible] Marth...
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11) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 11
Nova Scotia – Tree harvesting
1967 [August]
Nova Scotia – Tree
Roy Strong – Pipes
trip home – camping
Gladys, LaFlammes (Corda, Ken, Mauries, [illegible] on beach
bag pipe parade w/ chi...
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12) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 12
Lane Tote Gate – Xmas 1968 - Church
riding 3 wheel cart
snow – Jo Lane with Susie
church Orono Universal Fellowship
good picture of Christmas – 1968 – Grandma Hunter
Susan giving out gi...
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13) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 13
Home made mini bike April 1968
Buddy
“Tote Gote Lane”?
riding Susie – Tim in Yard
Strung up deer is our backyard;A man and a toddler riding a motorized scooter. Same scene, different...
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14) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 14
June 1969
May 1968 – home for Easter vacation
Davis Dr-
G. + Bill? + Linda getting in car
Penob. River? – dam
Lou Parlin S.C.S. men.
fishing – don’t know where
7 men
canoeing upstream;...
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15) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 15
more canoeing / fishing looks like same place as 15 + same men
camping
S.C.S. men Lou Parlin, Bob
Fish display
1 – teepee
Clearing brush for canoes with ropes and letting canoe go down...
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16) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 16
Skiing – Nancy – El – BJ., Ice fishing.
Skiing
Nancy + El at Squaw
(filming on skis?- Walter
Yes!
(not sure who or where)
Lot dog guy – El
Skiing wearing a tie and crew cut – Nancy
Susa...
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17) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 17
Susan + Lanes Tobogganing – Gladys + the kitten
1969
Susan, - Joe Lane – Tobogganing
Gladys – snow – kitten;A parade with floats on a television screen. A woman (Gladys) walking through...
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18) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 18
Skiing in 1969, Susan on skis.
Snow 1969 our house – Susan skiing off of banks + on road. ;People playing in the snow. A woman walking in the snow. A woman (Susan) skiing. [End of Reel]...
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19) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 19
July ’69 don’t know where
woods
harbor – boats
dock
Shore from boat
Round building
Playing basketball – Susan + others Joe
Sturbridge Village 1969
Picnic – Gladys, Susan Linda Henry Ja...
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20) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 20
June 1969 – Sturbridge Village – with Janet, Henry – Jim, Susan, Jill, Susan Jerry, Walter, Gladys.;People watching as others pretend to put their heads in the stocks. People walk into...
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21) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 21
Fishing – Bob Shaw, Susan + Gladys out front. Playing in deep snow.
Fishing – Bob Shaw
Very deep snow in 1969 – Susan + Gladys out front of home on Davis Dr. Susan shoveling snow in bac...
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22) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 22
Millimagassett
1970
Millimagssett
fishing ; camp ; boating on lake in canoe
(don’t know who other men are besides Walter) Lou Parlin. Dinsmore
men napping all around camp site;Two men u...
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23) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 23
Ocean Fishing ’70, Nancy + George ‘71
1970
Ocean fishing hanging fish to dry
Cutting chum
Seals
1971
building new garage?
Nancy w/ big hair
G packing VM
Red VW;A man hanging fish. A boa...
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24) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 24
Deep Sea Fishing + Duck Hunting
canoeing ; fishing
duck hunting – looks like
Dennis [illegible]
deep sea fishing –
Davis Dr. the girls
G at some shore camp
Nova Scotia S.C.S trip – Cord...
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25) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 25
Fishing
could date it from S’s graduation
Dennis Erinakas
more canoe fishing
camp
Larry Long
Frank + Nancy
Gladys
good condition
very nice scenery
old farm house
Susan Orono graduation...
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26) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 26
Nancy + Frank – Bar Harbor, Ruth Scherg?
no date
G + N
@ Thunder Hole
Acadia Park
Jordon Pond sailboat
G in short shorts!
Nancy + Frank + Ruth
Nancy’s Siamese cat, G + Ruth Scherg?
On...
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27) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 27
Nancy + Susan, Moosehead picnic, Fall scenery
Nancy, Susan at Moosehead
Bob, Mike, Grubbs. Fall scenery – very nice
Picnic – always eating –;A woman exiting a house and waving at the ca...
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28) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 28
Graduation - Gladys
1968 – graduation at UMO
In gown at home – back yard.;A woman (Gladys) in graduation cap and gown. Gladys in a formal dress. Graduates walking across a field to seat...
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29) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 29
Tree Harvester, R. Strong – bag pipes, Trips to Nova Scotia.
Tree Harvesting in Nova Scotia
Roy Strong – bog pipes
Gladys with La Flamme boys;People walking through the woods, after a m...
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30) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 30
Going home on the Blue Nose
Trips 1967 – Bluenose – on at Yarmouth – off in Bar Harbor.;A marina. A parking lot. Fishing boats. Houses along the shore. A ferry seen through fog. Cars dr...
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31) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 31
Fishing – Duck Lake, Linda, Bill+Gary, Lou Parlin + [illegible] scene Oxford
no date
Bird Feeding out of hand
Gray Jays
Lou Parlin
Duck Lake
Fishing – Dennis Erinakas;A bird landing on...
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32) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 32
extremely short
Shot of man walking on trail in Baxter State Park.;A man walking up a dirt road, past a sign for ‘ROARING BROOK campground Baxter State Park’. A man with a backpack. Men...
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33) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 33
Shot of large white building – probably an Inn ; followed by shot of 3 unidentifiable men. ;A large white building. Three men drinking on the side of the road. Men in suits by the road....
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34) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 34
Joyce Thomas + Nancy, UMO in the snow
Veazie – house
Snow + dog G + L or N?
UMO;A woman playing with a dog in the snow. A girl playing in the snow. A woman waving from inside a house. A...
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35) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 35
Forest Sailing Trips, U of Mass ‘70
Forest Soils Conference
U. of Mass.
1970 lobster boats;People seated on a railing along the edge of a beach. People gathered in the woods. Campus bui...
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36) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 36
1969 Big picnic on Davis Dr.
Shots of surf from back of boat?
G + woman walking down a lane in the woods
Man feeding bird out of his hand.;People eating at an outdoor table. A flooded d...
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37) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 37
Extremely short
Shot of S. + G on Davis Drive
;Two women exiting a house. A car with a canoe on the roof and a canoe on a trailer. A house. [End of Reel];[From Susan Wells]
Reel 37 (196...
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38) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 38
S. + L. doing archery
Building the garage
Snow plowing the driveway;A building under construction. A girl with a bow and arrow. Men working on the wooden building. A different girl with...
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39) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 39
Unidentified men
Canoeing and camping;A river. Two people in a canoe, paddling against the current. An animal carcass in the grass. Trucks and an RV parked on the side of the road. Thre...
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40) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 40
Same as 39 plus fishing and man sitting on outdoor toilet.;People loading and launching canoes. Canoes on the river. Men in a campsite. A man fetching water from the river. A man sittin...
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41) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 41
Mix of Steputis family walking in snow + driving car.;A person indoors, camera tilted. Three people on a snowy road. A woman walking out of a large brick building and getting into a car...
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42) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 42
G. [Gladys] Graduation
G @ Sand Beach
;Professors in caps, gowns and hoods on stage, one speaking at a podium. Graduates. The crowd watching the graduation ceremony. Graduates and famil...
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43) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 43
N.H. NE.F.S, Start Katahdin
Driving in car
G. @ campsite
Girls in convertible
Men @ picnic
Man digging hole. ;A man digging a hole. People eating at a picnic table by the water. Houses...
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44) [Gladys Steputis--home movies] Reel 44
Katahdin 1968;A man on a backhoe. Boys shoveling dirt. An airplane taking off. A helicopter landing. A tree lined road filmed from a moving car. Mount Katahdin. Sign: ‘ENTERING BAXTER S...
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Steputis, Gladys Collection

Credit: Gladys Steputis Collection, Northeast Historic Film. Picnic on Thompson Island, Maine, circa 1963.

Primary Format and Extent
film (2,090 ft.) : si., b&w and col. ; 8 mm. reversal pos.

Collection Date Range
1961 – 1970

Summary
The collection contains the [Steputis--home movies], including 44 reels of silent, black and white and color 8 mm film, totaling approximately 2090 feet. The films primarily consist of scenes of family winter and summer activities in Maine and Canada. Footage shows hikes and picnics, skiing and swimming, toboggans, family cars and pets, holiday celebrations, University of Maine, Orono graduations, weddings, camps, and tree harvesting in Nova Scotia. Friends and members of the Steputis family appear throughout. Films are accompanied by four reels of 1/4-inch audiotape.

Biographical/Historical Notes
Gladys Steputis Clemens was born on April 7, 1919 in Claysville, Pennsylvania. She later attended the University of Pennsylvania. She and her husband Walter Steputis lived with their four daughters (Nancy, Linda, Susan and Sharon) in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, before moving to Veazie, Maine. While living in Maine Gladys studied nutrition at the University of Maine, Orono, from which both she and several of her daughters graduated. Following the death of Walter Steputis in 1972, Gladys returned to Pennsylvania. In 1992, she married L. Erwin Clemens. Gladys Steputis Clemens passed away on May 9, 2014 in Veazie, Maine.

Subject(s)
Automobiles, Boats and boating, Churches, Coasts, Dancing, Domestic animals, Families, Food, Holidays, Islands, Lakes, National parks and reserves, Recreation, Rivers, Universities and colleges, Weddings, Women, Amateur films, Canoes and canoeing, Fishing, Travel 
Place(s)

Repository
Northeast Historic Film

Availability
Access is restricted; consult repository for detail.

Condition Governing Reproduction and Use
Authorization to reuse and/or reproduce must be obtained from Northeast Historic Film. See http://oldfilm.org/content/stock-footage-licensing for more information.
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