Bloomsburg Campus Films

Events on the Bloomsburg State Teachers College campus in the spring of 1929, including May Day, a baseball game, Ivy Day, and commencement, with scenes of the lagoon and North Hall

The first film by George Keller documenting the Bloomsburg State Teachers College. Called “Alma Mater,” it illustrated a cross section of campus life by showing teacher preparation in process, extra-curricular college life and social activities, as well as views of buildings and campus scenes. Filmed in 1936, the Keller’s feature premiered in Carver auditorium, with organ accompaniment, at the 10th annual Kiwanis-Rotary College Evening on March 11, 1937.

Footage of Bloomsburg State Teachers College art professor George Keller at his Jungle Farm along Berwick Road in Columbia County, PA. In addition to a pony ride with daughter Jane, it features a variety of animals, including a coatimundi, lynx, snapping turtle, armadillo, porcupine, opossum, leopard, crow, eagle chicks, adult golden eagle, vulture, monkeys, and dogs. The film concludes with a wind storm that destroys the tent, to the interest of a caged mountain lion.

Footage of Bloomsburg State Teachers College art professor George Keller and his wild animal act at the Jungle Farm along Berwick Road in Columbia County, PA

The first part of a feature produced by George Keller on education at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College and premiered in the Carver Hall auditorium at the 11th Annual Kiwanis-Rotary College Evening on March 10, 1938.

Centennial Celebration for the Bloomsburg State Teachers College held in May 1939 and premiered at a dinner held at the Penn Harris Hotel in Harrisburg, PA on October 29, 1939

The second part of a feature produced by George Keller on education at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College and premiered in the Carver Hall auditorium at the 12th Annual Kiwanis-Rotary College Evening on March 9, 1939.

Feature produced by George Keller on life at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College and premiered in the Carver Hall auditorium at the 13th Annual Kiwanis-Rotary College Evening on March 14, 1940

Alumni Day and the dedication of Centennial Gymnasium on May 23, 1942, depicting the courtyard and Long Porch of Waller Hall, alumni (including the Class of 1892), graduates and guests, the gymnasium, a parade, and the Carver Hall auditorium