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de Vries, Tjitte, 1938 - 2015

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1 January 1938 - 15 December 2015

Biography

Tjitte de Vries was a Dutch journalist, film historian, film collector and critic born on 1 January 1938.

Tjitte worked as a research journalist and editor, specialised in foreign policy for the Het Vrije Volk newspaper for many years before developing an interest in film critique and history.

Together with his wife Ati Mul he looked after the Melbourne-Cooper fund at EYE. Together they authored ‘They Thought it was a Marvel’ Arthur Melbourne-Cooper (1874-1961), Pioneer of Puppet Animation in 2009, a biography of Arthur Melbourne-Cooper. Over the years they also amassed a large collection of cinematographic material including film reels, photographs, posters, cameras and projectors, which are now part of the Friends of the Film Archive.

Tjitte de Vries died on 15 December 2015,aged 77 years old.

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Audio Material, 1956 - 1999

 Series
Reference code: 178E12.1-11
Scope and Contents

Various interviews, eight of them related to recordings conducted by Tjitte de Vries with Brit Acres' and Melbourne-Cooper's descendants and relations.

178E12.10 digitised as part of the British Library's Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project.

Dates: 1956 - 1999

Audrey Wadowski with Fred Taylor, Gordon Fisher and Reg Shircliffe, on Birt Acres and Alpha Films Interview, 1962 - 1963

 Item
Reference code: 178E12.8
Scope and Contents

Audio cassette tape number T042. Audrey Wadowski with Fred Taylor, Gordon Fisher and Reg Shircliffe, on Birt Acres and Alpha Films, Barnet, St. Albans. Part of eight cassette recordings of Tjitte de Vries of Birt Acres and Melbourne-Cooper relations. Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.

Dates: 1962 - 1963

Cooper visits Sidney Birt Acres and BBC Interview of Arthur Melbourne Cooper, 20 July 1958

 Item
Reference code: 178E12.3
Scope and Contents

Audio cassette tape number T001. Side A: A.M. Cooper visits. Sidney B. Acres, Southend 1956 Side B: BBC interview of A.M. Cooper interviewed by Ernest Lindgren Bush House. Part of eight cassette recordings of Tjitte de Vries of Birt Acres and Melbourne-Cooper relations. Tape N.R. VI and XII. Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.

Dates: 20 July 1958

Interview of Audrey Wadoski with A.M. Cooper, c1900 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178E12.2
Scope and Contents

Audio cassette tape number T047. Audrey Wadoski with A.M. Cooper, Coton on B. Acres start filming Bertha Randall, mail trains upside down camera, etc. Part of eight cassette recordings conducted by Tjitte de Vries with Birt Acres' and Melbourne-Cooper' descendants and relations. Tape N.R. XV,. Disc 10, Band 15a, WAV, 194 Mb, 37 mins (a+b). Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Interview with Audrey Wadowski, 1 January 1978

 Item
Reference code: 178E12.1
Scope and Contents

Audio cassette tape interview with Audrey Wadowski, on film lists. London, part of eight cassette recordings conducted by Tjitte de Vries with Birt Acres' and Melbourne-Cooper' descendants and relations. Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.

Dates: 1 January 1978

Interview with Mrs Acres by Tjitte de Vries, 25 August 1978

 Item
Reference code: 178E12.6
Scope and Contents

Audio cassette tape number T180. Interview with Mrs Acres by Tjitte de Vries (Audrey reading from Luke Dixon MS), Southend. Part of eight cassette recordings of Tjitte de Vries of Birt Acres and Melbourne-Cooper relations. Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.

Dates: 25 August 1978

Interview with Mrs Acres by Tjitte de Vries on Birt Acres, 27 May 1981

 Item
Reference code: 178E12.7
Scope and Contents

Audio cassette tape number T179. Interview with Mrs Acres by Tjitte de Vries on Birt Acres, Southend. Part of eight cassette recordings of Tjitte de Vries of Birt Acres and Melbourne-Cooper relations. Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.

Dates: 27 May 1981

Interview with Tjitte de Vries and Audrey Wadowski about Birt Acres and Arthur Melbourne-Cooper, 15 - 17 August 1978

 Item
Reference code: 178E12.5
Scope and Contents

Audio cassette tape number T181. Interview with Tjitte de Vries and Audrey Wadowski about Birt Acres and Arthur Melbourne-Cooper. London, Holl. Park Avenue. Part of eight cassette recordings of Tjitte de Vries of Birt Acres and Melbourne-Cooper relations. Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.

Dates: 15 - 17 August 1978

Manuscripts and Research Material, c1995 - 2005

 Series
Reference code: 178B29
Scope and Contents

Research material related to the life of Birt Acres conducted by his grandson Alan Acres, mainly for writing Fonstiersman to Film-Maker book.

Dates: c1995 - 2005

Research Material for Frontiersman to Fim-Maker Book, c1995 - 2005

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178B29.2
Scope and Contents Research material used by Alan Acres for the production of 'Frontiersman to film-maker' the biography of film pioneer Birt Acres 1854-1918 book. Contains 35 files including correspondence, photographs (including original photographs taken by Birt Acres), guide booklets, national registration cards for Birt and Annie Elizabeth Acres, three letters from Queen Mary to Mrs Birt Acres, copies of Fred Talbot ‘Moving Pictures’ with foreword by Birt Acres, studies and lectures written by Tjitte de...
Dates: c1995 - 2005

Research Material Related to Birt Acres, c1995 - 2005

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178B29.3
Scope and Contents

Copies of photographs related to Birt Acres, his life and achievements from Tjitte de Vries’ collection, the Melbourne-Cooper Archive and Kensington Science Museum, 41 lose copies of original photographs by Birt Acres, three small photo albums containing colour and photographs showing people and places and ten photographs of Birt Acres camera.

Dates: c1995 - 2005

Visit to Mrs Sidney Acres and Interview with Audrey Wadowski About Birt Acres, 21 February 1985

 Item
Reference code: 178E12.4
Scope and Contents

Audio cassette tape number T183. Visit to Mrs Sidney Acres, part 2 also with Audrey Wadowski about Birt Acres. Southend. Part of eight cassette recordings of Tjitte de Vries of Birt Acres and Melbourne-Cooper relations. Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.

Dates: 21 February 1985