Lisa Mills collection, 1992-2012
Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- The Lisa Mills collection houses several of Dr. Mills's work on several films throughout her career. This collection contains documents such as licensing agreements, interviews, and correspondence. There are also mini DVs that contain interviews, rehearsals, and recordings of live events and competitions.
- Extent:
- 3.5 Linear Feet 7 boxes
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Lisa Mills Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
Background
- Scope and content:
Series I: Project Documents, 2001-2012 includes documents surrounding Lisa Mill's films. Some folders are specific to individual projects. This series also contains newspapers that topics relating to Mills's films.
Series II: Media, 1992- 2010 contains media such as Mini DVs of interviews, rehearsals, home videos and events. Within this series are two UCF Metro VHS tapes.
- Biographical / historical:
From Faculty & Staff Nicholson School of Comm. & Media- Lisa Mills is a Professor and Assistant Director of Film and Mass Media at the University of Central Florida. Lisa Mills was born in Jacksonville and received her BA in English from Jacksonville University (1983), her MA in Mass Communication from the University of Central Florida (1999) and her PhD in Political Communication from the University of Florida (2005). Before entering academia in 1999 she was a broadcast journalist for 25 years at several television stations in the Southeast. Dr. Mills has directed or co-directed four feature length documentaries and 12 shorts. Her films have won national awards and screened in film festivals all over the world. https://communication.ucf.edu/person/lisa-mills/
- Acquisition information:
- Gifted by Lisa Mills in 2021 (Accession no. CFM2021_12).
- Processing information:
 Collection processed by and finding aid prepared by Elisabeth Jimenez in 2022. Staples and paper clips were removed from documents and replaced with plastic clips. All materials were placed into acid free folders and in an acid free box. At least three versions of publications were kept, and all additional copies were recycled. The department does not currently house the proper equipment to read any of the mini DVs, thus no further historical context can be made from them other than the title provided.
- Arrangement:
This collection is arranged in two series. Series I contains documents relating to the several projects that Lisa Mills had a part in creating. Series II contains media such as Mini DVs of interviews, rehearsals, workshops and events.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
Consent must be obtained to use interviews with documentary subjects in future films or videos. Lisa Mills and the University of Central Florida must be credited in future films or videos.
- Terms of access:
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
- Preferred citation:
Lisa Mills Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
- Location of this collection:
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John C. Hitt Library12701 Pegasus Drive, Building 2OrlandoFL32816-8030USA
