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Donated by Bill and Robin McGaughy in 2010, the collection contains 3 processed 8mm film reels (unfortunately, MB_03 was damaged). The films were created by McGaughy's father during his service as a merchant marine either during or post-Second World War. The content includes travels to San Diego, Honolulu, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and New York City, family interactions and visitations to the "Berry Schools" as well as boarding the USS Constitution in Boston Harbor, and SS Robert E. Clarkson transporting cargo in the Atlantic (notably a variant of the M4 Sherman tank).

Donated by Vicki McKeague in 2011, the collection consists 12 processed 8mm film reels and 11 processed Super 8mm film reels. The footage is dated from 1958 to 1974. The content includes birthday parties, cookouts, holiday celebrations, children playing games with each other while adults watch, aftermath of a snowstorm, camping at Whit's End Campground in West Ossipee, New Hampshire, visiting theme parks such as Pleasure Island in Wakefield, Massachusetts, or historical sites like Black Hawk State Historic Site in Rock Island, Illinois.