Yount-Manion Films - Celebrations and Vacations

Duration: 0:21:39

Year Published: 1940s1950s

Sound: silent

Description: This home movie compilation captures the Manion family in the 1940s and 1950s. Children Kathryn, Mildred, and Eddie first pose for the camera in front of the family’s Beaumont mansion. The film then jumps back in time to baby Kathryn searching for Easter eggs. At their summer house in Manitou Springs, Colorado, the Manions enjoy spending time outdoors. The house, named “Rockledge,” became a summer home for the growing family. Miles Frank Yount bought the Rockledge house in 1929 from the Heath family and built the Manitou Mineral Spa and the nearby Arcade area. After Yount’s daughter, Mildred, married Edward Manion, the two made the mansion their summer home away from Beaumont. The film concludes with a family vacation to New York City and a costume party. The Yount-Manion Films were given to Lamar University by Greg Riley and Fred McKinley. The pair discovered the films while researching their 2005 book, Black Gold to Bluegrass: From the Oil Fields of Texas to Spindletop Farm of Kentucky, which chronicles the legacy of Frank and Pansy Yount.