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Frederick H. Pough photographic slides of Paricutin volcano

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 392

Scope and Contents

Photographic slides of the volcano, Paricutin, which erupted in Mexico. Includes a script for 30 slides used in Frederick H. Pough's lecture, A Volcano is Born. The lecture slides are reprints and housed in separate sleeves.

Dates

  • 1943-1950

Creator

Restrictions on Access

Please contact Special Collections; materials are sometimes restricted.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (1 box )

125 Photographic Slides : color ; 35 mm

Language of Materials

English

Condition

condition reviewed 20110826 fair

Related Archival Materials

AMNH Special Collections has an additional slide of a volcano taken by Frederick Pough in PSC 362.

General Note

All slides have captions.

General Note

Many slides indicate K numbers.

General Note

Many slides have glass mounts.

Title
Frederick H. Pough photographic slides of Paricutin volcano, 1943-1950
Author
Iris Lee
Date
2011-2012
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English
Sponsor
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation provided support to make this finding aid available in ArchivesSpace (2016-2017). Minimal level collection record created with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Hidden Collections grant, 2010.

Repository Details

Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository

Contact:
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