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Nature of Diamonds exhibition photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 549

Scope and Contents

Views of the temporary exhibition Nature of Diamonds, held at the American Museum of Natural History, held November 1, 1997-April 26, 1998. Images include exhibits, views of diamond in kimberlite, diamonds in matrix, diamond jewelry, diamonds from royalty, and other diamond artifacts and specimens. Also includes Diamondback turtle, rattler, and moth.

Dates

  • 1997

Creator

Restrictions on Access

Please contact Special Collections; materials are sometimes restricted.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

609 Photographic Slides : color ; 35 mm

Language of Materials

English

Condition

condition reviewed 20110826 good

Related Archival Materials

AMNH Special Collections has slides of the exhibition merchandise in PSC 613C.

General

Some photographs may have been used for George Harlow's book, The Nature of Diamonds.

General

Some slides have captions.

Creator

Title
Nature of Diamonds exhibition photographic slides, 1997
Author
Iris Lee
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
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:
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024 USA
(212) 769-5420