Photographic Slide Collection
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Distinguishes collections in the Library that are part of the Photographic (Boxed) Slide Collection (PSC) data set.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
James Chapin photographic slide collection
Collection
Identifier: PSC 165-166
Scope and Contents
Mostly consists of field photographs from the Belgian Congo including birds, nests, large mammals, lakes, general landscape and buildings. Also includes pictures of colleagues and/or family, Pygmies and a Pygmy dance, Watusi dance and some images showing the preparation for the Ross Expedition (1957). A few slides taken in the United States, primarily California.
Dates:
circa 1953-1961
James Chapin photographic slide collection
Collection
Identifier: PSC 321
Scope and Contents
Photographs from the Chapin Collection taken mostly in Africa, including Senegal, Belgian Congo, Rwanda, and a few photographs from the United States, including Carl Akeley's grave. Images of birds, birds' nests, flowering trees, indigenous people, colleagues, and family.
Dates:
1953-1958
