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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 527 Collections and/or Records:

Richard. J. Scheich photographic slide collection, 1950 - 1959

 Series
Identifier: PSC 427
Abstract

Photographs of various animals and plants in nature, some taken in national parks. Also includes images of an area being logged in Washington and a burned area in Oregon.

Dates: 1950 - 1959

Richard Skroban photographic slides of Antarctica, 1955 - 1956

 Series
Identifier: PSC 444
Abstract

Photographs taken in Antarctica. Images include penguins on ice, huskies, a Weddell seal, and a killer whale. Also includes landscape photographs and some views of the Scott campsite.

Dates: 1955 - 1956

Richard Van Gelder photographic slide collection of Africa, 1960 - 1981

 Series
Identifier: PSC 551-553
Abstract

Photographs taken in Africa of animals in nature, mostly mammals. Includes lions, cheetahs, elephants, hippopotamuses, wildebeests, baboons, giraffes, zebras, impala, hyenas, buffalo, elephant shrews, and jackals among others. Some photographs of colleagues, native people, and city buildings. Areas include Botswana, Serengeti, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia. 551. Photographs taken 1960-1975. 552. Photographs taken 1976-1979. 553. Photographs taken 1981 and undated.

Dates: 1960 - 1981

Richard Zweifel photographic slide collection, 1970 - 1979

 Series
Identifier: PSC 557
Scope and Contents

Close up photographs mostly of reptiles, including snakes, frogs, and lizards. Also includes images of insects and birds.

Dates: 1970 - 1979

Roaches Are Here to Stay exhibition photographic slides, 1973

 Series
Identifier: PSC 81D
Abstract

Views of the temporary exhibition Roaches Are Here To Stay, held at the American Museum of Natural History, September 1973. Images of the display case, display text, and visitors looking at live roaches inside the exhibit.

Dates: 1973

Robert E. Logan photographic slide collection, undated

 Series
Identifier: PSC 342
Abstract

Photographs taken in Ceylon and Egypt. One image of a forsythia in bloom.

Dates: undated

Robert G. Goelet American Museum-Terramar Expedition to Auyantepui photographic slide collection, 1994

 Series
Identifier: PSC 534
Abstract

Field photographs taken on the Robert G. Goelet American Museum-Terramar Expedition to Auyantepui in 1994. Images include campsites, helicopters, scientists, landscapes, waterfalls, and details of plants and trees.

Dates: 1994

Robert H. Minton photographic slide collection, undated

 Series
Identifier: PSC 356
Abstract

Photographs of safari animals in East Africa. Includes zebra, giraffe, rhinoceros, lion, leopard, cheetah, baboon, and crocodile.

Dates: undated

Robert Peary photographic slides of North Pole copied from lantern slides, undated

 Series
Identifier: PSC 394
Abstract

Photographic copies of the lantern slides made by Robert Peary during his expedition to the North Pole (1908-1909). Used to raise money for further exploration.

Dates: undated

Robert Suggs Marquesas Expedition photographic slide collection, 1956 - 1957

 Series
Identifier: PSC 614
Abstract

Field photographs from the Robert Suggs collection in the AMNH Department of Anthropology. Includes general shots of Tahiti and Tuamotu Islands and Marquesas Islands; umu making for "kaikai" Bastille Day (Taiohae, Nukuhira); petroglyphs, carving, and masonry (Marquesas); Fort Keatanui, burials.

Dates: 1956 - 1957