American Museum of Natural History collections of gems and minerals photographic slides
Scope and Contents
Consisting mostly of cut and uncut gems and minerals as well as some carvings, figures, and vases. Nearly all of the slides are captioned with detailed information about the type of stone and the place of origin.
Dates
- circa 1970s
Creator
- Photo Studio (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
Please contact Special Collections; materials are sometimes restricted.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 box )
circa 420 Photographic Slides
Language of Materials
English
Condition
condition reviewed 20110826 good
General Note
Few slides have glass mounts.
General Note
Many slides contain K numbers.
General Note
Many slides contain USDE numbers.
General Note
Some slides may have collection numbers, for example G41917.
General Note
John Cubito, Herb Spiselman and E. Javorsky also credited as photographers.
Creator
- Photo Studio (Organization)
- Sheridan, Robert E., 1940- (Photographer, Person)
- Bauer, O. (Photographer, Person)
- Beckett, J. (Jackie) (Photographer, Person)
- Singer, Arthur (Photographer, Person)
- Title
- American Museum of Natural History collections of gems and minerals photographic slides, circa 1970s
- 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
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024 USA
(212) 769-5420
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