Lantern Slides Collection, 1910 - 1940
Dates
- 1910-1940
Creator
- American Academy in Rome (Rome, Italy) (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Extent
1360 Photographic Negatives : Negative glass plates, stored in 8 boxes: ca. 150 each ; Various sizes: 8 x 8cm; 8 x 10cm; 13 x 18cm and 24 x 30cm
1360 Photographic Slides : 1360 lantern slides stored in 8 boxes ; 8 x 10cm
4500 Catalogue Card (Descriptive cards: ca. 1500 for the Fogg Museum catalog classification, and ca. 3000 organized by subject with glued miniature photographs of each slide, stored in 8 boxes.) : Typewritten documents. ; 12 x 7cm; 15 x 10cm
Arrangement
The slides were classified following Harvard's Fogg Museum System of Classification by Mrs. Roger Sessions (AAR Library Annual Reports 1928-1929). The existing catalog consists of descriptive cards (ca.4.500): ca. 1.500 ordered by negative number and ca. 3.000 organized by subject with glued miniature photographs of each slide. The present organization of items and the catalog follows the negative numerical order. Miniature photographs of each slide (glued on the descriptive cards) are available for consultation. All items are individually preserved in the Academy's cold storage facility. The collection was preserved and cataloged thanks to the support of the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
Physical Description
ca. 3000 Photographic Materials
Physical Facet
Negatives glass plates including stereoscopic and corresponding Lantern Slides
General
The collection consists of photographs of works of art, antiquities, as well as archaeological sites and objects from around the world.
- Antiquities, Roman
- Archaeology
- Art, Baroque
- Art, Etruscan.
- Art, Gothic
- Art, Greek
- Art, Hellenistic
- Art, Medieval
- Art, Renaissance
- Art, Roman -- Pictorial works
- Bronze sculpture, Classical
- Christian art and symbolism
- Classical art and archaeology
- Marble sculpture -- Italy -- Rome
- Medieval art
- Mythology, Classical, in art.
- Painting
- Painting, Baroque
- Painting, Italian
- Painting, Late Renaissance
- Relief (Sculpture), Greek
- Relief (Sculpture), Roman
- Sculpture, Ancient
- Sculpture, Gothic.
- Sculpture, Greek
- Sculpture, Hellenistic
- Sculpture, Romanesque -- Italy -- Rome
Creator
- American Academy in Rome (Rome, Italy) (Organization)
- Title
- Lantern Slides Collection, 1910 - 1940PA.AAR.LSC
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Sponsor
- The collection was preserved and cataloged thanks to the support of The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
Repository Details
Part of the Photograph Archive of the American Academy in Rome Repository