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Lantern slides collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0093

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of around 750 3" x 4" lantern slides on the history of California, reproduced from engravings, drawings, and photographs from the late 19th century. Slides are hand labeled with discriptive information.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within late 19th century

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Extent

2.708 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection consists of around 750 3" x 4" lantern slides on the history of California, reproduced from engravings, drawings, and photographs from the late 19th century.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Title
Finding aid for the Lantern slides collection
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Marissa Chavez and Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
Date
2023 May
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States