Contents and Arrangement
Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
- Collector:
- Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
- Title:
- Princeton University Library Collection of Early Photographs of Greece
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/wp988j822
- Dates:
- circa 1852-1999
- Size:
- 6 boxes, 12.8 linear feet, 1 oversize folders
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss)
- Boxes 1-4; B-001925; P-000122
- Folder 1
- Language:
- English
Abstract
The Early Photographs of Greece Collection is an open collection for general photographs of sites and subjects in Greece. Included are panoramic photographs of the Parthenon, Athens, and Smyrna, along with other photographs of Greece.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
The collection consists of an open collection for general photographs of sites and subjects in Greece, including photographs of the Parthenon, Athens, Smyrna, Corfu, and other locations in Greece from the mid 19th century until the late 20th century.
- Arrangement
Photographs are listed in the order of their accession.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Some of the photographs are gifts of the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund. Others were purchased from Dimitri Gondicas, Bernard J. Shapero, Antiquariat KaraJahn, Ex Libris Museum, F.A. Bernett, Robert Frew Ltd., Krul Antiquarian Books, and Petros Vergos, and acquired with matching funds provided by the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund; 2000-2014.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder inventory was added by Kristine Gift in 2015, using description from a legacy finding aid.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Princeton University Library Collection of Early Photographs of Greece; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/wp988j822
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss)
- Boxes 1-4; B-001925; P-000122
- Folder 1
Find More
- Subject Terms:
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Greece -- Athens. -- photographs
World War, 1914-1918 -- Greece -- Thessaloniki. -- photographs - Genre Terms:
- Panoramas.
Photographic prints
Photographs, Original.
Stereographs. - Names:
- Hephaisteion (Athens, Greece)
Parthenon (Athens, Greece)
Propylaea (Acropolis, Athens, Greece)
Farquhar, Francis Peloubet (1887-1974)
Piot, Eugène (1812-1890) - Places:
- Acropolis (Athens, Greece). -- photographs
Athens (Greece) -- Antiquities. -- photographs
Athens (Greece) -- photographs
Athos (Greece) -- photographs
Corfu Island (Greece) -- photographs
Greece -- Antiquities. -- photographs
Greece -- photographs
