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Glass Lantern Slides, 1915-1923

8 boxes
Collection Creator:
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Fraser, George C. (George Corning), 1872-1935
Dates:
1915-1923
Located In:
Box 8, Box 9, Box 10, Box 11, Box 11
Extent:
8 boxes
Languages:
English
Scope and Contents

The slides in this series appear to have once been stored in an original order that has since been lost. Fraser labeled the slides into series and numbers, some of which appear to match an order that is no longer discernable. Many slides have titles, dates and numbers, but the original order has not survived. The photographs correspond with Fraser's trips to the western United States in 1915, 1916, 1918, and 1919, all of which are documented in diaries in the collection. At least one slide taken in Zion National Park is dated 1921 and another slide in Utah dated to 1923.

Topics include geology, local Native Americans (Navajos), landbridges, cliff dwellings, pueblos, and landscapes. Two images of a rodeo in Payson, Utah are present. Locations include Canyon de Chelly, Monument Valley, Mesa Verde, Acoma Pueblo, Zion, Oraibi Mesa, Bryce Canyon, Meteor Crater, Grand Canyon, Bright Angel canyon, Temple Creek Canyon, landscapes in New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah.

There is a high concentration of images of cliff dwellings and pueblos in box 10.

Access Restrictions:
This collection is open for research.
Credit this material:

Glass Lantern Slides; George C. Fraser Collection, WC038, Rare Book Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Storage Note:
review: Box 8-11
System Identifier:
/repositories/6/archival_objects/483399

Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Description:

The collection consists of twelve diaries (1886-1922) containing typed or hand-written notes, photographs, and postcards of Fraser (Princeton University Class of 1893) relating to his trips to the Southern and Southwestern United States and Canada with different family members and one (1886-1889) from several trips as a youth to Europe and the Middle East. There are approximately 350 glass lantern slides, many of them labeled with location and date information. In addition, there are loose papers removed from the diaries, such as maps, letters, photographs, and printed matter relating to the trips.

Collection History

Custodial History:

The glass lantern slides were given the Princeton Geology Department by the Fraser family following Fraser's death, and were subsequently transferred to the library.

The collection was transferred to the Rare Books division in 2010.

Access & Use

Access Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Conditions for Reproduction and Use:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate University Librarian for Special Collections. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Credit this material:

Glass Lantern Slides; George C. Fraser Collection, WC038, Rare Book Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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Storage Note:
review: Box 8-11

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