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Magic Lantern Slide Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2013A010

Scope and Contents

This collection was purchased for classroom use by Eastern Kentucky State Normal School. The bulk of the collection is from the Keystone View Company and appears to be the "600 set." This set was selected by educators as the most valuable to use in the classroom. The images were selected specifically for the curriculum of the time period. Keystone even produced a guide to the 600 set to make it easy for teachers to use the slides which depict culture, industry, agriculture, transportation, geography, and more from around the world. Most of these images are not dated, but are likely from circa 1900 to circa 1925. There are also some slides from other smaller companies and an early Eastern faculty member, George D. Smith, created his own slides which can be [url=https://digitalcollections.eku.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=42&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=lantern+slide&collection=36]viewed here[/url].

Dates

  • Creation: 1895 - 1925

Full Extent

1.65 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Source of Acquisition

Dorris Museum Collection

Method of Acquisition

Transfer

Title
Magic Lantern Slide Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Couture, Jackie
Date
05/06/2013
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
eng

Repository Details

Part of the Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository

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