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Series I: Mathew B. Brady Studio, circa 1860-1885

 Series
Call Number: GEN MSS 580, Series I

Scope and Contents

This series consists of photographic prints from the studio of Mathew B. Brady in Washington, D.C. The photographs include studio and exterior portraits of officers serving in the military during the American Civil War; exterior views of battlefields, structures, and military units; and studio portraits of persons in the extended Brady and Handy families. The same image may exist in several subseries.

Many images created by the studio of Mathew B. Brady exist in derivative forms in Series II. Levin Corbin Handy Studio.

Dates

  • circa 1860-1885

Physical Description

(18 boxes)

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection: The materials are open for research.

Arrangement

Subseries are arranged by relative size of the photographic prints from small to large, with mounted prints preceding unmounted prints in each size. Photographic negatives, arranged by size, are listed following the prints.

Subseries are arranged in the following manner:
  1. Cartes-de-visite
  2. Stereographs
  3. Albumen Photographic Prints, Mounted
  4. Photographic Prints Mounted on Square Plain Board
  5. Unmounted Photographic Prints of Officer Portraits
  6. Photographic Prints on Plain Board
  7. Photographic Prints on Blue Board Mounts
  8. Albumen Photographic Prints on "Original Photographs" Mounts
  9. Albumen Photographic Prints, Unmounted
  10. Oversize, Multiple Photographic Prints Mounted on Blue Board
  11. Oversize, Single Photographic Prints Mounted on Blue Board
  12. Oversize, Single Photographic Prints Mounted on Black Board
  13. Oversize, Photographic Prints Mounted on Plain Board
  14. Oversize, Albumen Prints, Unmounted
  15. Glass Photographic Negatives, Cartes-de-visite
  16. Glass Photographic Negatives, Carte-de-visite strip negatives, 3.5" X 7.5"

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Related Names

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository

http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/
Contact:
P. O. Box 208330
New Haven CT 06520-8330 US
(203) 432-2977

Location

121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Opening Hours

Access Information

The Beinecke Library is open to all Yale University students and faculty, and visiting researchers whose work requires use of its special collections. You will need to bring appropriate photo ID the first time you register. Beinecke is a non-circulating, closed stack library. Paging is done by library staff during business hours. You can request collection material online at least two business days in advance of your visit, using the request links in Archives at Yale. For more information, please see Planning Your Research Visit and consult the Reading Room Policies prior to visiting the library.

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