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ABCFM Daguerreotypes Collection

 Collection
Call Number: RG 324
Scope and Contents

This collection contains daguerreotype images of missionaries who had been appointed for service by The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The daguerreotype process for creating photographs was used during the 1840s and 1850s. Series III contains two color miniature portraits that date from 1839. This collection was originally held at the Franklin Trask Library of Andover Newton Theological School and was transferred to the Yale Divinity Library in 2017.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Collection transferred from Andover Newton Theological School in 2017

Arrangement

Series I: Photographs of Missionaries appointed by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

Series II: Photographs of Other Individuals and Scenes

Series III: Miniature Portraits

Dates
circa 1839-1860
Extent
3.5 Linear Feet (14 boxes)
Related Names
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Language of Materials
English