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African, Afro-, Native American, and Pacific Rim Arts Lantern Slide Collection

 Collection
Call Number: VRC 2650

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of black and white glass lantern slides of the arts of African, Native American, and Pacific Rim cultures, including Australia and New Zealand, as well as Afro-Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Haitian, Afro-Mexican, Afro-Portuguese, Afro-Surinam, and Afro-American arts. Note: The African arts section was begun in the late 1950s and represents the earliest organization of this material. Names of peoples and locations used here may no longer be current and spellings will vary. Country boundaries may have changed.

Dates

  • ca. 1950

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright has not been transferred to Yale University. Further use of this material may be subject to the copyright laws of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms or conditions.

Arrangement

Arranged into four principal sub-collections: Africa, Afro- ,Native American, and Pacific Rim. Sub-arranged principally by location.

Extent

4.3 Linear Feet (13 boxes)

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/vrc.2650

Abstract

Collection consists of black and white glass lantern slides of the arts of African, Native American, and Pacific Rim cultures, including Australia and New Zealand, as well as Afro-Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Haitian, Afro-Mexican, Afro-Portuguese, Afro-Surinam, and Afro-American arts.

Title
African, Afro-, Native American, and Pacific Rim Arts Lantern Slide Collection
Author
Compiled by Helen Chillman
Date
2009
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Part of the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library Special Collections Repository

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