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Lantern Slides: Opening Windows to the Past
Rebecca PriceArchitecture, Urban Planning and Visual Resources Librarian
University of Michigan Library
Collection Context Univ. of Michigan, Art, Architecture & Engineering Library,
Special Collections College of Engineering College of Architecture & Urban Planning School of Art & Design
Primarily a teaching collection
Grows by donation
AAEL Special Collections
Visual Resources at AAEL 100,000+ 35mm slides Ongoing conversion to
digital
Includes DVDs, CD-ROMs, videos
Open to students & faculty
Visual Resource Collection
History of the Lantern Slide “invented” by Christiaan Huygens, c. 1659
Mentions “la laterne magique” in hisOeuvres completes, v. 22
aka Sciopticon Real development came in 19th c.
http://www.luikerwaal.com
1899, Germany1878, England 1920, Germany
1897 Lantern Slide Show
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/arth-technology/arth-technology5.html
Lantern Slide Collections: when it rains, it pours
Architecture Collection Approx. 10,500 images
Geography Collection Approx. 5,000 images
Caulfield-McKnight Collection Approx. 3,200 images
Travels in India
Housing the Collections
From Analog to Digital Inventory and number slides Clean and repair Catalog Scan Archive Access
Cataloging Images Adopt a database structure or create your own
FilemakerPro 6.0 (moving to 7.0)
Adopt community standards for data description VRA Core 4.0 (Visual Resources Association)
http://www.vraweb.org/datastandards/VRA_Core4_Welcome.html CCO as guide (Cataloging Cultural Objects)
http://www.vraweb.org/ccoweb/
Use authority files Art & Architecture Thesaurus Thesaurus for Graphic Materials And others -- listed on LOC site
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/resource/228_authfile.html
Particular Cataloging Challenges What is the title? Development of the “worktype” (subject)
as a relational field. Importance of the slide as object
Identifying the slide maker Identifying the slide colorist Identifying the photographer When was the slide created?
Lake Louise, Alberta (maybe?)
John Singer SargentCarnation, Lily, Lily, Rose1885-86Colorist?
Pearl MosqueAgra
Nob Hill HouseSan Francisco
Burns Park PlanAnn Arbor1916
Scanning: Settings & Standards Tiff files 1200 dpi, 24-bit color for photographic images 800 dpi, 8-bit grayscale for graphic (line drawing,
charts, maps) images
Smithsonian Institution Archives Image Digitization Standardshttp://siarchives.si.edu/records/electronic_records/records_erecords_digitization_images.html
Click on the thumbnail to seean enlarged image(this can be en-larged severaltimes)
Click on the worddescription to see the catalog record
Questions?