Hartley Burr Alexander glass lantern slides
Unprocessed
Identifier: HP.2012.24-NMHM.2012.04
Content Description
Approximately 500 glass lantern slides ca. 1915-1930, collected and used by Hartley Burr Alexander as teaching aids. Subjects include Pueblos, Dances, Navajo and Plains Indians, the Arctic, and Mesoamerica. Alexander taught philosophy at Scripps College, which he helped to develop.
Acquisition Type
Exchange
Provenance
Robert Alexander. Donor is the grandson of the collector.
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- ca. 1915-1930
Extent
500 Photographic Slides : glass lantern slides