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Islamic Arts Slide Collection

Yale University - Visual Resources Collection
5 linear feet (29 boxes in 5 containers)
Collection consists of color and black and white 35 mm slides of the arts of Islam, including architecture, ceramics, illuminated manuscripts, numismatics, and textiles. Includes materials from India and Spain.

African, Afro-Caribbean, African-American Medium Photograph Collection

Yale University - Visual Resources Collection
2 boxes (2.25 linear feet)
Collection of mounted color and black and white labeled photographs covering a broad range of teaching materials for sub-Saharan African, Afro-Caribbean and African American art and architecture. Many items in the collection donated by Professor Robert Thompson, or acquired at his request.

Sumner McKnight Crosby Post Card and Photograph Negative Collection

Yale University - Visual Resources Collection
5 boxes (2.7 linear feet)
Collection of post cards mostly of French and English medieval architecture, as well as a variety of other Western European monuments, collected by Sumner McKnight Crosby and donated to the Sterling Memorial Library upon his death in 1982. The collection is boxed as received in 1982 and is divided into three sections: Boxes 1 and 2: post cards arranged alphabetically by building; Boxes 3 and 4: post cards arranged alphabetically by place; Box 5: miscellaneous black and white photographic negatives of medieval architectural monuments. A limited number of post cards contain comments on the reverse.

Sculpture Photograph Collection: Ancient-Merovingian

Yale University - Visual Resources Collection
81 boxes (Boxes 1-81 of 265) 33.75 linear feet
Collection of mounted black and white and color reproductions of sculpture. This section covers the ancient and early medieval periods. Content varies from original photographic prints to reproductions from magazines and other published sources. Some sections have accompanying clippings folders.

History of Photography Collection

Yale University - Visual Resources Collection
2.91 linear feet (7 boxes)
Collection consists of mounted black and white and color reproductions of artistic photographs. Content varies from original photographic prints to reproductions from magazines and other published sources. Some sections have accompanying clippings folders.

19th-20th Century North American Architecture Lantern Slide Collection

Yale University - Visual Resources Collection
51 Linear Feet (153 boxes)
Collection consists of black and white glass lantern slides of Canadian and U.S. architecture to the mid-twentieth century.

Arts of Japan Slide Collection

Yale University - Visual Resources Collection
3.75 linear feet (3 containers)
Collection of Japanese Art slides consisting of the following sub-collections: (701-1) Art Treasures from Japan (Los Angeles County Museum, 1965-66 Exhibition), (701-2) Arts of Japan Slide Sets, Bijutsu shuppansha, (701-3) Penelope Mason Slide Collection of Japanese Paintings, (701-4) Spirit of Place Slide Set, (701-5) Japanese Paintings from the Seattle Art Museum, Asian Art Photograph Distribution (AAPD), (701-6) Edo: Art in Japan 1615-1868 (National Gallery of Art, 1998-99 Exhibition).

Ancient Painting Photograph Collection

Yale University - Visual Resources Collection
4.16 linear feet (10 boxes)
Collection consists of color and black and white reproductions of ancient painting (Classical and Ancient Near Eastern). Content varies from original photographic prints to reproductions from magazines and other published sources. Some sections have accompanying clippings folders.

Edward P. Friedland Domestic Architecture Photography Collection

Yale University - Visual Resources Collection
14 Boxes (6.8 linear feet)
Collection of 35mm unlabeled slides, 35mm negatives, black and white photographs, and architect’s plans, elevations and diagrams concerning the construction and restoration of 18th and 19th century domestic architecture related to the publication Edward P. Friedland, Antique houses: Their construction and restoration, 1990. According to the date stamped on some slides, some material was acquired in the mid-1970’s. Most of the material is unlabeled and packed according to broad groupings. Material was received from the donor with limited identifying information. Most of the material covers the following buildings: Dennis Kane House, Rocky hill (moved to Preston), CT, Elisha Perkins House, Plainfield, CT., John Palmer House, Lisbon, CT, John Bishop House, Lisbon, CT, buildings in Wethersfield, CT, Essex, CT.

Renaissance Architecture Photograph Collection

Yale University - Visual Resources Collection
33 boxes (Boxes 16-49 of 136) 13.75 linear feet
Collection consists of black and white and color reproductions of Renaissance architecture. Section II includes France and Germany. Content varies from original photographic prints to reproductions from magazines and other published sources. Some sections have accompanying clippings folders.

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