New York State Education Dept. Division of Visual Instruction Registers of Accessioned and Classified Negatives A3133

New York State Education Dept. Division of Visual Instruction Registers of Accessioned and Classified Negatives

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

Lantern slides were compiledas instructional aids for the public school curriculum. More than 20,000 unique images dating from 1856-1939 document a wide variety of subjects, including New York State, North American and world geography, history, natural sciences, fine arts, trades, industries, education, and schools. These accessioning registers contain list all images accepted making up the loan collection of educational lantern slides. Organized by negative number, data entered also includes call number; title; location; and source and maker of negative.

Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Division of Visual Instruction

Title:

Registers of accessioned and classified negatives

Quantity:

1 cubic foot

(2 volumes)

Inclusive Dates:

1911-1939

Series Number:

A3133

Arrangement

Numerical by negative number.

Scope and Content Note

These volumes contain a record of images accepted for use in the loan collection of educational lantern slides. Each negative received was assigned a preliminary number (preceded by an "X"), and a test lantern slide was made and assigned the same preliminary number. If the image was accepted for use in the loan collection it was assigned a negative number, classified by subject and assigned a call number, and entered in the accession register.

Each entry in the registers provides the following information about the image: negative number (size of the negative corresponds to alphabetic prefix: "A" = 6 1/2" by 8 1/2", "B" = 5" by 7", "C" = 4" by 5", "D" = 11" by 14", and no alphabetic prefix = 8" by 10"); call number; title; location; date negative was made; source and maker of negative; date negative was acquired; preliminary number ("makers number"); size of negative; and name of maker of colored sample. If an image was withdrawn from use the register entry is annotated "DO NOT USE"; if the negative was destroyed, the entry is annotated to this effect. If a colored sample slide was made, the entry is annotated with the name of the person or institution who colored the sample. Some entries are also annotated with the study or list number in which the slide appeared, cross references to other images substituted for the original, and notes regarding the loss or breakage of the negative.