The Inventory of the Magic Lantern Slide Collection #1810 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center
Magic Lantern Slide Collection #1810 9/28/12 Preliminary Listing I. Miscellaneous. Box 1 A. Sciopticon; includes bulb and printed manual, Marcy s Syopticon Manual, approx. 500 p. (printout). Box 2 B. Parts of Sciopticon ; includes lantern slides re: Sterg Illustrations. II. Photographs; includes some Artwork. Box 3 A. Glass slides from multiple series including: Bible Scenes ; Chinese Empire ; Dissolving Views ; Interesting Views ; Selected Pictures ; includes colored and black and white; approx. 65 slides. B. Magic lantern slides (Note: each number represents contents of one (1) small box of slides unless noted), arranged by topic. Box 4 1. France and Monaco. 2. Ireland (2 small boxes); includes printed material. 3. London. 4. North America (Quebec; various points of interest in the U.S.). Box 5 5. Sculptures and illustrations. 6. United Kingdom. 7. Paris. 8. Germany. Box 6 9. Bridge construction (includes: Washington Bridge, NY). 10. India. 11. Austria. 12. Constantinople (Istanbul); Athens, Greece. 13. Egypt. 14. Various colored illustrations. Box 7 15. British Museum. 16. Egypt. 17. Jerusalem; includes correspondence. 18. "Bible stories." 19. Baalbeck, Syria. Box 8 20. Paris and Versailles. 21. Scotland (lakes). 22. Versailles and Castle of Pierrefonds, France. 23. Palermo and Pompeii, Italy. 24. Germany (including: Bonn; Saxony). Box 9 25. India (2 small boxes). 26. Russia (Moscow and St. Petersburg). 27. Switzerland. Magic Lantern Slide Collection (9/28/12) Page 1 of 4
28. Germany. Box 10 29. Exeter; Gloucester; Hertford; Pisa. 30. Scotland; includes misc. illustrations. 31. Assorted Colored Slides. 32. Pompeii and Naples (including Palace at Caserta), Italy. 33. Austria; Sweden; Norway; Denmark; includes correspondence. Box 11 34. Scotland. 35. Switzerland. 36. United States landmarks, including: White House; Mount Vernon; also includes slides of various animals. 37. The Netherlands and Belgium (Amsterdam; Antwerp; Bruges; the Hague). Box 12 38. Paris, France; including interior of the Louvre. 39. Scotland; including: Edinburgh; Glasgow. 40. Spain. 41. England (2); including: Cambridge; London; Kew Gardens; Oxford; Shakespeare s House; Westminster Abbey; various castles. Box 13 42. United Kingdom (Scotland). 43. France; including: Fontainebleau. 44. Animals; landscapes (falls and canyons); various illustrations, including Ethel and Bob. 45. Assorted colored slides; various American landscapes, including: Niagara Falls; Mississippi River. 46. Rome, Italy; including: Vatican; Villa Borghese. Box 14 47. Rome, Italy; including: Coliseum; Palatine Hill; Roman forum. 48. Italy; including: Bologna; Florence; Pisa; Tivoli. 49. Switzerland (2 small boxes). 50. England; including: Charles Dickens house; Windsor Castle. Box 15 51. Italy; including: Lake Como; Lake Maggiore; Milan; Venice. 52. Scotland. 53. Various colored illustrations of single characters. Box 16 54. Various colored illustrations of scenes (domestic): Short Moveables. 55. Colored kaleidoscopic lantern slides with crank; 10 slides. Box 17 56. Italy; France; Cape Town, South Africa (Cape of Good Hope); Tasmania (Hobart Town). 57. Egypt; Europe (Austria; Germany; Italy; Scotland); United States. 58. England; France (inc.: Paris Tuileries Palace; Louvre); Scotland. Magic Lantern Slide Collection (9/28/12) Page 2 of 4
Box 18 59. England; including: Canterbury Cathedral; Litchfield Cathedral; Winchester Cathedral; Westminster Abbey. 60. Northern Africa (Algeria; Egypt); Swedish people (domestic); various illustrations. 61. Various illustrations and sculptures (box includes slide list). Box 19 62. United States; Europe (Italy; Switzerland); Israel; Turkey. 63. United States (landmarks, including: Plymouth Rock; the White House; the Liberty Bell; etc.); various illustrations and sculptures; ships at sea. 64. Various Christian images and scripture passages. Box 20 65. Northern European peasants; various illustrations and sculptures. 66. Various sculptures in museums and outside. C. Card index to lantern slides. Box 21 VI. Printed Materials. A. Re: lantern slides and travel locations, 1875-1982; includes: booklets; catalogs; clippings; fragments; magazines; pamphlets; may include: holograph notes; non-english materials (French). [F. 1-8] VII. Diaries and Journals. A. 3 journals re: travel; Marcy family, dates; may include: notes; printed. [F. 9-10] VIII. IX. Financial Materials. A. Keith family account book, 1886-1888. [F. 11] B. 2 receipts, 2000-2001. Legal Materials. A. U.S. Letters Patents, TS with holograph; includes printed materials. [F. 12] 1. Improvement in Magic Lanterns, for Lorenzo J. Marcy. a. No. 5,686, Apr. 28, 1868, 5 p. b. No. 5,638, July 6, 1869, 4 p. c. No. 162,759, May 4, 1875, 5 p. 2. Improvement in Lime-Light Apparatus for Magic Lanterns, for Lorenzo J. Marcy, no. 163,087, May 11, 1875, 8 p. 5. Photographic Printing Apparatus, for L.J. Marcy, no. 97,419, Nov. 30, 1869, 4 p. B. Statement of differences between H.P. & F.R.R. Company (plaintiff) and Chief Engineer s Office N.Y. & N.E.R.R. accounts re: railroad construction, April 1893, 10 p.; includes holograph notes. Magic Lantern Slide Collection (9/28/12) Page 3 of 4
X. Professional Materials. A. Reports. 1. No. 1370 from the Hall of the Franklin Institute re: the Marcy Lantern, July 17, 1886, 7 p. [F. 13] 2. No. 1370 from the Hall of the Franklin Institute re: improvements in magic lanterns, Oct. 6, 1886, 8 p., 2 copies. XI. Photographs (continued). A. Approx. 150 black and white photographs, including portraits re: Marcy and Keith families and landscape; includes negative; glass slide negatives. [F. 14-15; Loose] B. Untitled photo album re: Marcy and Pierce families, among others; includes black and white portraits; etchings; illustrations; juvenilia; holograph notes. [Loose] Box 22 C. 4 daguerreotypes re: Marcy family; includes holograph notes. [Loose] XII. XIII. Correspondence. A. Keith and Marcy family letters, 1835-1942, 2007; includes ALS; TLS; may include printed materials; holograph notes. [F. 1-2] Memorabilia. A. Certificates. 1. The Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, certificate of honorable mention for L.J. Marcy for the Oxy-Gasoline Lime Light for the Magic Lantern, Oct. 31, 1885, 1 p. [F. 3] B. 6 medals re: sciopticon, ca. 1876. [Loose] C. 1 copper intaglio printing plate, Elmer Davenport Keith, Oriel College Oxford, n.d. [Env. 1] XIV. Scrapbooks. A. Untitled re: clippings re: Barstow School; pasted in Mitchell s School Atlas, includes maps; correspondence; printed materials; holograph notes; ca. 1855; approx. 50 p. [F. 3] Magic Lantern Slide Collection (9/28/12) Page 4 of 4