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FILE — Multiple Containers Identifier: fal00007, 1., Barcodes (FV8153)-(FV8154):

Renaissance., 1969-1970.

Dates

  • Creation: 1969-1970.

Physical Description

1,410 mounted 35 mm. color slides

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Please contact Special Collections, Fine Arts Library, Harvard University.

Extent

33 cubic feet

Physical Location

Harvard Depository

Related Materials

National Geographic retained a selection of original slides from this assignment for its permanent collection; of these, 5 photographs were published as illustrations in Renaissance: Maker of Modern Man. National Geographic Society, 1970. Photos by Gahan on p.143, 256-259, 286. Subjects include Chateau of Cloux, France; Chateau in Chambord, France; Wittenberg castle church, Germany; College Calvin, Geneva, Switzerland; hunting with hounds and horns, France.

General note

  1. Rolls 1-6: Clos-Luce, Amboise, France
  2. Rolls 7-17: Chateau de Chambord, France
  3. Rolls 18, 35: Paris, France
  4. Rolls 19, 31, 32: Unidentified
  5. Rolls 20-26: Wittenberg, Germany
  6. Rolls 27-30, 34: Geneva, Switzerland
  7. Roll 33: Geneva, Switzerland / Paris, France
  8. Rolls 36-48: Hunting, France
  9. Rolls 49-50: Airplane
  10. Selects [1-16]: Assorted subjects

General note

Film types:
  1. EH (Ektachrome High Speed): Rolls 1-3, 24, 39-42.
  2. EHB (Ektachrome High Speed Type B): Roll 9.
  3. EX (Ektachrome-X): Rolls 5, 7, 12, 25-26, 36, 38, 43, 45, 48.
  4. KR (Kodachrome II): Rolls 4, 6, 13-23, 27-35, 37, 46-47, 49-1, 50.
  5. KRA (Kodachrome II Type A): Rolls 8, 11.
  6. KRX (Kodachrome-X): Roll 49-2.

Repository Details

Part of the Fine Arts Library Repository

The Fine Arts Library is among the leading libraries in the world for the study of art, architecture, and visual culture from antiquity to the present. Since 1895, FAL has served the needs of the visual arts community at Harvard, providing research and curricular support for all areas in the history of art, architecture, photography, and the decorative arts. FAL's archival collections may be consulted in the Special Collections Study Room by appointment only.

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