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Hartman and Lucille DeMers Lantern Slide Collection, ca. 1900-1920

 Collection
Identifier: PCA 517

Scope and Contents

This is a lantern slide collection depicting people and village life in Southeast Alaska. Slide boxes are labeled Hydaburg, Metlakatla, and Klawock. Other Southeast communities are represented as well. The collection includes an electric lantern slide projector with the label: “Douglas Light Co. Seattle.”

Dates

  • circa 1900-1920

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unrestricted.

Conditions Governing Use

Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.

Biographical Note

Hartman and Lucille DeMers lived in Anchorage during the early 1940s. Mr. DeMers worked for Pan American Airlines and Mrs. DeMers was one of the original stewardesses for Northwest Airlines.

Extent

1 boxes : 82 black and white positive glass lantern slides

Language of Materials

English

Acquisition

Collection was donated by Richard and Daphne Storwick, August 2009. Accession # 2009-34.

Existence and Location of Originals

INVENTORY OF GLASS LANTERN SLIDES

Stored in cabinet in vault

1 Box: Containing 82 black and white positive glass lantern slides

Processing Information

The glass lantern slides were removed from 11 Eastman Lantern Slide Plates boxes. The empty boxes are in a box in the Empty Negative Sleeves and Empty Boxes file cabinet in the vault. The glass lantern slides were placed in acid free sleeves and then into an Archival box. No item level inventory is available.

Title
Finding Aid for the Hartman and Lucille DeMers Lantern Slide Collection, ca. 1900-1920
Status
In Progress
Author
Processed by: Jim Simard ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Jacki Swearingen ; Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, Dec. 2021
Date
2019 July
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository

Contact:
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)