Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Preferred Citation
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Processing information
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Collection of Glass Slides of North American Indian Cultures
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1910
Physical Description:
1.5 linear feet
(3 slide boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1890-1925
Abstract: An artificial collection of commercially produced glass slides depicting various North American Indian cultures.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained
by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue
the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Collection of glass slides of North American Indian cultures (Collection Number 1919). UCLA Library
Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Purchase, 1974.
Processing information
Processed by Benjamin Formaker-Olivas and Lilace Hatayama, June 2012.
A holistic review of the collection was undertaken by CFPRT scholar Mary Sweeney as part of a joint Center for Primary Research
and Training (CFPRT) and UCLA American Indian Studies Center (AISC) project 2022-2023. In line with professional best practices
and resources such as the
Protocols for Native American Archival Materials, harmful language was updated in finding aid description.
Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user
interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides
a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive
processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
We are committed to providing ethical, inclusive, and anti-racist description of the materials we steward, and to remediating
existing description of our materials that contains language that may be offensive or cause harm. We invite you to submit
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UCLA Catalog Record ID
Scope and Content
The collection consists of commercially produced black and white and hand-colored glass slides depicting various aspects of
North American Indian cultures, primarily Alaskan, Northwest, Southwest and Plains nations. Commercial slide companies represented
include Keystone View Co., McIntosh Battery & Optical Co. and Photo Art S & S Co.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Photographic Studio
- Subject
Subjects and Indexing Terms
North American Indians.