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Wisser, Edward H. [Photographs from the Edward H. Wisser papers].
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Title:
[Photographs from the Edward H. Wisser papers]Creator/Contributor:
Wisser, Edward H., creator, creator.Abstract:
Chiefly snapshots pertaining to various mining operations in Mexico, inclulding such locations as Cieneguillas and Santa Barbara
(Chih.). Also includes slides and a few snapshots pertaining to the Mexican Revolution.
Date:
1900 (issued)Subject:
n-mx---Wisser, Edward H -- Archives
Mines and mineral resources -- Mexico -- Photographs
Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920 -- Pictorial works
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Collected by Edward H. Wisser.
Wisser may be the photographer of many of the photographs pertaining to mining.
Also includes 70 nitrate negatives, many of which having matching prints.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
NITRATE NEGATIVES CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.
Photographs from the Edward H. Wisser papers, BANC PIC 2014.094, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Born in Fort Hamilton, New York, 1895. Son of General John D. Wisser. Earned degree in Mineral Engineering from U.C. Berkeley
in 1917. Served two years as lieutenant in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in France and Germany during Second World War, after
which he continuted mining studies at Berkeley with Andrew C. Lawson, G.D. Louderback and C.D. Hulin. Worked chiefly in Mexico
and later in the Philippines. In 1947 became professor of Mineral Exploration the the Department of Mineral Technology at
Berkeley. Late in life relocated to Tucson, Arizona and became visiting scholar at the University of Arizona. Died in 1970.
Type:
graphicSlides.
Physical Description:
photonegative
photoprint
approximately 280 photographs in 1 box and 4 oversize folders : chiefly gelatin silver prints ; various sizes
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
NITRATE NEGATIVES CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.