Scientific and Photographic Instruments Collection
Fonds
Identifier: ASC
Scope and Content
Chiefly optical instruments such as microscopes, lenses and related parts, cameras, glass plates, and slides; also pipettes, Bunsen burners, saws, knives, tweezers, rulers, film holders, mirrors, and other tools.
Dates
- Creation: ca. 1880s-1920s.
Language of Materials
English.
Background
Many of these instruments came from the lab of Alexander Kirsch, CSC, a professor of natural sciences including biology, zoology, toxicology, and geology at the University of Notre Dame, 1875-1922.
Extent
2 linear feet.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
University of Notre Dame.
Subject
- Kirsch, Alexander Marion, 1855-1923 (Person)
- University of Notre Dame (Organization)
- Title
- Scientific and Photographic Instruments Collection
- Subtitle
- Guide
- Author
- University of Notre Dame Archives
- Date
- 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository