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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.

Title
Scientific and Photographic Instruments Collection
Subtitle
Guide
Author
University of Notre Dame Archives
Date
2009
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository

Contact:
607 Hesburgh Library
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 United States
(574) 631-6448