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Series 4: Photographs, 1846-1938

 Series

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Includes images of family members, business associates, the Spencer family homestead, Spencer’s Log Seminary and the Spencer family coat-of-arms. Included too, are reproductions of Junius Sloan’s and Lyman P. Spencer’s art work. In various formats—engravings, glass plates, cased photographs, gelatin silver prints, negatives, etc.

Dates

  • Creation: 1846-1938

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Platt R. Spencer papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Arrangement note

Arranged alphabetically by name of subject. Boxes 15 and 16 contain cased photographs such as daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes.

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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