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Gilgas family photographs

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH 130

Overview

Glass plate and flexible negatives of scenes of the Gilgas family, their farming activities, and Willow Springs School in Douglas County, Kansas. Prints are also available of all negatives in the collection and should be consulted by researchers first.

Dates

  • Creation: before approximately 1920

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Prints have been made of all negatives in the collection. Glass plate negatives, due to their fragility, require approval from either the curator or head of Public Services, and researchers should consult the available prints before requesting negatives.

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Extent

.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes: 3 flexible + 23 glass plate negatives; prints from negatives)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

RH PH 130

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, Dennis Domer, 1990.

Title
Guide to the Gilgas Family Collection
Subtitle
Gilgas family photographs
Author
Finding aid prepared by rbw, 2008; Finding aid encoded by rw, 2008. Finding aid revised by mwh, 2019.
Date
2008
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in <language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/5051194567
Preferred citation
Gilgas family photographs, RH PH 130, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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