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Allan Ludwig New England Gravestone photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0369
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 408 black and white photographs and 77 slides of New England gravestone carvings. The gravestone carvings date from 1653-1810, these photographs of the carvings were created by Allan Ludwig in 1961-1964. Accompanying the photographs is an index of iconography and a list of New England stone carvers before 1800. States include Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.

Dates

  • Creation: 1961 - 1964

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from this collection should be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, woodson@rice.edu.

Biographical / Historical

Ludwig I. Allan, a major force in the field of gravestone studies, is the author of Gravestone Studies: New England Stonecarving and its Symbols, 1650-1815, first published in 1966.

Extent

1 Linear Feet ( (2 boxes))

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The collection consists of 408 black and white photographs and 77 slides of New England gravestone carvings. The gravestone carvings date from 1653-1810, these photographs of the carvings were created by Allan Ludwig in 1961-1964.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Mr. Julius Lefkowitz (photographs), December, 1959 Gift of Dr. Floyd Seward Lear (slides), January 1962.

Title
Guide to the Allan Ludwig New England Gravestone Photographs, 1961-1964
Status
Completed
Author
Amanda Focke
Date
2009
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586