Allan Ludwig New England Gravestone photographs
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
- Ludwig, Allan I. (Author, Person)
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
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu