Scope and Contents This collection totals approximately 8,000 lantern slides and is the outcome of a long-standing institutional endeavour aimed at creating and consolidating a very important visual aid which would serve research and teaching purposes. The original nucleus of the collection dates back to 1908, at the very beginning of the BSR's activities. In 1909, the collection included “series to illustrate Roman Historical Reliefs (58), Roman Portraits (95), Sardinia (125), and the Sistine Chapel (33)”....

Abstract

A photographic reference library and teaching collection assembled in the late 19th to the mid 20th century by the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies (SPRS) that includes photographs, lantern slides, and lectures documenting early archaeological excavations and aiding in the study of ancient Roman culture.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of the personal papers and photographs of historian and archaeologist Russell Meiggs. The papers include letters, other types of correspondence, and autograph copies of lectures on Pompeii and other archaeological subjects. There are also manuscript copies of publications by Meiggs, including his manuscript (typescript draft) on Roman Ostia, published in 1960, with annotations. The majority of photographs and film negatives are of the port city of Ostia,...