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Finding aid prepared by Amanda Brent
Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0068
Title
Christine Drennon European lantern slide collection 1930s - 1950
Quantity
1.0 Linear Feet, (2 boxes)
Creator
University of Michigan
Creator
University of Texas
Language
English
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Abstract
This collection contains lantern slides with images and maps of European cities in countries such as the Netherlands, France,
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy.
Christine Drennon European lantern slide collection, C0068, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Christine Drennon in 2002.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in August 2009.
Additional processing and EAD markup completed by Kristen Korfitzen in October 2011. Collection reprocessed and finding aid
updated by Amanda Brent in January 2019.
Christine Drennon is an associate professor of sociology and anthropology at Trinity College in San Antonio, Texas. Drennon
specializes in urban geography, particularly urban fragmentation and the consequent social reproduction of race, class, ethnicity,
and gender relationships. Drennon received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Austin. Previously, she taught as an assistant
professor of geography at George Mason University.
The Christine Drennon European lantern slide collection contains 106 glass lantern slides from the Universities of Texas and
Michigan. The collection consists of images and maps of pre and post-war Europe, including the Netherlands, France, Germany,
Austria, Switzerland, and Italy. A large portion of the slides depict images and plans of polders - areas reclaimed from lakes
and seas by the construction of a series of dams and dikes. Several slides reference historically significant events such
as the 1945 inundation of the Wieringermeer - a polder in the northern Netherlands - by Nazi troops. Images show the Wieringermeer
before, during, and after inundation. Images also include plans for the reconstruction of dams and the subsequent annexation
of German territory awarded as reparations at the end of World War II. The collection also includes a number of images of
urban and rural destruction as a result of World War II bombing campaigns across Europe. The rest of the collection includes
images of city development, rural farming practices, industrial factories, and some monuments and areas of historical interest.
All of the images and slides originate from the 20th century.
French map of the old and new boundaries of Germany and the Netherlands along the Westerwolde canal
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 28
"The Zuerderzee Before the Closing" map
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Map showing the depth of the Zuyderzee before enclosing with dikes
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 29
Wieringermeer, Netherlands - polder map
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Plan of the Wieringermeer polder
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 30
Wieringermeer, Netherlands - polder map
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Plan of the Wieringermeer polder
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 31
"Polder Dike - Enclosing Dam" diagram
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Cross section of a polder dike and dam
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 32
"Netherlands: 1945 Inundation"
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Aerial view of land inundated by water
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 33
"Netherlands: Hothouses"
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Aerial view of hothouses
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 34
"Holland" - windmill
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Dutch windmill with attached buildings and land
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 35
"Netherlands: Flooded area"
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Flooded rural building
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 36
"Netherlands: Amsterdam"
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Buildings along a canal in Amsterdam
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 37
"Lely Pumping Station Near Medemblick" - Netherlands
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Aerial photograph of the Lely pumping station
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 38
"Leiden, Holland, 1948"
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Bikers riding near a small bridge over a Leiden canal
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 39
"Part of IJssel Lake" - Netherlands
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Part of IJssel Lake reclaimed for farm land
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 40
"Middenmeer" - Netherlands
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Aerial view of farm plots and small community in Middenmeer
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 41
"A village in the Wieringermeer" - "Middenmeer 1938, [19]45, [19]47" - Netherlands
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Images of Wieringermeer before, during, and after inundation
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 42
"Rotterdam, 1939" - Netherlands
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Aerial photograph of Rotterdam with view of the Nieuwe Maas, a distributary of the Rhine River
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 43
"Rotterdam 1939" - Netherlands
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Aerial photograph of Rotterdam with view of Rotterdam Centraal railway station
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 44
"Rotterdam 1939" - Netherlands
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Aerial photograph of Rotterdam with view of city hall
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 45
"Rotterdam 1946 - Townhall" - Netherlands
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Aerial photograph of Rotterdam with view of city hall after the Rotterdam Blitz
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 46
"Rotterdam 1948" - Netherlands
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Aerial view of Rotterdam
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 47
"Rotterdam 1948" - Netherlands
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Aerial photograph of Rotterdam with view of Rotterdam Centraal railway station
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 48
"Dry dock - Rotterdam, 1948" - Netherlands
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Dry dock in Rotterdam
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 49
"Urkerland Polder" - Netherlands
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Aerial view of the Urkerland polder
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 50
"Dike w. Rd [?] Holland and Friesland" - Netherlands
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Cars driving on road built on a dike in Friesland with people standing in foreground
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 51
"Wieringermeer - fertile land" - Netherlands
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Aerial view of farm plots in Wieringermeer
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 52
"Wieringermeer: 1st ploughing" - Netherlands
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Farmer ploughing reclaimed land in Wieringermeer
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 53
"Netherlands: Reclaimed Land 1948 - Wieringermeer"
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Farmer assessing crop on farm land
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 54
"1945 - Wiedemeer polder" - Netherlands
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Flooded building
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 55
"The Wieringermeer. Before, during, and after the intentional flooding by the Germans in April 1945" - Netherlands
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Images of Wieringermeer before, during, and after the intentional inundation of the polder by German troops
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 56
"Austria: Austrian - Italian Border, s. of Villach"
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Men and guards at the crossing of the Austrian-Italian border, south of Villach
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 57
Alpbach, Tyrol (Tyrol), Austria
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Buildings in Alpbach
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 58
Brenner Pass, Austria
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
"Brenner Pass from the north showing the gentle slope to the watershed"
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 59
Roman city of Petronell-Carnuntum, Austria
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Roman ruins of the Heidentor of Carnuntum in present day Petronell
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 60
"Austria: Road to Grossglockner tow. S"
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
View of the road to the Grossglockner (mountain) in the Austrian Alps
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 61
Gosau Lake, Austria
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
View of Gosau Lake (Gosaulacke) facing south towards Dachstein
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 62
Perchtoldsdorf, Austria
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
View of the parish church in the marktgemeinde (Market Town) of Perchtoldsdorf
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 63
"Frankish Farm Near St. Poelten, Lower Austria (Vierkanter)"
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
View of road and farm building
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 64
Schrattenthal from Schneeberg, Lower Austria
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Aerial view of the town of Schrattenthal from Schneeberg
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 65
Salzburg, Austria - facing west
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
View of Salzburg looking towards Fortress Hohensalzburg
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 66
Church ceiling, Tyrol, Austria
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Church ceiling in Matrei in OstTyrol, Tyrol. Possibly a detail of a fresco series by Franz Anton Zeiller done for the parish
church of Matrei in OstTyrol, 1783
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 67
Tyrol, Austria
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Aerial view of building and hills in Tyrol
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 68
Courtyard, Weissenkirchen, Lower Austria
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Courtyard of a large estate in Weissenkirchen
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 69
Group of people in Austrian folk costumes, New York City, NY
1950
Scope and Contents
People in Austrian folk costume dancing in New York City in front of "International House"
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 70
"Austria - Establishment of Eastern Boundary" map
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Map of the eastern boundary of Austria
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 71
Velden am Worthersee, Carinthia with view of Karawanks mountains, Austria
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
View of Velden am Worthersee, including Velden Bay
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 72
"The Old and New Abbey of Melk on the Danube," Austria
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
View of Melk Abbey in background and the ruins of old Melk Abbey in foreground, separated by the Danube River
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