A Guide to the Slide Collection of Joe Perdue, 1969-1992 #11444

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Preferred Citation

Joe Perdue Slide Collection, ca. 1969-1992, Accession #11444, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, VA 22903

Acquisition Information

On September 10, 1998 this collection was given from the estate of Joe Perdue through Florence Kabir of White Hall, Va. 22987.

Scope and Content Information

This slide collection consists primarily of wild life and nature scenes in Virginia, North Carolina, and West Virginia.

Of special interest is a series devoted to the effects and repair of the Rockfish River area in Nelson County, Virginia, battered by Hurricane Camille. The slides detail the damage and ecological changes, 1969- 1990, wrought by the hurricane.

Other subjects include the South Pacific, particularly New Zealand and Tahiti; astronomy, particularly the building of an observatory and a 1970 eclipse; animals in the San Diego zoo; and the construction of a small bridge.

Contents List

Slides, 1973-1992

Ten sets of slides

Box 1
Astronomy, 1973-1986

These slides feature a telescope, moon, eclipse, Haley's Comet, sunsets and sunrises.
Box 1
Ecology, 1969-1992

These slides feature the damage and repair of Rockfish River, Nelson County after Hurricane Camille.
Box 1
South Pacific, 1977

These slides feature scenes from New Zealand and Tahiti, including, flowers, a lagoon, a luau, a drive around the island, Rotarua and Maori artifacts, and Palmerston and Tekapo.
Box 1
Wildflowers, 1970-1984

These slides feature the Yorktown onion, trillium, orchid, fox glove, and West Virginia.
Box 1
Wildflowers, 1972-1977

These slides feature sassafras, amaryllis, pansies, beebalm, orchid, azalea, sumac, and firepink.
Box 2
Wildflowers, 1972-1984

These slides feature butterfly weed, trillium, roses, firepink, bluebells, thistle, and mushrooms.
Box 2
Wildlife, 1970-1984

These slides feature moths, woodchuck, hummingbirds, snakes, bugs, a butterfly, ducks, birds, worms, and San Diego Zoo animals.
Box 2
Wilderness, 1977

These slides feature flowers, mushrooms and parkway in Boone, North Carolina.
Box 2
Wilderness, 1977

These slides feature Grandfather's Mountain in Boone, North Carolina.
Box 2
Wilderness, 1975-1977

These slides feature Spruce Knob, West Virginia.

Photographs and Negatives

Three groups of photographs

Astronomy

These photographs feature construction of an observatory, an eclipse, and the Langley Astronomy Club building.
Ecology

These photographs feature Rockfish River flood damage and the construction of a bridge.
Wilderness

These photographs feature Parkway, Rockfish River, and Thunder Ridge.