ASC Scientific and Photographic Instruments Collection ca. 1880s-1920s.
University of Notre Dame.
2 linear feet.
University of Notre Dame Archives Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 English.
University of Notre Dame.
Preferred Citation
Scientific and Photographic Instruments Collection (ASC), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556
Scope and Content
Chiefly optical instruments such as microscopes, lenses and related parts, cameras, glass plates, and slides; also pipettes, Bunsen burners, saws, knives, tweezers, rulers, film holders, mirrors, and other tools.
Background
Many of these instruments came from the lab of Alexander Kirsch, CSC, a professor of natural sciences including biology, zoology, toxicology, and geology at the University of Notre Dame, 1875-1922.
Kirsch, Alexander Marion, 1855-1923.
University of Notre Dame.
Science -- Study and teaching (Higher).
Related Material
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[Notre Dame Artifacts Collection]
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[Congregation of Holy Cross Collection]
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[Alexander Marion Kirsch Papers]
OASC Scientific and Photographic Instruments: Objects
OASC Artifact Wooden case for microscope, [possibly used by Alexander Kirsch, CSC] (wood) nd
OASC Artifact Box 18 Bull's eye condenser [magnifying glass and metal stand]; BAUSCH + LOMB OPTICAL CO. (metal, glass) nd
OASC Artifact Box 18 Part for a Bunsen burner (metal) nd
OASC Artifact Box 18 Film spool (plastic) nd
OASC Artifact Box 18 Glass bottle with sprayer attachment; text on sprayer 'MFG. BY CORNELIUS, MINNEAPOLIS, U.S.A.' (metal, glass) nd
OASC Artifact Box 18 Metal stand for a Bunsen burner (metal) nd
OASC Artifact Box 20 Goniometer and case; text on box top 'CARL ZEISS, JENA, OPTISCH WERKSTATTE' (metal, glass, textile) [1880s]
OASC Artifact Box 20 Metal box with glass plates (metal, glass) nd
OASC Artifact Box 20 Wooden box with four glass slides (wood, glass) nd
OASC Artifact Box 20 Case [for slides, one metal slide included] (textile, metal) nd
OASC Artifact Box 20 Lenses, slides, and case; text of note inside case 'found in Raymond Gutschick's Office, 111 Earth Sciences, 5-16-88 [1988]' (metal, glass, textile) nd
OASC Artifact Box 28 Twenty-four metal containers for microscope lenses, various sizes [possibly from the laboratory of Fr. Alexander Kirsch] (metal) nd
OASC Artifact Box 28 Sixteen microscope lenses, various sizes [possibly from the laboratory of Fr. Alexander Kirsch] (metal, glass) nd
OASC Artifact Box 29 Cardboard box for glass plate negatives (paper) nd
OASC Artifact Box 29 Cardboard box for glass plate negatives (paper) nd
OASC Artifact Box 29 Cardboard box for glass plate negatives (paper) nd
OASC Artifact Box 29 Cardboard box for photographic dry plates (paper) nd
OASC Artifact Box 29 Large box camera in a leather case (leather, paper, glass) nd
OASC Artifact Box 29 Case with four film holders (textile, wood, metal) nd
OASC Artifact Box 29 Film holder (wood, metal) nd
OASC Artifact Box 29 Film holder (wood, metal) nd
OASC Artifact Box 29 Film holder (wood, metal) nd
OASC Artifact Box 29 Folder for holding prints and negatives; J.A. Rummele Co., Manitowoc, Wis. (paper) nd
OASC Artifact Box 29 Folder for holding prints and negatives; Kodak Corner, New York City (paper) nd
OASC Artifact Box 29 Folder for holding prints and negatives; Marshall Field and Company, [Chicago] (paper) nd
OASC Artifact Box 29 Folder for holding prints and negatives; NuArt Photo Service, Tucson (paper) nd
OASC Artifact Box 30 Lens; Bausch + Lomb Optical Co., PAT. JAN. 6, 1891 (metal) nd
OASC Artifact Box 30 Magnifying glass (glass, metal) nd
OASC Artifact Box 30 Microscope Slides and Case (glass, textile, paper) nd
OASC Artifact Box 30 Mirror in metal frame [attachment for microscope] (metal, glass) nd
OASC Artifact Box 30 Six-inch ruler; text on front 'STUDY NATURE, NOT BOOKS' L. AGASSIZ;' text on back 'SPENCER LENS CO., BUFFALO, N.Y., MICROSCOPES, MICROTOMES, ALL SUPPLIES FOR BIOLOGY, HISTOLOGY, PATHOLOGY, BACTERIOLOGY' (plastic) nd
OASC Artifact Box 30 Tweezers (metal) nd
OASC Artifact Box 31 Box camera [no lens]; ROCHESTER OPTICAL CO., ROCHESTER, N.Y. (wood, metal, glass, textile) nd
OASC Artifact Box 31 Box camera and lens; ROCHESTER OPTICAL CO., ROCHESTER, N.Y. (metal, paper, glass, textile) nd
OASC Artifact Box 31 Camera, ARGUS ANASTIGMAT (metal, glass) nd
OASC Artifact Box 32 Three identical (one is missing a mirror) scientific instruments [possibly for use with a microscope]; text on top 'BAUSCH + LOMB OPTICAL CO., ROCHESTER, N.Y., NEW YORK CITY' (wood, glass) nd
OASC Artifact Box 33 Case with camera lucida; text on case 'CARL ZEISS, JENA [possibly from the laboratory of Fr. Alexander Kirsch] (metal, glass, textile) nd
OASC Artifact Box 33 Case with eyeglass/optical lenses and frame; text inside box 'C. H. STOELTING CO., SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS, CHICAGO, ILL., CONCAVE SPHERICAL CONVEX, CONCAVE CYLINDRICAL CONVEX;' text of note inside the case 'OPTICAL EQUIP. FROM FR. KIRSCH'S LAB' (textile, metal, glass) nd
OASC Artifact Box 33 Case with lens; text on case 'BAUSCH + LOMB OPTICAL CO., ROCHESTER, N.Y. AND NEW YORK CITY' [possibly from the laboratory of Fr. Alexander Kirsch] (metal, glass, textile) nd
OASC Artifact Box 33 Case with monochromatic condenser, part of a microscope; text on case 'CARL ZEISS, JENA, OPTICSHE WERKSTATTE;' text on instrument 'Carl Zeiss, Jena' [possibly from the laboratory of Fr. Alexander Kirsch] (metal, glass, textile) nd
OASC Artifact Box 33 Case with polarizer and analyzer; text on case 'BAUSCH + LOMB OPTICAL CO., ROCHESTER, N.Y. AND NEW YORK CITY' [possibly from the laboratory of Fr. Alexander Kirsch (metal, glass, textile) nd
OASC Artifact Box 33 Case with polarizer and analyzer; text on case 'CARL ZEISS, JENA, OPTICSHE WERKSTATTE' [possibly from the laboratory of Fr. Alexander Kirsch] (metal, glass, textile) nd
OASC Artifact Box 33 Micrometer; text 'BAUSCH + LOMB OPTICAL CO., ROCHESTER, N.Y. + NEW YORK CITY (metal) nd
OASC Artifact Box 33 Metal box with tweezers and other small tools; [box is for Egyptian Cigarettes] (metal) nd
OASC Artifact Box 34 Wooden box with knife and two tools; name on metal plate on box 'A.M. Kirsch' (wood, metal) nd
OASC Artifact Box 34 Empty leather case (leather) nd
OASC Artifact Box 34 Microscope [possibly from the laboratory of Fr. Alexander Kirsch (metal, glass) nd
OASC Artifact Box 34 Wooden case with part of a microscope; text 'Carl Zeiss, Jena., No. 70 [possibly from the laboratory of Fr. Alexander Kirsch] (wood, metal, glass, textile) nd
OASC Artifact Box 34 Microscope stand [possibly from the laboratory of Fr. Alexander Kirsch (metal, glass) nd
OASC Artifact Box 34 Box of pipettes [and a few test tubes]; [box is for LA PALINA cigars] (glass) nd
OASC Artifact Box 34 Saw [Germany] (metal) nd
OASC Artifact Box 35 Miscellaneous microscope parts and accessories [possibly from the laboratory of Fr. Alexander Kirsch] (metal, glass) nd