Collection Slides

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The VRC houses over 77,000 individual slides and represents a broad compilation of subjects related to western and non-western art and cultures. Slides may be borrowed or reserved for classroom instruction and study.

Collection Arrangement

The collection also encompasses a large body of non-western cultures including Africa, North America, South America, Asia, and Middle East.

Western Art

Collection is arranged by genre as listed below.

• Architecture
• Painting
• Sculpture
• Graphics/Drawing
• Artisanry (ceramics, costumes, furniture, jewelry, metal work, mosaics, musical instruments, stain glass, textile, basketry, and manuscripts)
• Photograph
• Cartography
• Design

The collection is further sub-categorized by the nationality of the artist (French, Italian, English, German) and surname (Monet, Cariani, Reynolds, Holzel).

Non-Western Art

Non-western collections are arranged by geographically (non-classified) as listed below.

• African
• Oceanic (includes Australia and New Zealand)
• North America
• South America
• Meso America
• Asia
• Middle East

Non-western collections are sub-categorized by country, community or tribe.

Borrowing

In order to ensure that slides are available to as many people as possible, the following guidelines have been established.

• Faculty may borrow up to 100 slides (for two weeks)
• Students may borrow up to 50 slides(for one week)
• Staff may borrow up to 50 slides (for one week)

Reserving

For your convenience, slides may be held on long-term reserve and taken out only when needed. For details, please contact the Visual Resource Curator.

Please note: VRC is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 - 4:30, and Tuesday evenings until 7:00.

Although VRC makes every effort to remain open during our posted hours; we do close periodically for meetings. If time is a factor; please call ahead for an appointment.