IDNO

LS.26694.WHI

Description

On catalogue card: "S. America.
N.W. America. 175.Map.1, 2.
Map of S. America, showing area of Capt. Whiffen’s explorations.
- Area in detail, larger scale."

Map of South America with the area of Whiffen’s explorations outlined. [TC 09/06/1999]

Place

S America

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

?Whiffen, Thomas William

Collector / Expedition

Date

1908 - 1915

Collection Name

Whiffen CollectionTeaching Slide Collection

Source

Whiffen, Nöel H.

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Source: In MAA Correspondence Box 1934 is a letter from Noel Whiffen donating his "brother's collection of lantern slides" to the museum, on behalf of the Whiffen family. Louis Clarke replied. The gift is also noted in the annual report for that year in the list of accessions (UCMAA 1934: 3), which mentions that "the collection of lantern slides has also been increased by gifts from ... Mr N. H. Whiffen ... "
For full details see Whiffen Collection record. [TC 09/06/1999, updated, JD 02/10/2019]