Photography Collections Database

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Call Number:

PH-00169

Collection Name:

William Shirriffs Photography Collection

Creator:

Shirriffs, William, 1886-1965 (1886 - 1965)

No. of Items:

128 photographs

Span Dates:

circa 1900s-1930s

Description:

William Shirriffs (American, 1886-1965) was a civil engineer for Texas General Land Office. The collection is comprised of 46 glass negatives and 82 nitrate negatives, chiefly of his family, friends, and scenes in Scotland and Florida.

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Accession No(s):

978:0025:0001-0128

Location(s):

Curatorial permission required Cabinet storage (Glass negatives 978:0025:0083-0128)
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Curatorial permission required Cold storage (Nitrate negatives 978:0025:0001-0082)
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