C0068Christine Drennon European lantern slide collectionGuide to the Christine Drennon European lantern slide collection C0068Christine Drennon European lantern slide collectionAmanda MenjivarGeorge Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center

January 2019

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-05-09 03:00:38 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center Christine Drennon European lantern slide collection University of Michigan University of Texas C0068 /repositories/2/resources/627 1.0 Linear Feet 2 boxes 1930s - 1950 This collection contains lantern slides with images and maps of European cities in countries such as the Netherlands, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy. English Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Christine Drennon European lantern slide collection, C0068, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Christine Drennon in 2002.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in August 2009. Additional processing and EAD markup completed by Kristen Korfitzen in October 2011. Collection reprocessed and finding aid updated by Amanda Brent in January 2019.

Biographical Note

Christine Drennon is an associate professor of sociology and anthropology at Trinity College in San Antonio, Texas. Drennon specializes in urban geography, particularly urban fragmentation and the consequent social reproduction of race, class, ethnicity, and gender relationships. Drennon received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Austin. Previously, she taught as an assistant professor of geography at George Mason University.

Scope and Content

The Christine Drennon European lantern slide collection contains 106 glass lantern slides from the Universities of Texas and Michigan. The collection consists of images and maps of pre and post-war Europe, including the Netherlands, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy. A large portion of the slides depict images and plans of polders - areas reclaimed from lakes and seas by the construction of a series of dams and dikes. Several slides reference historically significant events such as the 1945 inundation of the Wieringermeer - a polder in the northern Netherlands - by Nazi troops. Images show the Wieringermeer before, during, and after inundation. Images also include plans for the reconstruction of dams and the subsequent annexation of German territory awarded as reparations at the end of World War II. The collection also includes a number of images of urban and rural destruction as a result of World War II bombing campaigns across Europe. The rest of the collection includes images of city development, rural farming practices, industrial factories, and some monuments and areas of historical interest. All of the images and slides originate from the 20th century.

Related Material

Special Collections Research Center holds other collections pertaining to Europe and World War II. It holds other collections containing glass lantern slides, such as the and the It also holds other early photography collections, such as the

Arrangement

The collection was previously arranged into four series. The collection is currently arranged in its previous order without series.

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Aerial photographs -- Europe Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- Slides Austria -- Slides Cities and towns -- Europe -- Slides Europe -- Geography -- Slides Geneva (Switzerland) -- Slides IJssel Lake (Netherlands) -- Slides Lantern slides -- Europe Le Havre (France) -- Slides Longwy (France) -- Slides Netherlands -- Slides Piazza San Marco (Venice, Italy) -- Slides Rotterdam (Netherlands) -- Slides Sparti (Greece) -- Slides Strasbourg (France) -- Slides Tyrol (Austria) -- Slides Venice (Italy) -- Slides Wieringermeer -- Slides World War, 1939-1945 Zurich (Switzerland) -- Slides Lantern slides "Toward Integration of Europe" map/repositories/2/archival_objects/151023circa 1940s11Scope and Contents

Political map of Europe and international alliances

"East Central Europe - The Shatter Belt" map/repositories/2/archival_objects/151024circa 1940s12Scope and Contents

Map of the distribution of coal, petroleum and iron in central Europe

Map of Europe/repositories/2/archival_objects/151025circa 1940s13Scope and Contents

Map of Europe grouping countries together by geographic location

World map with Europe highlighted/repositories/2/archival_objects/151026circa 1940s14Scope and Contents

Map of the world with Europe highlighted

"'Marshall Plan in Action' Trip to W. Europe" map/repositories/2/archival_objects/151027194815Scope and Contents

Political map of Europe showing planned railroad improvements as part of the Marshall Plan

"The Dutch-German Boundary Changes - 1949" map/repositories/2/archival_objects/151028circa 1940s16Scope and Contents