Bert Zuckerman collection

Collection

Identifier: 11-MWalb02739

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of approximately 3,598 stereoscopic photographs, lantern slides, and postcards of the Middle East and Holy Land collected by Bert Zuckerman. The stereographs depict religious and historic sites, landscapes, and everyday people in Palestine, as well as in other parts of the region, from North Africa to Turkey. A small number of the images portray synagogues in Europe and the United States. The collection includes stereographs from photographers J.Andrieu, Francis Firth, and Frank Good, among others. The collection also contains publications related to stereographs and the history of Holy Land photography, a collection of slides of the Holy Land, and an article by Bert Zuckerman about his collection. Also donated with the collection were 2,563 digital scans of the images in the collection.

Dates

1867-2005
Majority of material found within 1867-1908

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use and has no known restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Requests to reproduce or publish material from the collection should be directed to the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.

Extent

22 Linear Feet (28 nonstandard boxes, 2 record center boxes)

1.78 Gigabytes (2,563 digital files)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

There is no discernable arrangement noted for this collection.

Custodial History

This collection was donated to the Special Collections in one accession by Jonathan Zuckerman, Linda Gliedman and Myra Zuckerman, the children of Bert Zuckerman, in 2014.