Series/Collection Details

Series:  North and South America
Part of:The Margaret Simmons Collection
Date: 1969 - 1983
Parsons Code:F1
CreatorMargaret Simmons
Collection Extent35 envelopes of slides
History/ScopeThis series comprises 35 envelopes of slides from ten separate trips to the Americas. Coverage includes: U.S.A. in 1969, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1980 (Boston, New York, California, Colorado, Alaska); Mexico in 1973; Canada in 1970, 1972, 1976; South America in 1980, 1982, 1983 (Easter Island, the Andes, Chile, Machu Picchu, the Galapagos Islands, Brazil). The collection includes good wildlife images in Canada, good images of Easter Island and good images of wildlife in the Galapagos Islands, including birds, iguanas and sea lions.
Notes:System of arrangement: the slides are sorted by trip according to the original arrangement of the creator. Finding aids: there are no separate finding aids for this series.