PUBLIC "-//North Carolina Division of Historical Resources::North Carolina State Archives//TEXT (US::NcD::[P.C.50]::J. Alex Speer Lantern Slide Collection, early 1900s.)//EN" "phc_speer_j_alex_lanternslides.xml" J. Alex Speer Lantern Slide Collection, early 1900s. Processed by: Stephen E. Massengill; machine-readable finding aid created by: Dietra Stanley North Carolina Division of Historical Resources

North Carolina State Archives 4614 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4614 USA Phone: 919/807-7310 Fax: 919/733-1354 Email: archives@ncdcr.gov URL: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/

Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding. Microsoft Word. Date of source: early 1900s Finding aid completed July 23, 1992, by Stephen E. Massengill; Finding aid encoded by Dietra Stanley, North Carolina State Archives, November 3, 2003 Description is in English. J. Alex Speer Lantern Slide Collection, early 1900s. North Carolina State Archives, Division of Historical Resources Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4614 Contact Information Division of Historical Resources North Carolina State Archives 4614 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4614 USA Phone: 919/807-7310 Fax: 919/733-1354 Email: archives@ncdcr.gov URL: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/default.htm Processed by Stephen E. Massengill Date Completed July 23, 1992 Encoded by Dietra Stanley Date Encoded November 3, 2003

Descriptive Summary J. Alex Speer Lantern Slide Collection, early 1900s. Speer, J. Alex. The lantern slides in this collection contain views of geological features in the Wake County vicinity as well as areas of Western North Carolina. 16 items; Includes 3 1/4 x 4 inch, black and white lantern slides. North Carolina State Archives, Division of Historical Resources Information for Users Access Restrictions

Available for research.

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Preferred Citation

[P.C.50.1] J. Alex Speer Lantern Slide Collection, North Carolina State Archives, Division of Historical Resources, Office of Archives and History.

Acquisition Information

This collection of lantern slides was donated to the State Archives by J. Alex Speer, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, P. 0. Box 8208, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695 on July 22, 1992. It was accessioned by the Archives in August, 1992.

Processing Information

Finding aid completed by Stephen E. Massengill

Completed July 23, 1992

Collection Overview

The lantern slides contain views of geological features in the Wake County vicinity as well as areas of Western North Carolina. One view is near Garner, one near Wake Forest, another near Raleigh, and one in northeast Wake County. The geological formations in the western part of the state are in the counties of Mitchell and Wilkes. In addition the collection contains one photo of a rock formation near Chapel Hill. The remainder of the slides are pictures of feldspar and kaolin mines in Western North Carolina. There are scenes of the famous McKinney Mine near Spruce Pine and an image of the Salisbury Pink Granite Quarry at Granite Quarry, North Carolina. The slides appear to date from the early 1900s.

Arrangement

The lantern slides are arranged by subject. The geological features are grouped at the front and are followed by the mine-related views.

Online Catalog Headings Formations (Geology)--North Carolina--Wake County. Formations (Geology)--North Carolina--Mitchell County. Formations (Geology)--North Carolina--Wilkes County. McKinney Mine (Mitchell County, N.C.) Salisbury Pink Granite Quarry (Granite Quarry, N.C.) Container List 50.1Lantern Slides 1. Weathering Residual Granite Boulder, Near Garner, North Carolina 2. Igneous Pegmatite Dikes, Near Wake Forest, North Carolina 3. Igneous Aplite Dikes, N. E. Wake County, North Carolina 4. Weathering-Spheroidal Diabase Dike, Near Raleigh, North Carolina 5. Igneous Diabase Dike, Near Chapel Hill, North Carolina 6. Met. Rocks-Schist, With Secondary Qtz. Lenses, Bakersville, North Carolina 7. Weathering-Exfoliation Stone Mt., Wilkes County, North Carolina 8. Building Stone, Salisbury Pink Granite, Granite Quarry, North Carolina 9. Gouge Rock Feldspar Mine, Micaville, North Carolina 10. Feldspar, Pegmatite, McKinney Mine, Near Spruce Pine, North Carolina 11. Feldspar, McKinney Mine, Near Spruce Pine., North Carolina 12. Feldspar, McKinney Mine, Near Spruce Pine, North Carolina 13. Feldspar Mine, English Knob, Spruce Pine, North Carolina 14. Chalk Mountain, Feldspar Mine, Spruce Pine, North Carolina 15. Kaolin Mine, Spruce Pine, North Carolina 16. Shaft On Hillside For Mining Kaolin, Unidentified Location Related Material:

Additional information on topics found in this collection may be found in the Manuscript and Archives Reference System (MARS) at http://www.ncarchives.dcr.state.nc.us