Re: The Magic Lantern Gazette & Database

I just send stuff to Richard Crangle of the Magic Lantern Society (of UK), who adds it to Lucerna if he thinks it appropriate to do so.

 

Regards

 

David Evans

 

In a message dated 07/05/2013 9:39:11 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, kentwood.wells@uconn.edu writes:

There is a lot of magic lantern knowledge among the members of the ML Society of the US and Canada.  I think people have been inhibited from trying to contribute to LUCERNA because it wasn't obvious how to convey the information, and also it is hard to prioritize information.  Obviously lots of people have random slide sets, ephemera, etc.  The question is, how to organize it all.  Are there areas of particular priority among those actively maintaining this site?

 

From: visual-media@googlegroups.com [mailto:visual-media@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dellmann, S. (Sarah)
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 5:56 AM
To: visual-media@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Re: The Magic Lantern Gazette & Database

 

Dear list members,

Especially those with an interest in magic lantern

 

I would like to draw your attention to the Magic Lantern web resource LUCERNA.

It is available free of charge at www.slides.uni-trier.de

LUCERNA is set up to gather all kind of information on the magic lantern and its used. For more information on LUCERNA, see the attachment

 

Steff: When you search in section "text", you can also search for readings. Maybe you will find something that is relevant to you. As this web resource is run entirely by volunteers, the status of indexing mirrors the interest of the researchers using LUCERNA.

(I know about some slide sets on WWI, but I do not know how detailed they inform about the Belgium front. Let me know if you would like more information about that)

 

Everyone from this list (and everyone else, too) is cordially invited to share his or her knowledge on everything about the magic lantern this web resource To date, most information in LUCERNA is about British lantern slides of the late 19^th and early 20^th century, but all other information is welcome!

Especially digital photographs from projectors and equipment and information on slide shows, slide sets and resellers outside Britain are largely underrepresented.

So if you know about something, that is not mentioned there, please contact the LUCERNA team via the website or send me an email (s.dellmann@uu.nl)

 

Paula: Thanks for offering a brief description of the collection of the NAA. I would very much be interested in this, if it is not too much trouble.

And Kentwood: we should definitely cooperate on both sides of the Atlantic for to achieve better documentation on the lantern. I really benefitted from the online Magic Lantern gazettes for my research.

 

All the best,
Sarah