Re: The Magic Lantern Gazette

Dear Kenwood -- Thanks!  All good information.  I write mostly for Stereo World, but this is a good reminder.

Before I retired, I was the Photo Archivist for the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives which has

many wonderful collections including lantern slides.  Several of these are lectures and for a few there are actually

lecture notes.  Although the Smithsonian is well known, the NAA is not as famous although it was started in the 1870s

(with another name).  I wonder if a survey and brief description of those collections might be of interest to your journal?

   Best wishes, paula fleming

On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Wells, Kentwood <kentwood.wells@uconn.edu> wrote:

Some members of this group may not be familiar with The Magic Lantern Gazette, published by the Magic Lantern Society of the United States and Canada.  The Gazette publishes original research on magic lanterns and related topics, and article submissions are welcome.  Articles are not limited to the history of the magic lantern in North America.  Because the journal is produced relatively inexpensively, long articles with detailed documentation are welcome.  The Spring 2013 issue, which is nearly finished, will be 36 pages long and devoted almost entirely to a detailed article by Terry Borton on the Chautauqua lantern-slide lecturers of the late 19^th and early 20^th century.  Terry's research is based on archives of brochures held at the Library of Congress, many of which are illustrated in the article.  He has identified 238 "eminent" magic lantern lecturers and provides a detailed summary of their lectures and background.  His work shows that magic lantern lectures were not just a 19^th century phenomenon, but persisted well into the 20^th century.  The inside and outside of the Gazette covers are in full color, with interior pages in black and white.  In addition to original research articles, the Gazette publishes book reviews and a section called the Research Page, which summarizes recent academic research related to magic lanterns in a wide range of fields.

 

Back issues of the Gazette and its predecessors under other titles from 1979 to 2012 are available in PDF format online through the San Diego State University Library.  Recent issues of the online versions are in full color, with illustrations originally in color, but printed in black and white, reconverted to color.  These issues can  be accessed online at

http://library.sdsu.edu/scua/online-materials/magic-lantern-pubs

 

 

The online issues also can be accessed through the Zotero Magic Lantern Research Group (https://www.zotero.org/groups/magic_lantern_research_group).  This shared bibliography is open to the public and includes (1) direct links to hundreds of web pages related to magic lanterns, (2) a comprehensive bibliography of research articles on magic lanterns and related subjects, with new material constantly being added, and (3) direct links to hundreds of electronic  books from Google Books and other sources covering all aspects of magic lantern history, from the original illustrations of magic lanterns in Kircher's work to 19^th century books.  In most cases, clicking on the link will take you directly to the pages covering magic lanterns.

 

To join the Magic Lantern Society of the United States and Canada and subscribe to The Magic Lantern Gazette, visit the society webpage: www.magiclanternsociety.org

 

Convention announcement:

 

 

Kentwood D. Wells

Editor, The Magic Lantern Gazette

University of Connecticut

 

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