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PHOTO/VFI. Photograph Vertical File Indices

 Record Group Term
Identifier: PHOTO/VFI
Photograph vertical files at MCHC include the group portrait vertical file, the portrait vertical file, and the subject vertical file.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Group portrait vertical file

 Collection
Identifier: GPVF
Abstract

This vertical file contains group portrait photographs. “Vertical file” is a term used to describe collections of photographs, clippings, etc. arranged by subject matter and housed in filing cabinets. Unlike the numbered photographs collections, items in the vertical files are not arranged in collections by source, or assigned catalog numbers.

Dates: 1846-1998
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Group portrait vertical file

Portrait vertical file

 Collection
Identifier: PVF
Abstract

This vertical file contains portrait photographs of over 6,000 individuals. “Vertical file” is a term used to describe collections of photographs, clippings, etc. arranged by subject matter and housed in filing cabinets. Unlike the numbered photographs collections, items in the vertical files are not arranged in collections by source, or assigned catalog numbers.

Dates: 1800-present
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Portrait vertical file

Subject vertical file

 Collection
Identifier: SVF
Abstract

“Vertical File” is a term used to describe collections of photographs, clippings, etc., arranged by subject matter and housed in filing cabinets. Unlike the numbered photographs collections, items in the Vertical Files are not arranged in collections by source, or assigned catalog numbers.

Dates: 1700s-present
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Subject vertical file

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