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Cornell University Center for Aerial Photographic Studies records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 16-4-4213

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Collection consists mainly of the actual film reels used for interpretation and research. Air photos and roll film from miscellaneous projects conducted by Cornell faculty for engineering projects, such as road siting, railroads, landslide analysis, etc. Sites include Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Guatemala, New Guinea, Panama, & Puerto Rico and others.

Roll film from the Skylab project. Photos from the spacecraft acquired by Cornell for use in determining how well the airphoto analysis techniques developed at Cornell could be applied to imagery collected at satellite altitudes. Most of the rolls are 2.5" format from the S190A camera, but there are a number of 5" and 9" format rolls. Details of the project and inventory of the images can be found in the NASA publication Skylab Earth Resources Data Catalog.

Roll film from a 1970s Environmental Protection Agency project studying drainage and eutrophication in the Finger Lakes. Some of this imagery is described in the volume Inventory of Aerial Photography and other Remotely Sense Imagery of New York State 1968-1983. Includes Canadarago, Cayuga, Great Gully, Onondaga, Owasco, and Skaneateles.

Landform Series material. Training manuals put together for the U.S. military for training in airphoto interpretation, specifically landform analysis. There are several copies of this document, some complete, others not. All of the photos are hand-glued into the pages and many of the photos have come unglued. Includes information on observation of sedimentary rock, igneous rock, metamorphic rock, waterlaid materials, glacial materials, and windlaid materials.

Collection also includes several publications by faculty involved with the program and others. Also includes equipment used for viewing film reels.

Dates

  • 1944 - 1992

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Cornell University Center for Aerial Photographic Studies records also known as the Cornell Center for Integrated Aerial Photography Studies was founded and directed by Professor Donald J. Belcher. The Center was an interdisciplinary program that focused on practical uses of aerial photography. Aerial photographic interpretation done within the program was used by departments across the University. Examples of research included technical work on optics and instrumentation was done in the College of Engineering, research on soils, pollution, and agronomy, in the College of Agriculture, geology in Arts and Sciences and land planning by the College of Architecture. Research from the lab also had military applications. The program evolved to include satellite remote sensing.

Extent

59 cubic feet. (59 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Collection consists mainly of the actual film reels used for interpretation and research. Air photos and roll film from miscellaneous projects conducted by Cornell faculty for engineering projects, such as road siting, railroads, landslide analysis, etc. Sites include Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Guatemala, New Guinea, Panama, & Puerto Rico and others.

Physical Description

Manuals, reports, publications, photographs and roll film

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
November 2016
EAD encoding:
Marcie Farwell, December 2016
Date modified:
Ben Wrubel, October 2018
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by RMC Staff
Date
November 2016
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)