Cornell University Center for Aerial Photographic Studies records
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
- Cornell University Center for Aerial Photographic Studies (Organization)
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.
SERIES LIST
Series I. Skylab
Subseries Ia. Skylab Documents Subseries Ib. Skylab II Roll Film Subseries Ic. Skylab III Roll Film Unknown locations Subseries Id. Skylab IV Roll Film Unknown locations
Series II. Cornell/EPA
Subseries IIa. Documents Subseries IIb. Mission 278 Roll Film and Documents Subseries IIc. Mission 280 Roll Film and Documents Subseries IId. Fairchild Mission I Roll Film Subseries IIe. Fairchild Mission III Roll Film Subseries IIf. RADC Flights Foll Film Subseries IIg. Unknown Missions Roll Film
Series III. Additional Roll Film and Documents
Subseries IIIa. Documents Subseries IIIb. Mission 186 Subseries IIIc. Mission 192 Subseries IIId. Mission 235 Subseries IIIe. Mission 253 Subseries IIIf. Mission 258 and 337 Subseries IIIg. Mission 361 and 367 Subseries IIIh. Mission 382 and 387 Subseries IIIi. Mission 404 and 430 Subseries IIIj. AT Subseries IIIk. New York State Lakes Subseries IIIl. Texas VI Subseries IIIm. Texas VII Subseries IIIn. High Altitude mission 4 Subseries IIIo. Unknown missions
Series IV. Landforms
Series V. Documents and Publications
Subseries Va. General Subseries Vb. Cornell Publications and Reports, Published in Ithaca Subseries Vc. Panama Project Subseries Vd. Puerto Rico Project
Series VI. Photographs
Series VII. Viewers
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
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu