AV 101 Robert Deshon Collection

              AV 101
Robert Deshon Collection
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OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Manuscripts/Audiovisual Collections
AV 101
Robert Deshon Collection
1969-1982
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Number:
AV 101
Title:
Robert Deshon Collection
Creator:
Robert Deshon
Dates:
1969-1982
Media:
35mm Slides
Quantity:
0.33 cubic feet
Location:
Ohio Historical Society
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE COLLECTION
Robert Deshon was a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in architecture. From 1946 until 1980 Deshon was a member of the Architecture faculty at the University of Cincinnati.
Source:
Norris, Melissa Cox. “$1 Million Gift Endows the Robert A. Deshon and Karl J. Schlachter Library for Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning.” University of Cincinnati Libraries. Online. Internet, 12 December 2008. [URL: http://www.libraries.uc.edu/information/news/pressrelease/0809/deshonschlachter08.html]
SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION
The collection contains 531 35mm, Kodachrome slides illustrating Ohio’s county courthouses taken in 1969. Additionally there are 32 35mm slides of national and state capitols.