Series A: Northwestern Museum Of Science & Industry Collection
The formative years of the photographer’s art are represented by the Northwestern Museum collection, and four books of particular importance illustrate the range of material covered. They are: Recherches Photographiques (Paris 1955) Abel Niepce de Saint-Victor, its author was the earliest practitioner of photography to form a photographic image and preserve it; The Collodian Process on Glass by Frederick Scott Archer. Archer invented wet collodion; Desire van Monckhoven’s Photographic Optics and Naturalistic Photography (1889) by Peter Henry Emerson who pioneered the photography of landscapes.
11 reels
Reference: NPW
Contents
| Reel | Description |
| 1 | Abney, William de Wiveleslie. Emulsion Processes in Photography (2nd edition). Piper & Carter. London. 1878 |
| Abney, William de Wiveleslie. A Treatise on Photography. Longmans Green. London. 1878 | |
| Anderson, Elbert. The Skylight – The Dark Room. A Complete text book on Portrait Photography. 12 photographs. Benerman & Wilson. Philadelphia. 1872 | |
| Anon. Reprinted from Photographic News. How to colour a photograph. Lessons on the Harmony and Contrast of Colours. Cassel, Petter & Galpin. London. 1859 | |
| Archer, Frederick Scott. The Collodion Process on Glass, see Volume of Pamphlets and Tracts, on the Collodion Process | |
| Barnes, Robert Freeman. Dry Collodion Process, see volume of Pamphlets and Tracts on The Calotype Process | |
| Bland & Long. Catalogue of Apparatus sold by Bland & Long, see Volume of Pamphlets and Tracts on the Collodion Process. 1856 | |
| 2 | Bloede, Victor Gustav. The Reducer’s Manual. Gold and Silver Worker’s Guide to the saving of Photographic Wastes. Joseph H. Ladd. New York. Trubner & Co. London. 1869 |
| Bool, Alfred Henry. The Art of Photographic Painting. Piper & Carpenter. London. 1887 | |
| Brewster, Sir David. The Stereoscope, Its History, Theory and Construction. 1856 | |
| Burrows & Colton. Instructions in the Art of Retouching. Marion & Co. London, 1876 | |
| Cadby Ponting, Thomas. Photographic Difficulties; see Volume of Principles and Practise of Photography | |
| Chadwick, William Isaac. The Stereoscope Manual. 1890 | |
| Delamotte, Philip Henry. The Oxymel Process in Photography. Chapman & Hall. London. 1856 | |
| Duchochois, Peter C. (revised by Ethelbert Henry, W.). The Lighting in Photographic Studios. Hampton & Co. London. 1895 | |
| Eder, Dr. Josef Maria. Modern Dry Plates or Emulsion Photography. Edited by Baden Pritchard, Henry. 1881 | |
| 3 | Emerson, Peter Henry. Naturalistic Photography. 1889 |
| Hardwich, Thomas Frederick. Manual of Photographic Chemistry, including the Practise of the Collodion Process (1st edition). 1855 | |
| Hardwich, Thomas Frederick. Manual of Photographic Chemistry, including the Practise of the Collodion Process (2nd edition). 1855 | |
| 4 | Hardwich, Thomas Frederick. Manual of Photographic Chemistry, including the Practise of the Collodion Process (4th edition). 1857 |
| Hardwich, Thomas Frederick. Manual of Photographic Chemistry, including the Practise of the Collodion Process (8th edition). 1873 | |
| Hardwich, Thomas Frederick. Manual of Photographic Chemistry, including the Practise of the Collodion Process (9th edition). 1883 | |
| 5 | Hearn, Charles Walter. The Practical Printer. A Complete Manual of Photographic Printing (2nd edition). Edward L. Wilson. Philadelphia. 1878 |
| Hennah, Thomas Henry. Positive and Negative Pictures on Glass. 1853 | |
| Hennah, Thomas Henry. The Collodion Process (3rd edition). 1855 | |
| Hughes, Cornelius Jabez. Principles and Practice of Photography (5th edition). 1863 | |
| Hunt, Charles. The Collodion Process Simplified | |
| Hunt, Robert. A Manual of Photography, part 16 of Encyclopedia Metropolitana. 1851 | |
| Hunt, Robert. Encyclopedia Metropolitana, part 16 Photography. (3rd edition) 1853 | |
| 6 | Hunt, Robert. The Practise of Photography. 1857 |
| Hunt, Robert. A Manual of Photography (5th edition). 1857 | |
| Le Gray, Gustave. Photographic Manuals, Part I | |
| Long, Charles Alebrt. Practical Photography on Glass and Paper. 1856 | |
| Lonie, William Oughter. The Stereoscope (A Prize Essay). 1856 | |
| Malley, Abraham Cowley. Micro-Photography, including descriptions of Wet Collodion Process. H.J.C. Lewis. London. 1883 | |
| 7 | Meldola, Raphael. The Chemistry of Photography. London. 1889 |
| Monckhoven, Desire van. A Popular Treatise on Photography. Virtue Brothers. 1863 | |
| Monckhoven, Desire van. Photographic Optics. 1867 | |
| Niepce de Saint-Victor, Abel. Recherches Photographiques. Paris. 1855 | |
| 8 | Otte, Joachim. Landscape Photography. Robert Hardwick. London.1858 |
| Cadby Ponting, Thomas. Photographic Difficulties how to surmount them, Instantaneous Pictures, How to obtain them. Cadby Ponting, Thomas. Bristol. 1870 | |
| Price, William Frederick Lake. A Manual of Photographic Manipulation. The Practise of the Art and Various Applications (1st edition). 1858 | |
| Rintoul, A.N. A Guide to Painting Photographic Portraits (3rd edition) | |
| Robinson, Henry Peach. Pictorial Effect in Photography. 1869 | |
| Sawyer, John Robert. The A.B.C. Guide to taking Autotype Prints. The Autotype Co. London. 1893 | |
| 9 | Wharton Simpson, George. On the production of Photographs in Pigments, with Practical difficulties of Swan’s process. Thos Piper. London. 1867 |
| Smyth, Charles Piazzi. A Poor Man’s Photography at the Great Pyramid in the year 1865. A Lecture to Edinburgh Photographic Society in 1869. 1870 | |
| Sparling, Marcus. Theory and Practice of the Photographic Art, including its chemistry and optics. 1856 | |
| Spiller, Arnold. Elementary Treatise on Photographic Chemistry. Piper & Carpenter. London. 1882 | |
| Stillman, William James. The Amateurs Photographic Guide Book, A Complete resume of the most useful Dry and Wet Collodion Processes. C.D. Smith & Co. London. 1874 | |
| Sutton, Thomas. The Calotype Process. 1855 | |
| Thornthwaite, William Henry. A Guide to Photography (1st edition). 1845 | |
| Thornthwaite, William Henry. A Guide to Photography. 1851 | |
| 10 | Vogel, Dr. Hermann Wilhelm. The Progress of Photography since the year 1879. E.L. Wilson. Philadelphia. 1883 |
| Wake, Joseph. The Manual of Photographic Colouring or the Art of Painting the Photographic Image. H. Greenwood. London. 1878 | |
| Werge, John. The Evolution of Photography. Piper & Carter. London. 1890 | |
| Wheeler, George. Photographic Enlargements and How to make them. 1892 | |
| Wilkinson, W.T. Photogravure. Iliffe & Son. London. 1890 | |
| 11 | Wilkinson, W.T. Photo-Engraving, Photo-Litho and Callotype, A Practical Manual. Hampton, Judd & Co. London. 1890 |
| Willats, Richard. Photographic Manuals, Part II | |
| Wilson, Edward Livingston. Wilson’s “Photographies”, A Series of Lessons in the Art of Photography. Philadelphia. 1881 | |
| Wilson, George Washington. Practical Guide to the Collodion Process. 1885 |