Selected Guide to Microforms in the Collection

This guide highlights some of the larger and more important microfilm and microfiche titles in the collection. Most of these titles are archives of photographs, drawings, or manuscripts. FAL's microform collection also includes thousands of specific books and periodicals; all titles are included and fully searchable in VIRGO Library Catalog.

ADAM, ROBERT: Title: The drawings of Robert and James Adam in Sir John Soane's Museum; 12 microfilm reels.; Call Number: Micfilm 1964
ANCIENT (GREEK & ROMAN) -- ART and ARCHITECTURE: Title: Index der antiken Kunst und Architektur: Index of ancient art and architecture: monuments of Greek and Roman cultural heritage in the photographic collection of the German Archaeological Institute in Rome.; Subject: Deutsches Archaologisches Institut. Romische Abteilung--Photograph collections.; Call Number: Micfich 2014 + Index
ANCIENT ROMAN ARCHITECTURE: Title: Ancient Roman architecture : photographic index on microfiche.; 141 microfiches, plus printed guides in two loose leaf binders; Note: the photographic and bibliographic archive of Ancient Roman Architecture and Topography of the Fototeca Unione, part of the International Union of Institutes of Archaeology, History, and History of Art in Rome.; Call Number: Micfich 616
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA: Title: Archaeological Survey of India photographs in the India Office collections in the British Library.; 232 microfiches; Note: series of archaeological and architectural photographs taken in South Asia between the 1850s and the 1920s.; Call Number: Micfich 2508
ARCHITECTS -- BIOGRAPHY: Title: Newspaper obituary file: clippings from the New York Times, the New York Herald Tribune, and various other newspapers / collected by Avery Library between 1935 and 1979, and indexed in the Avery; obituary index of architects and artists.; 4 reels; Call Number: Micfilm 5567
ARCHITECTS -- BIOGRAPHY: Title: Who's Who in Architecture 1914, 1923 and 1926. [British]; 17 microfiches; Call Number: Micfich 1866 + guide
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS -- ADAM BROTHERS: Title: The drawings of Robert and James Adam in Sir John Soane's Museum; 12 microfilm reels.; Call Number: Micfilm 1964
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS -- ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS: Title: British Architectural Library, drawings collection. Royal Institute of British Architects.; Note: For detailed contents refer to the guidebooks.; Partial contents: Colen Campbell, Jacques Gentilhatre, Inigo Jones & John Webb, Alfred Stevens, Antonio Visentini, C.F.A. Voysey, The Pugin family, the Wyatt family, J.B. Papworth, C. Sir Edwin Lutynes, the Scott family, D. Andrea Palladio, Robert Smythson, the Adam family, Charles Holden.; Call Number: Micfilm 1947
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS -- VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM: Title: Architectural drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum.; 23 reels; Note: Includes indexes (44 leaves) on reel 23; Call Number: Micfilm 2102
ARCHITECTURE – EUROPEAN: Title: Country life : photograph archive 1897 to 1950 [microform] / [editor, Robert Caunt ; photographer, Julis Smit].; 754 microfiches plus printed guide; Note: This publication reproduces the entire holdings of the Country Life Picture Library from 1897 to approximately 1950.; Call Number: Micfich 2585
ARCHITECTURE -- PRODUCTS and DECORATIONS: Title: Trade catalogues at Winterthur.; 3611 microfiches; Subject: Commercial catalogs. Subject: Merchandising-Catalogs.; Call Number: Micfich 1449
ARCHITECTURE -- ROMAN: Title: Ancient Roman architecture : photographic index on microfiche.; 141 microfiches, plus printed guides in two loose leaf binders; Note: the photographic and bibliographic archive of Ancient Roman Architecture and Topography of the Fototeca Unione, part of the International Union of Institutes of Archaeology, History, and History of Art in Rome.; Call Number: Micfich 616
ARCHITECTURE -- UNITED STATES: Title: Historic American buildings survey [microform]; 1567 microfiches; Note: Photographs and written historical and descriptive data prepared by the Historic American Buildings Survey. Reproduced from photographs located in the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.; Call Number: Micfich 887; Plus: Part II, Virginia only, architectural drawings transmitted to the Library of Congress from 1980 through December 1988.; Call Number: Micfich 2583
ARCHITECTURE -- UNITED STATES -- SOUTHERN STATES: Title: The Carnegie survey of the architecture of the South, 1927-1943 / photographs by Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952); 124 microfiches; Note: The original photographs are located in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress; Call Number: Micfich 1875
ARCHITECTURE -- UNITED STATES -- VIRGINIA: Title: National Register of Historic Places. Virginia; 145 microfiches; Note: Reproduction of the "Inventory-Nomination Forms" with information about each property, photographs and maps through December 1982, with supplementary materials. Administered by the National Park Service.; Call Number: Micfich 2001
ARCHITECTURE -- UNITED STATES -- WASHINGTON, D.C.: Title: The Architecture of Washington, D.C. / Bates Lowry, editor.; Microfiche photographs with descriptive texts in 2 volumes; Partial contents: v. 1. The White House, The Octagon, Treasury Building, General Post Office, Washington Monument, State, War, and Navy Building, Pension Building, Union Station, Lincoln Memorial, Supreme Court Building, --v. 2. Capitol, Patent Office Building, Smithsonian Institution Building, Library of Congress, Pan American Union Building, Federal Triangle, Jefferson Memorial.; Call Number: NA 735 .W3 A72
ART and ARCHITECTURE -- EUROPE -- MEDIEVAL TO MODERN: Title: The Conway Library, the Courtauld Institute of Art; 6979 microfiches; Contents: pt. 1. Architecture: France and Italy; -- pt. 2. Architecture: British Isles, Germany, rest of Europe, Africa, America, Asia, Australia; -- pt. 3. Architectural drawings; -- pt. 4. Sculpture: 15th- 20th centuries; -- pt. 5. Medieval arts. Sculpture, Seals, Byzantine Architecture & Mozaics; -- pt. 6. Manuscripts.; Call Number: Micfich 2575 + guides
ART and ARCHITECTURE -- FRANCE: Title: L' Index photographique de l'art en France.; 977 microfiches; Note: Photographic archive of works of architecture and art in France arranged geographically; includes index of placenames.; Call Number: Micfich 1452
ART and ARCHITECTURE -- INDIA: Title: Archaeological Survey of India photographs in the India Office collections in the British Library.; 232 microfiches; Note: series of archaeological and architectural photographs taken in South Asia between the 1850s and the 1920s.; Call Number: Micfich 2508
ART and ARCHITECTURE -- INDIA: Title: American Committee for South Asian Art Archive.; 173 sheets in 4 boxes; Note: Collection of 7,114 photographs of Kushan and Gupta art.; Call Number: Micfich 513 + guide
ART and ARCHITECTURE -- INDIA: Title: The Art of India: paintings and drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum.; 71 microfiches; Call Number: Micfich 2574
ART and ARCHITECTURE -- ITALY: Title: Italien-Index microform : Bilddokumentation zur Kunst in Italien / Bildarchiv Foto Marburg.; Subject: Art--Italy--Indexes.; Note: Photographic archive of art and architecture in Italy arranged geographically by town/city name.; Call Number: Micfich 2478
ART and ARCHITECTURE -- ROME and GREECE: Title: Index der antiken Kunst und Architektur: Index of ancient art and architecture : monuments of Greek and Roman cultural heritage in the photographic collection of the German Archaeological Institute in Rome.; Subject: Deutsches Archaologisches Institut. Romische Abteilung--Photograph collections.; Call Number: Micfich 2014 + Index
ART and ARCHITECTURE -- WORLDWIDE -- IN GERMANY: Title: Marburger Index : Bilddokumentation zur Kunst in Deutschland.; Note: photographic archives of works of art and architecture arranged geographically in Germany; thorough subject indexing with Iconclass terms.; Call Number: Micfich 614
ART in the COLLECTION of the VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM: Title: Catalogues of the Collection of prints, drawings & paintings [microform] : in the Victoria & Albert Museum; 884 microfiches and printed guide Note: Includes subject indexes.; Partial contents: Posters; Decorative papers; Wallpapers Brass rubbings; Drawings; Miniatures; Oil paintings; Stained glass; Architectural drawings; Searight catalogue; Prints; Photographs.; Call Number: Micfich 2586
ART -- FRANCE: Title: Catalogues of the Paris Salon, 1673-1880.; Note: includes catalogs of the Société des artistes français, Société nationale des beaux arts, Société du salon d'automne and Salon des refusés.; Call Number: Micfich 617 + guide
AVERY OBITUARY INDEX: NEWSPAPER FILE: Title: Newspaper obituary file: clippings from the New York Times, the New York Herald Tribune, and various other newspapers / collected by Avery Library between 1935 and 1979, and indexed in the Avery; obituary index of architects and artists.; 4 reels; Call Number: Micfilm 5567
BIOGRAPHY -- ARCHITECTS: Title: Who's who in architecture 1914, 1923 and 1926. [British]; 17 microfiches; Call Number: Micfich 1866 + guide
BIOGRAPHY -- ARCHITECTS: Title: Newspaper obituary file: clippings from the New York Times, the New York Herald Tribune, and various other newspapers / collected by Avery Library between 1935 and 1979, and indexed in the Avery; obituary index of architects and artists.; 4 reels; Call Number: Micfilm 5567
BIOGRAPHY -- PHOTOGRAPHERS: Title: George Eastman House photographers biography file; 21 microfiches; Note: Basic biographical information on over 35,000 photographers.; Call Number: Micfich 2456
CARNEGIE SURVEY OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE SOUTH: Title: The Carnegie survey of the architecture of the South, 1927-1943 / photographs by Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952); 124 microfiches; Note: The original photographs and negatives are located in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress; Call Number: Micfich 1875
CONWAY LIBRARY: Title: The Conway Library, the Courtauld Institute of Art; 6979 microfiches; Contents: pt. 1. Architecture: France and Italy; -- pt. 2. Architecture: British Isles, Germany, rest of Europe, Africa, America, Asia, Australia; -- pt. 3. Architectural drawings; -- pt. 4. Sculpture: 15th- 20th centuries; -- pt. 5. Medieval arts. Sculpture, Seals, Byzantine Architecture & Mozaics; -- pt. 6. Manuscripts.; Call Number: Micfich 2575 + guides
COSTUME and FASHION: Title: Theatre costume design in the Victoria and Albert Museum.; 38 microfiches; Subject: Costume--History--Catalogs. Subject: Costume design--Catalogs.; Call Number: Micfich 1087 + catalog
COSTUME and FASHION: Title: The Worth collection Victoria and Albert Museum.; 150 microfiches; Subject: Costume design--France--Paris--History.; Call Number: Micfich 1082
COSTUME and FASHION: Title: Paquin Worth fashion drawings, 1865-1956; 60 microfiches; Subject: Costume. Subject: Fashion.; Call Number: Micfich 1081
DECORATIVE ARTS -- UNITED STATES: Title: The consolidated catalog to the Index of American Design; Subject: Decorative arts--United States--Catalogs. Subject: Design--United States--Catalogs.; 301 microfiches; Call Number: Micfich 742 + Guide
DECORATIVE ARTS -- UNITED STATES -- SOUTHERN: Title: [Computer guide to] Index of Early Southern Artists and Artisans / Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts.; 36 microfiches plus printed guide.; Call Number: NK460.W47 M8 1985
FRANCE -- ART and ARCHITECTURE: Title: L' Index photographique de l'art en France.; 977 microfiches Note: Photographic archive of works of architecture and art in France arranged geographically; includes index of place names.; Call Number: Micfich 1452
FRANCE -- ART -- PARIS SALONS: Title: Catalogues of the Paris Salon, 1673-1880.; Note: includes catalogs of the Société des artistes français, Société nationale des beaux arts, Société du salon d'automne and Salon des refusés.; Call Number: Micfich 617 + guide
GERMANY -- ART and ARCHITECTURE: Title: Marburger Index : Bilddokumentation zur Kunst in Deutschland.; Note: photographic archives of works of art and architecture arranged geographically in Germany; thorough subject indexing with Iconclass terms.; Call Number: Micfich 614
GREECE -- ART and ARCHITECTURE: Title: Index der antiken Kunst und Architektur: Index of ancient art and architecture : monuments of Greek and Roman cultural heritage in the photographic collection of the German Archaeological Institute in Rome.; Subject: Deutsches Archaologisches Institut. Romische Abteilung--Photograph collections.; Call Number: Micfich 2014 + Index
HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY: Title: Historic American buildings survey [microform]; 1567 microfiches; Note: Photographs and written historical and descriptive data prepared by the Historic American Buildings Survey. Reproduced from photographs located in the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.; Call Number: Micfich 887; Plus: Part II, Virginia only, architectural drawings transmitted to the Library of Congress from 1980 through December 1988.; Call Number: Micfich 2583
ICONOGRAPHY: Title: Index iconologicus.; 433 microfiches; Subject: Art--History--Sources--Microform catalogs.; Call Number: Micfich 615 + guide
INDEX ICONOLOGICUS: Title: Index iconologicus.; 433 microfiches; Subject: Art--History--Sources--Microform catalogs.; Call Number: Micfich 615 + guide
INDEX OF AMERICAN DESIGN: Title: Index of American design; 301 microfiches; Subject: Decorative arts--United States--Indexes. Subject: Design--United States--Catalogs.; Call Number: Micfich 742
INDEX OF ANCIENT ART AND ARCHITECTURE: Title: Index der antiken Kunst und Architektur: Index of ancient art and architecture : monuments of Greek and Roman cultural heritage in the photographic collection of the German Archaeological Institute in Rome..; Subject: Deutsches Archaologisches Institut. Romische Abteilung--Photograph collections.; Call Number: Micfich 2014 + Index
INDEX PHOTOGRAPHIQUE DE L'ART EN FRANCE: Title: L' Index photographique de l'art en France.; 977 microfiches; Note: Photographic archive of works of architecture and art in France arranged geographically; includes index of placenames.; Call Number: Micfich 1452
INDIA -- ART and ARCHITECTURE: Title: Archaeological Survey of India photographs in the India Office collections in the British Library.; 232 microfiches; Note: series of archaeological and architectural photographs taken in South Asia between the 1850s and the 1920s.; Call Number: Micfich 2508
INDIA -- ART and ARCHITECTURE: Title: American Committee for South Asian Art Archive.; 173 sheets in 4 boxes; Note: Collection of 7,114 photographs of Kushan and Gupta art.; Call Number: Micfich 513 + guide
INDIA -- ART and ARCHITECTURE: Title: The Art of India: paintings and drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum.; 71 microfiches; Call Number: Micfich 2574
MARBURGER INDEX: Title: Marburger Index : Bilddokumentation zur Kunst in Deutschland.; Note: photographic archives of works of art and architecture arranged geographically in Germany; thorough subject indexing with Iconclass terms.; Call Number: Micfich 614
MONTICELLO: Title: The preservation and restoration of Monticello, 1936-1960 : drawings and notes / by Milton L. Grigg.; 2 reels; Call Number: Micfilm 840 + Guide
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES -- VIRGINIA: Title: National register of historic places. Virginia; 145 microfiches; Note: Reproduction of the "Inventory-Nomination Forms" with information about each property, photographs and maps through December 1982, with supplementary materials. Administered by the National Park Service.; Call Number: Micfich 2001
PARIS SALONS: Title: Catalogues of the Paris Salon, 1673-1880.; Note: includes catalogs of the Société des artistes français, Société nationale des beaux arts, Société du salon d'automne and Salon des refusés.; Call Number: Micfich 617 + guide
PHOTOGRAPHERS -- BIOGRAPHY: Title: George Eastman House photographers biography file; 21 microfiches; Note: Basic biographical information on over 35,000 photographers.; Call Number: Micfich 2456
ROMAN -- ARCHITECTURE: Title: Ancient Roman architecture : photographic index on microfiche.; 141 microfiches, plus printed guides in two loose leaf binders; Note: the photographic and bibliographic archive of Ancient Roman Architecture and Topography of the Fototeca Unione, part of the International Union of Institutes of Archaeology, History, and History of Art in Rome.; Call Number: Micfich 616
ROMAN -- ART and ARCHITECTURE: Title: Index der antiken Kunst und Architektur: Index of ancient art and architecture : monuments of Greek and Roman cultural heritage in the photographic collection of the German Archaeological Institute in Rome / edited by the German Archaeological Institute in Rome.; Subject: Deutsches Archaologisches Institut. Romische Abteilung--Photograph collections.; Call Number: Micfich 2014 + Index
ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS -- ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS: Title: British Architectural Library, drawings collection. Royal Institute of British Architects.; Note: For detailed contents refer to the guidebooks.; Partial contents: Colen Campbell, Jacques Gentilhatre, Inigo Jones & John Webb, Alfred Stevens, Antonio Visentini, C.F.A. Voysey, The Pugin family, the Wyatt family, J.B. Papworth, C. Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Scott family, D. Andrea Palladio, Robert Smythson, the Adam family, Charles Holden.; Call Number: Micfilm 1947
TRADE CATALOGUES AT WINTERTHUR: Title: Trade catalogues at Winterthur.; 3611 microfiches; Subject: Commercial catalogs. Subject: Merchandising-Catalogs.; Call Number: Micfich 1449
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- ARCHITECTURE: Title: The Architecture of Washington, D.C. / Bates Lowry, editor.; Microfiche photographs with descriptive texts in 2 volumes; Partial contents: v. 1. The White House, The Octagon, Treasury Building, General Post Office, Washington Monument, State, War, and Navy Building, Pension Building, Union Station, Lincoln Memorial, Supreme Court Building, --v. 2. Capitol, Patent Office Building, Smithsonian Institution Building, Library of Congress, Pan American Union Building, Federal Triangle, Jefferson Memorial.; Call Number: NA 735 .W3 A72

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