Historic Microscopes Collection

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Historic Microscopes Collection

ca. 1835-1993, undated

Laupus Library Manuscript Collection, LL 02.48

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Creator(s): W.E. Laupus Health Sciences Library
Physical description: 999 Cubic Feet
Preferred Citation: Historic Microscopes Collection (LL 02.48), The William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository: Laupus Library History Collections
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Microscopes plus cases, accessories, and instruction manuals. Includes items manufactured in the United States, England, France, Germany, and Japan.

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Microscopes plus cases, accessories, and instruction manuals. Includes items manufactured in the United States, England, France, Germany, and Japan.

Administrative information

Custodial History

Probably November 1992: One microscope. Gift of Alfred F. Hammond Jr. of New Bern, North Carolina.

2002 January 7: One microscope. Gift of Andrew A. Best of Greenville, North Carolina.

2008 February 7: Two eyepiece lens for microscopes. Gift of Donald Hoffman of Greenville, North Carolina.

2008 July 28: 2 brass to fit microscope. Gift of Donald Hoffman of Greenville, North Carolina.

2009 November 4: Five microscopes. Gift of Donald Hoffman of Greenville, North Carolina.

2009 November 19: One microscope. Transferred from East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Greenville, North Carolina.

2010 September 28: Eight microscopes. Gift of Donald Hoffman of Greenville, North Carolina.

2011 September 22: Four microscopes. Gift of Donald Hoffman of Greenville, North Carolina.

2011 November 28: One microscope. Gift of Linda Duvall of Herndon, Virginia.

2012 January 24: 1 folder of historical materials. Gift of Donald Hoffman of Greenville, North Carolina.

2012 September 30: Five microscopes. Gift of Donald Hoffman of Greenville, North Carolina.

2013 September 16: Eight microscopes. Gift of Donald Hoffman of Greenville, North Carolina.

2014 September 8: Fifteen microscopes. Gift of Donald Hoffman of Greenville, North Carolina.

2015 September 18: Fifteen microscopes. Gift of Donald Hoffman of Greenville, North Carolina.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Alfred F. Hammond Jr.

Gift of Andrew A. Best

Gift of Donald Hoffman

Transferred from East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy

Processing information

Processed by Melissa Nasea, 2015

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

Language of material

English

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Series 1 United States

LL02.48.01.01 US Army Hospital Zentmayer, 1870

LL02.48.01.02 Intermediate Zentmayer, 1870

LL02.48.01.03 Student Zentmayer, c.1875

LL02.48.01.04 Amer Continental Zentmayer, c.1890

LL02.48.01.05 Investigator B&L, c.1885

LL02.48.01.06 Biological B&L, c.1885

LL02.48.01.07 Stand F B&L, c.1895

LL02.48.01.08 Binocular B&L, 1929

LL02.48.01.09 Greenough Stereo B&L, 1929

LL02.48.01.10 Binocular Spencer, 1921

LL02.48.01.11 Continental Gundlach, c.1890

LL02.48.01.12 Tighe No 3, c.1890

LL02.48.01.13 Tighe No 5, c.1890

LL02.48.01.14 Lightweight Field US Military, 1970

LL02.48.01.15 Complete field laboratory with microscope, 1970

LL02.48.01.16 Big Stand Queen documented, 1870

LL02.48.01.17 Polarizing Spencer, 1937

LL02.48.01.18 Metallographic B&L, 1951

LL02.48.01.19 Benj Pike Pritchard type, c.1840

LL02.48.01.20 USAF Portable M600, 1993

LL02.48.01.21 B&L ICF Inverted Metallurgical, 1920s

LL02.48.01.22 Amer Columbian Zentmayer, 1895

LL02.48.01.23 McAllister Professional, c. 1880

LL02.48.01.24 Spencer 44M-H U.S. Navy, 1944

LL02.48.01.25 B&L American Concentric, 1887

LL02.48.01.26 Universal Forensic Microscope, c.1975

LL02.48.01.27 Tolles Boston Optical Works student, c. 1875

LL02.48.01.28 Schrauer Double Pillar, c.1880

LL02.48.01.29 LR Research Petrographic B&L, 1963

LL02.48.01.30 Gundlach Physician's #1, c.1880

LL02.48.01.31 Gundlach Large Microscope, 1878

LL02.48.01.32 J. Grunow Large Microscope, c.1890

LL02.48.01.33 Wale Spiral Focusing Polarizing Microscope, 1876-1883

LL02.48.01.34 Zentmayer American Histological Microscope, c. 1879

LL02.48.01.35 Early Queen Student Microscope, 1855-1866

LL02.48.01.36 Universal Microscope B&L, 1884-1891

LL02.48.01.37 Spencer Model I, 1900

LL02.48.01.38 Bulloch Biological Microscope, c.1880

LL02.48.01.39 Wale Fusee Chain Focus Microscope, c.1880

LL02.48.01.40 McIntosh New Clinical Microscope #2, c.1885

LL02.48.01.41 U.S.Army Hospital Binocular Microscope Zentm, c.1872

LL02.48.01.42 Queen Student's Microscope, 1867

LL02.48.01.43 Bausch and Lomb BB US Army WWI, 1899

LL02.48.01.44 J and W Grunow Student No.3, 1863-74

LL02.48.01.45 Bausch and Lomb Balplan with dual viewer, c.1972

LL02.48.01.46 Miller Brothers Student Microscope, c.1890

LL02.48.01.47 Schrauer Early Large Microscope, c. 1870

LL02.48.01.48 Wale New Working Microscope, 1880-6

LL02.48.01.49 Bausch and Lomb BB8 Microscope, 1895-6

LL02.48.01.50 Bausch and Lomb Student Microscope with Wale Limb, 1886-8

LL02.48.01.51 Bausch and Lomb Model BB, 1909

LL02.48.01.52 Spencer Medical Microscope, 1942

LL02.48.01.53 Balplan Microscope with Dual Viewing Attachment, ca. 1972

LL02.48.01.54 Miller Brothers Student Microscope, ca. 1890

LL02.48.01.55 Early Schrauer Large Micrscope, ca. 1870

Series 2 England

LL02.48.02.01 Society of Arts Model, c.1860

LL02.48.02.02 Economic Cont R&J Beck, 1878

LL02.48.02.03 Continental R&J Beck, c.1905

LL02.48.02.04 Binomax Stereo Beck, c.1928

LL02.48.02.05 Crouch Student, c.1880

LL02.48.02.06 Popular Binocular R&J Beck, 1872

LL02.48.02.07 Ellis/Gould Naturalist's Mic, c.1850

LL02.48.02.08 Pritchard type Smith and Beck, c. 1847

LL02.48.02.09 Best Student or No 3 Smith and Beck, 1853

LL02.48.02.10 Lister Limb Microscope Kit, c. 1880

LL02.48.02.11 Society of Arts Prize R Field, c. 1860

LL02.48.02.12 Bench Metallurgical 3226 Beck, 1949

LL02.48.02.13 Beck and Beck No 2 Microscope, 1880

LL02.48.02.14 Swift Histological Microscope, c. 1900

LL02.48.02.15 A. Ross Bar Limb, 1852

LL02.48.02.16 A. Ross Bar Limb binocular, 1847, after 1861

LL02.48.02.17 Early J Dancer (James Smith), c. 1835

LL02.48.02.18 Large Best No.1 Smith and Beck, 1859

LL02.48.02.19 Pillischer's 5 Prize Medal Microscope, 1864

LL02.48.02.23 Beck Universal Microscope, 1871

LL02.48.02.24 Swift Improved Wale Microscope No 313, 1886-1912

LL02.48.02.25 Universal Microscope, 1871

LL02.48.02.20 Powell and Lealand Student Microscope, 1843-1848

LL02.48.02.21 Powell and Lealand Student Microscope Varley, 1843-1848

LL02.48.02.22 Browning Crystallographic Polariscope, 1866-1900

Series 3 France

LL02.48.03.01 Small Drum Oberhaeuser, c.1840

LL02.48.03.02 Medium Drum Hartnack, 1861

LL02.48.03.03 Microscope plus simple Nachet, c. 1868

LL02.48.03.04 Petit Modele Droit Nachet, c. 1870

LL02.48.03.05 Continental Hartnack and Prazmowski, c. 1868

LL02.48.03.06 Private label Robbins, 1850-1900

LL02.48.03.07 Toy, 19th century

LL02.48.03.08 Verick microscope, c. 1880

LL02.48.03.09 Nachet petit modele, c. 1865

LL02.48.03.10 Nachet large drum, civil war use, 1851-1862

LL02.48.03.11 Chevalier type Microscope, c. 1855

Series 4 Germany

LL02.48.04.01 Zeiss Stativ VII, 1885

LL02.48.04.02 Zeiss Stativ IVa, 1886

LL02.48.04.03 Zeiss Stativ Ia, 1896

LL02.48.04.04 Zeiss Stativ Ic, 1902

LL02.48.04.05 Zeiss Greenough Stereomicroscope, 1907

LL02.48.04.06 Zeiss Greenough Stereomicroscope, 1905

LL02.48.04.07 Leitz Stativ V, 1883

LL02.48.04.08 Leitz Stativ IIIa, 1896

LL02.48.04.09 Leitz Stativ IIa, 1899

LL02.48.04.10 Leitz Chemists Microscope, c.1967

LL02.48.04.11 Hartnack Stativ VIII, 1885

LL02.48.04.12 Zeiss Stativ VIa, 1896

LL02.48.04.13 Zeiss Stativ Lg Binoc, c. 1960

LL02.48.04.14 Zeiss Model EOA, 1938

LL02.48.04.15 Zeiss Model EO, 1938

LL02.48.04.16 Zeiss Stativ E Metallographic, 1929

LL02.48.04.17 Zeiss Stativ Lg, 1938

LL02.48.04.18 Leitz Ortholux 1960, c. 1959

LL02.48.04.19 Leitz SM, c. 1958

LL02.48.04.20 Leitz Labolux-D, 1968

LL02.48.04.21 Leitz Metallux, 1958

LL02.48.04.22 Leitz BO 48/92K, 1949

LL02.48.04.23 Zeiss Martens Metallurgical, 1921

LL02.48.04.24 Zeiss VD Polarizing, 1918

LL02.48.04.25 Leeuwenhoek replica Zeiss, 1996

LL02.48.04.26 Wild M20, c. 1963

LL02.48.04.27 Leitz Stativ IA, 1892

LL02.48.04.28 Trichinoscope Paul Waechter, 1920s

LL02.48.04.29 Seibert Nr4, 1891

LL02.48.04.30 Leitz Stativ 1a, 1882

Series 5 Japan

LL02.48.05.01 Nikon GH, c. 1970

LL02.48.05.02 Olympus GB, 1952

LL02.48.05.03 Tiyoda MKQ Folding, c. 1940

LL02.48.05.04 Nikon S-Ke, 1968

LL02.48.05.05 Olympus Photomax, undated

LL02.48.05.06 Olympus EHT Phase Contrast, 1960s

Series 6 Microscope Accessories

LL02.48.06.01 Brass Hand Microtome, 2nd half 19th c

LL02.48.06.02 Slide ringing table Queen, 2nd half 19th c

LL02.48.06.03 Grunow objectives nosepiece, 2nd half 19th c

LL02.48.06.04 Spectroscope, 2nd half 19th c

LL02.48.06.05 Spencer lamp No 374, c. 1920

LL02.48.06.06 Binocular adapter Leitz, c. 1915

LL02.48.06.07 Zeiss Vertical Illuminator, c.1910

LL02.48.06.08 Oil Lamp Swift, c.1890

LL02.48.06.09 Oil Lamp Flatters and Garnett, c. 1890

LL02.48.06.10 Zeiss Abbe Camera Lucida, c. 1890

LL02.48.06.11 Dual Viewing Reichert, c. 1910

LL02.48.06.12 Selenites and brass stage, c. 1870

LL02.48.06.13 Zeiss Comparison Bridge, c. 1930

LL02.48.06.14 Zeiss Nachet Vertical Illuminator, c. 1930

LL02.48.06.15 Spectroscope Browning, 2nd half 19th c

LL02.48.06.16 Sliding Microtome BL, c. 1885

LL02.48.06.17 Spencer lamp No 370 100w, 1937

LL02.48.06.18 Phoku Photoadapter, c. 1927

LL02.48.06.19 Early Objectives, c. 1860

LL02.48.06.20 Zeiss 4mm apochromat, c.1889

LL02.48.06.21 Smith, Beck and Beck Objective, 1865

LL02.48.06.22 Leitz MIKAS Photoadapter, undated

LL02.48.06.23 AO Fiberoptic Illuminator, undated

LL02.48.06.24 Leitz Arc Lamp, 1920-1940

LL02.48.06.25 Zeiss Binocular Bitukni, c. 1920

LL02.48.06.26 Filar Eyepiece BL, c. 1960

LL02.48.06.27 Vertical Illuminator BL, c.1960

LL02.48.06.28 Viewing screen Olympus, c. 1970

LL02.48.06.29 Zeiss Model SCE epiilluminator w objs, 1930s

LL02.48.06.30 Abbe Microspectroscope Leitz, c. 1930

LL02.48.06.31 Oil lamp with metal chimney, c. 1890

LL02.48.06.32 Leitz 4mm Apochromat, 1892

LL02.48.06.33 Badge Amer Soc Microscopists, 1883

LL02.48.06.34 Narishige Micromanipulators, 1980s

LL02.48.06.35 BL Objectives 3 special, late 19th century

LL02.48.06.36 English Objectives RMS (5), 2nd half 19th century

LL02.48.06.37 Ross 1/4 correction objective, 1846-1858

LL02.48.06.38 American Objectives (3), 1870-1890

LL02.48.06.39 Powell and Lealand 4in objective, 1860-1895

LL02.48.06.40 Carl Zeiss Catalog 28, 1889

LL02.48.06.41 Bausch and Lomb black objectives (3), c. 1913

LL02.48.06.42 Nicol prism analyzer Bausch and Lomb, c. 1915

LL02.48.06.43 Bench Microtome, 1875-1900

LL02.48.06.44 Gundlach Objectives German and American, 1870, 1880-1900