Leo Atkins Collection

Photograph

Walsh History Center - Camden Public Library

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

WHC 2010.46

Description

Boxes of slides from 1949 to 1974: Mt. Battie, Camden Harbor, Lincolnville Beach, Memorial Day, Hurricanes, Snow Bowl, Rockland Lobster Festival, Belted Galloways, Camden parades, etc. Also a collection of black and white photos of local people and places. A note enclosed says that they do not match slides.

Collection

Leo Atkins Collection

Cataloged By

Heather Moran

Acquisition

Accession

WHC 2010.46

Source or Donor

Laite, Keryn Sr.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Atkins, Leo

Date made

1949 - 1974

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Transparency, Slide

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Transparency

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Location

Container

WHC 2010.46 Box Leo Atkins Slides/Photos

Shelf

Top Shelf

Cabinet

Vault Shelving Unit 2

Room

Storage Room

Building

Walsh History Center

Date

October 21, 2025

Inventory

Inventoried By

Wyatt Berry

Inventoried Date

Apr 2, 2018

Provenance

Notes

Slides and photo prints belonged to Leo Atkins of Camden, who was a typesetter at the Camden Herald for several years. Atkins left his collection to Keryn Laite, Sr., and upon Mr. Laite's death in 2006 they were given to the Camden Library.

General Notes

Note

Status By: Heather Moran Status Date: 2015-10-17

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

October 17, 2015

Updated By

Administrator (Marie)

Update Date

April 2, 2018