Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1879, June 27 | Born, Norfolk, Va. |
| 1896-1898 | Attended Peace College, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1898 | Artist, International Botanical Expedition to the Yucatan, Mexico |
| 1899 | Cameraman, Pathé Frères, Vincennes, France |
| 1900 | Toured Europe and North Africa making motion pictures for Kinetoscope |
| 1902 | Freelance cameraman, Paris, France |
| 1905 | President, Peters Photographic Expeditions; made five expeditions to Asia, Australia, and the South Seas |
| 1906 | Said to only newsreel photographer to film San Francisco, Calif., earthquake |
| 1909 | Filmed construction of the Panama Canal |
| 1915 | Invented a microfilm camera using 35 mm film to photograph documents |
| 1920 | Inaugurated first regular teaching films in New York schools |
| 1924 | Made first commercial rare gas tubes |
| 1926 | Married Grace Margaret Price |
| 1937-1940 | Archivist of Crypt of Civilization project to store and preserve film, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Ga. |
| 1939 | Ph.D., Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Ga. |
| 1945-1946 | Professor of audiovisual education and director of China Air Force School, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Ga. |
| 1973, Dec. 1 | Died, California |