Lantern slide collection

This material is held atBethlem Museum of the Mind

  • Reference
    • GB 1007 LSC
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1900/1938
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • 742 slides

Scope and Content

Rev Edward Geoffrey O'Donoghue, Bethlem chaplain from 1892 to 1930, compiled this collection of lantern slides over a period of years to illustrate the regular lectures he gave, mostly on the history of the hospital, as part of a programme of entertainments for staff and patients. A printed outline of the lecture he gave, and list of the slides he used, on 26 October 1905 is held at LSB-01. In 1907 there were nearly three hundred slides in the collection, by 1915 over three hundred. The collection illustrates contemporary (as well as historical) subjects, such as the staff fancy dress ball of 1907, First World War subjects, including Bethlem's 'Wounded Soldiers' Day' of 1916, photographs taken on excursions into Kent and Surrey, and the Monks Orchard estate.

Access Information

Open for access. Please contact the archive for a detailed listing.